Like many women of her generation, Susan Rose never expected to see a woman become president. Now she’s glad she was in Philadelphia, able to cast a vote to hurry history along.
A collection of books and periodicals open to the public in the center of England’s capital city provides an extensive record of the women’s liberation movement. Now it is looking for a new lease on life.
These co-ed students in Fort Lauderdale recognize the important roles women have played throughout history, noting who they feel should be honored on the $10 bill.
There’s been a strong push to add women’s rights to the international human rights agenda since the U.N. was founded. Ellen Chesler and Terry McGovern provide a historical perspective in this excerpt from their book “Women and Girls Rising.”
As the National Women’s History Project celebrates the important roles women have played in public service and government leadership this month, Page Wilson tells her own tale of a life in this arena.
When Nancy Alexander decided to look into her family history, little did she realize she’d discover her connection to Sarah Tyndale, just one of the many women whose stories never made it into the history books.
The first woman named to the Minnesota Supreme Court, Wahl decided in her 30s to pursue law after she grew tired of “sitting outside of doors, with the doors shut, and them [men] deciding,” says Lori Sturdevant in this excerpt from “Her Honor.”
If Times’ owners had done better hiring long ago, aspirants of all persuasions, genders and colors would fail or succeed at their requisite speeds. And thus the loss of Abramson would not appear as the loss of the only redwood in the forest.
As the museum moves forward, after many years of legislative effort, it has also picked up criticism from scholars in an advisory body that recently parted ways with the project.
Germaine Tillion and Geneviève de Gaulle, political prisoners in Ravensbrück women’s concentration camp, have received the posthumous honor. In April, the English premiere of Tillion’s play will be staged at the University of Southern Maine.
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