Jone's Women's History Blog

Susan Glaspell, a feminist writer in the first half of the 20th century, was honored in 1918 by the New York Times: "Ms. Glaspell is generally regarded as one of ... Read More

Three interrelated Ediths in medieval history: Edith of England was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England, and was married to Otto I of Germany....read more Half-sister of Edith of ... Read More

Take women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you. These books are about a variety of women's history ... Read More

Some select quotes from Sojourner Truth, who used her background as a slave and her religious inspiration as a lecturer on abolition, women's rights, racial justice, and temperance....read more

Many women poets have used summer as a metaphor or focus of their poems. Here are a few selections from the poetry library on this site, from years when women ... Read More

Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, is still under house arrest in Myanmar (Burma). Her election in 1990 was ignored by ... Read More

Rebecca Solnit, in a May/June article in Orion Magazine, shows how "history is changed again and again by people who are supposedly powerless, including the women veiled by the dismissive ... Read More

In the last couple of years, there has been a rash of books on Jane Austen and her work. Is it because of the success of popular adaptations of ... Read More

Angela Davis has been an activist and writer promoting women's rights and racial justice while pursuing her career as a philosopher and teacher at the University of Santa Cruz and ... Read More

Take medieval and Renaissance women's history for a walk, to the gym, or for a drive: download audiobooks and take women's history with you. These books are about key women ... Read More