Jone's Women's History Blog May 2007 Archive

She's a member of a very exclusive club: wife of one president and mother of another. Wife of President George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush was First Lady from ... Read More

Ida M. Tarbell was a journalist, among those called muckrakers for digging up dirt. She wrote an expose of the Standard Oil Company and John D. Rockefeller which led ... Read More

While Veterans' Day in November is to honor all those who served their nation in war, Memorial Day is primarily to honor those who died in military service. This all-American ... Read More

The Egyptian Queen Nefertiti is one of the most recognizable faces of ancient history, in large part because of the famous bust that was discovered in 1912. I've summarized ... Read More

Outlaw abortion and birth control, require women to have at least four children, and couple this with poverty and with pseudo-science that promotes blood transfusion to strengthen children and that ... Read More

In the British campaign for woman suffrage, Millicent Garrett Fawcett was known for her "constitutional" approach: a more peaceful, rational strategy, in contrast to the more militant and confrontational strategy ... Read More

Emily Dickinson, whose odd and inventive poems helped to initiate modern poetry, is an enigma, a mystery, a paradox. Only ten of her poems were published in her lifetime. We ... Read More

In honor of Mother's Day (May 13 this year, in the United States) I've updated my collection of quotes on mothers and mothering. A few examples: "A printed card means ... Read More

Mary Wollstonecraft has been called the "first feminist" or "mother of feminism." Her book-length essay on women's rights, and especially on women's education, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, ... Read More

Jeanne d'Albret was a key leader in the Huguenot party in France in the 16th century. Her son became King of France, though he abandoned his mother's Protestantism in assuming ... Read More

After almost a decade of organizing by Anna Jarvis, the US Congress established Mother's Day as a national holiday in 1914, signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson on May ... Read More

Astronomer and mathematician, Caroline Herschel assisted her brother, William, and helped discover the planet Uranus. She made her own mark, too, with her work.

Jennifer Rosenberg, About's Guide to 20th century history, documents the "new woman" who "smoked, drank, danced, and voted. She cut her hair, wore make-up, and went to petting parties. She ... Read More

In this essay, Jane Addams writes about the Pullman strike of 1894 and its aftermath. Her analysis of the causes and consequences of the "shocking experiences of that summer" are ... Read More