Mary McLeod Bethune
Friday May 18, 2012
Mary McLeod Bethune is known for her work as an educator, founding what became Bethune-Cookman College and serving as its president, as an official in FDR's administration, and for her work with the National Council of Negro Women. She died on May 18, 1955.
The Female Paul Revere
Thursday May 17, 2012
You've heard of Paul Revere? A woman did something quite similar -- riding on horseback at night to warn farm families of a British landing and to raise the militia to respond -- but she is reported to have traveled about twice as far as Revere is credited with riding. Learn more about this legendary teenage heroine of the American Revolution: Sybil Ludington - Revolutionary War Heroine
May 16, 1929 - March 27, 2012
Wednesday May 16, 2012
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Famous Mothers and Daughters in History
Sunday May 13, 2012
Image: Lucy Stone with Alice Stone Blackwell
Courtesy of Library of Congress
Carnations, Anna Jarvis, and Mother's Day
Sunday May 13, 2012
Before you run out and buy flowers for this Mother's Day, take a look at this historical perspective on carnations and the holiday. Read more
Mother Katherine Drexel, American-born Saint
Sunday May 13, 2012
Mother Katherine Drexel, the second American-born saint canonized in the Roman Catholic Church, founded an order that itself founded many schools and other institutions serving Native Americans and African Americans. She funded the operations from a trust left by her father, a wealthy banker who had been a partner of J. P. Morgan. Read more about this philanthropic Catholic religious worker: Saint Katherine Drexel
Salem Village Church
Thursday May 10, 2012
The in-church politics at Salem Village Church contributed mightily to how the Salem witch trials incident came to be part of American history. Reading through a list such as this list of the members of that congregation, the way that women were seen as attached to their husbands is quite obvious, with husbands listed first where both were members, and with the last name listed only with the husband's name. This list includes many who were among the prosecutors and accusers -- and even the owner of the tavern where the first public examinations took place. Read more: Members of Salem Village Church | Salem Witch Trials Timeline | Victims of the Salem Witch Trials | Judges in the Salem Witch Trials
Future First Lady and President
Wednesday May 9, 2012
Eleanor Roosevelt is shown here at the family estate in Hyde Park, with her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and his mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt. FDR was, at the time in 1920, a candidate for Vice President. In 1918, Eleanor had found out that Franklin was having an affair; her marriage, always shadowed by her domineering mother-in-law with whom they lived, was weakened further by that discovery, though they decided not to divorce.
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5 Legendary Warrior-Women of Asia
Tuesday May 8, 2012
Kallie Szczepanski, About.com Guide to Asian History, profiles five women "who made their mark in battle" in Asian history, from ancient times through the 13th century of the modern era: 5 Legendary Warrior-Women of Asia
A Classic of Women's History
Monday May 7, 2012
In 1984, Catherine Clinton's The Other Civil War was a pioneering survey of accomplishments and experience of a century of women. The 1999 revisions update the story with recent research, enriching but not fundamentally changing the nature or organization. It's still one of the best thorough reviews of what happened during a century of incredible change for women. Clinton's preface to the 1999 edition reveals that in 1978, at Princeton University, she was asked to cover the subject of American women in the nineteenth century -- in one lecture. As she says, today "this recollection seems incomprehensible." Read more about this classic in women's history: The Other Civil War by Catherine Clinton