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  • Dorothea Lange Created: Tuesday, February 08, 2011 Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013
    Dorothea Lange biography - a profile of Dorothea Lange, photographer of the 20th century, known for her iconic images of the Great Depression
  • Regina Anderson Created: Saturday, February 03, 2007 Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013
    A profile of Regina Anderson, playwright and librarian who was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
  • May 21 Created: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013
    May 21 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day
  • Suspect Classification (Suspect Class) Created: Sunday, June 19, 2011 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
    What is a suspect classification? When is a group a suspect class? Read about the legal definitions and why they matter to feminist history.
  • Lydia Pinkham Created: Friday, May 17, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
    Lydia Pinkham, a reformer who lived most of her adult life as a traditional wife and mother, became an entrepreneur. Her Vegetable Compound was the most-advertised product of the day, and was targe...
  • Unitarian and Universalist Women and Other Liberal Religious Women Created: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
    An annotated bibliography for graduate students and others who are researching Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist women.
  • February 9 Created: Monday, September 11, 2006 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
    February 9 - birthdates of notable women and other important events, plus quote for the day
  • Strict Scrutiny Standard of Review Created: Sunday, June 19, 2011 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
    A definition of the legal term strict scrutiny. What is the strict scrutiny standard of review, and how does it relate to gender and sex discrimination?
  • Who Was the Queen of Sheba? Created: Monday, May 13, 2013 Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    The Queen of Sheba is mentioned in the biblical story of Solomon. Was she a real historical figure? What was her name and where did she come from?
  • Memorial Day History Created: Friday, May 30, 2003 Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    Learn about the origin of Memorial Day in the United States, and especially about the significant role women played in that history.
  • Julia Ward Howe: Mother's Day and Peace Created: Monday, April 19, 2010 Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    Julia Ward Howe's accomplishments did not end with the writing of her famous poem, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." She called for a Mother's Day of Peace when she took up the cause of anti-milit...
  • Woman's Peace Party March Created: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    Woman's Peace Party March, late 1910s
  • Weekly Women in History Pictures Created: Thursday, March 19, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
    A collection of images depicting women in history, from the About.com Women's History Guidesite.
  • Maria Agnesi Created: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Updated: Monday, May 13, 2013
    Maria Agnesi biography - she wrote the first book on mathematics written by a woman that survives.
  • Female Pharaohs Created: Monday, July 09, 2007 Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013
    The rulers of ancient Egypt, Pharaohs, were almost all men. The evidence for a few women Pharaohs is sketchy at best. Here is a list of the women most commonly thought to have served as Pharaoh, or...
  • Emma Goldman on Francisco Ferrer and the Modern School Created: Sunday, May 28, 2006 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
    Francisco Ferrer and the Modern School, from Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman. An essay on education from an American anarchist.
  • Emma Goldman Essay on Anarchism Created: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
    Anarchism: What It Really Stands For, from Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman. Essay on politics from the 20th century radical known for her anarchism and defense of women's rights.
  • Emma Goldman - Biographic Sketch Created: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
    About Emma Goldman, from a biographical sketch in her collection, Anarchism and Other Essays.
  • Emma Goldman Picture Created: Friday, May 10, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
    Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were photographed about 1917.
  • The NOW Task Force on Equal Opportunity of Employment Created: Monday, June 28, 2010 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    The Task Force on Equal Opportunity of Employment was one of NOW's first important task forces. The founders of NOW fought tirelessly for equal opportunity of employment.
  • Gloria Steinem Created: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Biography of Gloria Steinem: learn about the life and background of feminist Gloria Steinem.
  • Emily Dickinson Books Created: Thursday, September 07, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Emily Dickinson, American poet.
  • Lydia Maria Child Quotes Created: Saturday, July 30, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Quotes by Lydia Maria Child - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
  • Blanche of Castile Created: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    A profile of Blanche of Castile, ruler of France twice as regent for her son, Saint Louis.
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe Facts Created: Monday, February 05, 2007 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Find out the facts about Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and one of the 19th century's best-selling novelists.
  • Eleanor Roosevelt - Wedding Portrait Created: Monday, May 22, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Photographs from Eleanor Roosevelt's early marriage: Eleanor Roosevelt in her wedding dress.
  • Women's Fashion from the Time of William the Conqueror Created: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Pictures of women's costume in medieval England.: william the conqueror typical clothing english costume noblewomen english woman
  • Julia Ward Howe - What Is Religion? - Parliament of the World's Religions - Columbian Exposition 1893 Created: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Julia Ward Howe spoke at the Parliament of the World's Religions at the 1893 Columbian Exposition, Chicago World's Fair.
  • Woman and the Republic - Anti-Suffrage Argument by Helen Kendrick Johnson Created: Thursday, May 19, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Woman and the Republic, by Helen Kendrick Johnson, 1897. Title Page and Table of Contents. A women's history etext.
  • About Sarah Helen Power Whitman Created: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Sarah Helen Power Whitman - poet and love interest of Edgar Allen Poe.
  • About Eleanor Roosevelt Created: Thursday, February 09, 2006 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Information on Eleanor Roosevelt - her life and work
  • Laura Ormiston Chant - Duty of God to Man - Women's History Created: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Updated: Thursday, May 09, 2013
    Laura Ormiston Chant's address to the 1893 Parliament of the World's Religions. Includes portrait of Chant.

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