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Scott Walker Undoes Decades of Women’s History

By Susan Feiner ● Commentary ● March 28, 2011

Right smack dab in the middle of Women’s History Month we’ve been treated to the spectacle of Wisconsin’s new GOP Gov. Scott Walker taking apart public-sector workers’ bargaining rights and women’s labor gains in the process.

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Women’s Labor History Cherished; Trashed

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● March 25, 2011

(WOMENSENEWS)–Church bells rang Friday in New York as the city’s notorious Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, which claimed the lives of 146 garment workers, most of them female immigrants, turned 100.

News agencies, schools and organizations throughout the city have run commemorations throughout the month and on March 27 Women’s eNews is honoring the event with a screening of a new PBS documentary about the fire.

Lillian Moller Gilbreth Pressed for Inclusion

By Kate Kelly ● Employment ● September 7, 2009

As we recognize the importance of working people today, on Labor Day, Kate Kelly highlights Lillian Moller Gilbreth’s efforts to make the workplace more inclusive for all workers, including people with disabilities.