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Economy

New Deal Slighted Women in Recovery Plans

By: Louise Bernikow | February 2, 2009

1933: Roosevelt’s New Deal didn’t provide full relief for women.

History

Flint Women’s Auxiliary Revved Strike’s Engine

By: Louise Bernikow | December 29, 2008

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

By: Louise Bernikow | December 1, 2008

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

By: Louise Bernikow | October 31, 2008

Nov. 7, 1871: New York women, determined to vote, confront election officials.

Arts & Culture

1974 Rape Trial Spurred Women’s Quest for Justice

By: Louise Bernikow | September 30, 2008

Oct. 21, 1974: Inez Garcia is convicted of killing her rapist.

Arts & Culture

1893 World Fair Welcomed Women, But Not All Women

By: Louise Bernikow | August 29, 2008

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

By: Louise Bernikow | August 1, 2008

August 26, 1968: Fannie Lou Hamer takes her seat at the Democratic National Convention.

Arts & Culture

Rich Refused Honor and Broke Social Silence

By: Louise Bernikow | June 30, 2008

July 3, 1997: Poet Adrienne Rich refuses National Medal of the Arts.

Arts & Culture

‘Vietnam Summer’ Activism Seeded Women’s Movement

By: Louise Bernikow | June 2, 2008

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

By: Louise Bernikow | May 1, 2008

May 12, 1857: Elizabeth Blackwell opens the New York Infirmary for Women and Children.

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