Labels and stereotypes, long used to subordinate and marginalize women in history, need to be opposed, not embraced.
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Category: World History
Quoted // Matilda Joslyn Gage
“While… many of the world’s most important inventions are due to woman, the proportion of feminine inventors is much less than of masculine, which arises from the… Read more "Quoted // Matilda Joslyn Gage"
Christmas, Written by Women
From a former slave to two Nobel laureates, a selection of women writers in modern history and their often-overlooked narratives of Christmas.
Faces of Diversity in American First-Wave Feminism
Six little-known women from around the world – starting with a Russian-Jewish immigrant and ending with a French former chambermaid – who contributed to first-wave feminism in the United States.
When the Cult of Celebrity Devours Meaningful History
Katharine Houghton Hepburn helped American women secure the vote and reproductive freedom. Her daughter was a four-time Oscar winner. Chances are, you know about the actress, but not the activist.
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"
LaGuardia’s Sister, Eichmann’s Prisoner, Ravensbrück’s “Mother”
A major New York City airport is named in honor of her brother, but Gemma La Guardia Gluck’s story of surviving Ravensbrück concentration camp as the political prisoner of Adolf Eichmann unjustly exists in the shadows of history.
