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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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