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For Young Activists, Sept. 11 Was Starting Point

By Courtney Martin ● Arts & Culture ● September 10, 2010

In this excerpt from the introduction to her new book “Do It Anyway,” Courtney Martin meditates on the political consciousness of a young activist generation for whom Sept. 11 has been a defining event.

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Crew of Retired Fireboat Answers Sept. 11 Call

By Jessica DuLong ● Uncategorized ● September 11, 2009

In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the retired fireboat John J. Harvey was called back into service to fight blazes and aid survivors. Jessica DuLong, the boat’s engineer and a freelance journalist, recounts this time in “My River Chronicles.”

Young Women Say Generation Labels Need Not Apply

By Courtney E. Martin ● Uncategorized ● October 31, 2006

Young women who might be described as third-wave feminists aren’t necessarily satisfied with the term. A new anthology, a traveling exhibit and the International Museum of Women all probe the question of generational identity.

New York Recruits Women for 9/11 Hardhat Jobs

By Marianne Sullivan ● Uncategorized ● April 2, 2004

More than $10 billion dollars is slated to repair the damage in lower Manhattan wrought by the attack of Sept. 11, 2001. With worker shortages in the construction trades, organizations are reaching out to women for the highly paid jobs.

Daughters Bereft by Mothers Lost on Sept. 11

By Jordan Lite ● Uncategorized ● September 10, 2002

A year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, motherless daughters are just beginning to puzzle out how to define themselves with no mother to help them sort out what kind of woman they wish to become.

Sept. 11’s Immigrant Widows Lose U.S. Visas

By Asjylyn Loder ● Politics ● September 9, 2002

For many foreign nationals who lost spouses in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, their U.S. residency status remains murky. Most will be required to leave unless their spouses had applied for a permanent residency before the attack.

Sept. 11th Fund Rules May Undervalue Women’s Lives

By WeNews Staff & no-author ● Uncategorized ● January 26, 2002

(WOMENSENEWS)–Dated methodology suggesting women have shorter work-life expectancies than men could leave relatives of female Sept. 11 victims with smaller monetary awards than those who lost men in the terrorist attacks.

A panel of economists has said that the fund’s preliminary rules contain "glaring errors in methodology," and treat female workers unfairly.