Labels and stereotypes, long used to subordinate and marginalize women in history, need to be opposed, not embraced.
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Category: Education
International Day of the Girl Child 2018
In honor of International Day of the Girl Child, designated by the United Nations as October 11, a quote by Mary Wollstonecraft, who advocated fiercly and eloquently… Read more "International Day of the Girl Child 2018"
Pictured // Woman of the Year
“I knew well that the only way I could get that door open was to knock it down; because I knocked all of them down.” – Sadie… Read more "Pictured // Woman of the Year"
Beyond Inspiring: History’s Female PhD Pioneers
While the stories of history’s first female doctors of philosophy are inspiring, they also highlight the galling realities of women’s centuries-long struggle to obtain equal educational opportunities and professional and intellectual respect. Seen as a whole, they have the power to light a fire beneath armchair inspiration and provoke similarly bold and progressive action.
