Jone's Women's History Blog September 2003 Archive

Althea Gibson, the first black woman to win the tennis title at Wimbledon, died today (Sunday). • About Althea Gibson - biography • Althea Gibson Quotations - a few quotes from the ... Read More

About's Women's Issues Guide, Nikki Katz, summarizes the content and implication of Title IX which has been used to attack sexual discrimination in all aspects of educational life, including sports.

Two decades after they were taped, interviews of women leaders and rank-and-file suffragists were released on the Net. These are great resources for understanding what the people who were ... Read More

Quotations from Suzanne La Follette, a feminist and libertarian whose conservative anti-Communist views dominated her later writing. She was a co-founder of the magazine, National Review.

Women's soccer in the U.S. has been in the news this week, as the Women's United Soccer Association announces suspension of operations and the Women's World Cup is just a ... Read More

I've just discovered a Roman Archaeology "blog" -- via About's Ancient History Guide, N. S. Gill, and rogueclassicism -- with some articles of special interest to those interested in Roman ... Read More

Annika Sorenstams and Mia Hamm owe a debt to other pioneers in women's sports. Today, September 11, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPL) is holding a 60th anniversary ... Read More

As we remember the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, let us not forget the many women who were heroes and victims. Language about September ... Read More

The author of a new book on Margaret Sanger provides some details on Sanger's position on forced sterilization Related resources: • Biography of Margaret Sanger, with links to more resources • The Case for Birth ... Read More

Leni Riefenstahl's career included work as a dancer, actress, film producer, director, and also a photographer, but the rest of Leni Riefenstahl's career was shadowed by her history as a ... Read More

A book highly critical of Mother Teresa has been placed online, with all of its text available: Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict by Aroup Chatterjee Related: Mother Teresa Quotes (with ... Read More

In June, the news broke that a British team of archaeologists and other researchers identified a near-forgotten mummy, first discovered more than 100 years ago, as the Egyptian Queen Nefertiti. ... Read More

A profile of the new U.S. poet laureate, Louise Elisabeth Glück, includes some background on her poetry, and a note that, while the U.S. has been relatively even-handed in selecting ... Read More

In the Washington Post, an article about an archaeologist who's looked for any sign that the Queen of Sheba was a real person -- and has been able to find ... Read More

The Paul Alexander off-Broadway play about Sylvia Plath and an upcoming book have prompted yet another article about her life and talent: "If she had lived, Sylvia Plath would be ... Read More

A reminder of the length of the battle for woman suffrage in the US, measured in the lives of the women who led the struggle. Related: Woman Suffrage | Seneca Falls ... Read More