2016 elections
Loyal Clinton Delegate at DNC: Thank You Hillary
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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.
Womens History
London’s Feminist Library Faces Eviction, Fights to Preserve History
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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.
Teen Voices
From Sacagawea to Sotomayor, Florida Teens Want to See Woman on $10 Bill
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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.
CEDAW
Women’s Rights on Agenda of U.N. from the Start
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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.”
Government
It’s Time for Women in Government, Public Service to Speak Up
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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.
Culture
Here’s How I Found One Woman Missing from History
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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.
History
Rosalie Wahl’s Push for Libraries Spurred Law Career
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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.”
History
Jill Abramson Was Haunted by NYT’s Family Ghosts
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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.
museums
Women’s History Museum Picks Up Steam, Controversy
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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.
France
Two Female Resistance Heroes Join French Pantheon
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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.