Economy
New Deal Slighted Women in Recovery Plans
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1933: Roosevelt’s New Deal didn’t provide full relief for women.
History
Flint Women’s Auxiliary Revved Strike’s Engine
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Dec. 30, 1936: The Women’s Auxiliary took their rolling pins to the front lines of the Flint sit-down strike.
Arts & Culture
Yalow’s Peaceful Nuclear Uses Earned Nobel Prize
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Dec. 8, 1977: Rosalyn Yalow is awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
Arts & Culture
N.Y. Suffragists Took the 14th to Polling Booths
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Nov. 7, 1871: New York women, determined to vote, confront election officials.
Arts & Culture
1974 Rape Trial Spurred Women’s Quest for Justice
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Oct. 21, 1974: Inez Garcia is convicted of killing her rapist.
Arts & Culture
1893 World Fair Welcomed Women, But Not All Women
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Sept. 11th – 19th, 1893: Chicago World’s Fair shows some–but not all–women in the public sphere on a large scale.
Arts & Culture
Hamer Spoke for Black Voters and Dems Cheered
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August 26, 1968: Fannie Lou Hamer takes her seat at the Democratic National Convention.
Arts & Culture
Rich Refused Honor and Broke Social Silence
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July 3, 1997: Poet Adrienne Rich refuses National Medal of the Arts.
Arts & Culture
‘Vietnam Summer’ Activism Seeded Women’s Movement
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Summer 1967: Female activists help push rising opposition to the Vietnam War and campaigned door-to-door.
Arts & Culture
Dr. Blackwell’s Hospital Opened Doors to Women
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May 12, 1857: Elizabeth Blackwell opens the New York Infirmary for Women and Children.