sexism

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  7/14/19
  

  A female historian wrote a book. Two male historians went on NPR to talk about it. They never mentioned her name. It’s Sarah Milov.

  They have tenure. She does not.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/1//19
  

  The biggest fight facing the U.S. women’s soccer team isn’t on the field

  by Lindsay Parks Pieper and Tate Royer

  The history of women in sports and the discrimination they have long faced. 

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• SOURCE: Slate
  4/22/19
  

  Robert Caro’s Blind Spot

  Why does the exhaustive biographer overlook Lyndon Johnson’s virulent misogyny?

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/19/19
  

  A half-century before the hashtag, artists were on the front lines of #MeToo

  by Vivien G. Fryd

  The cultural prominence of rape and sexual assault might be new. Efforts to bring attention to the issue, however, are not.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3/6/19
  

  The History of Sexism in the Southern Baptist Church

  by Susan M. Shaw

  Recent media reports have revealed decades of abuse by Southern Baptist pastors. Here is the history behind the reports.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/17/19
  

  History has a massive gender bias. We’ll settle for fixing Wikipedia.

  Only about 18 percent of Wikipedia’s biographical articles are about women. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/7/19
  

  Why it’s shocking to look back at med school yearbooks from decades ago

  by Elizabeth Evans

  They offer jaw-dropping examples of the sexism and racism that shaped professional cultures.

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• SOURCE: CityLab
  12-3-18
  

  The Glamorous, Sexist History of the Women’s Restroom Lounge

  It was rooted in the idea of separate spheres: that women’s place was in the home and men’s was outside, in public. 

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• SOURCE: New York Post
  8-10-18
  

  History professor’s constant "dumb blonde" remarks forced me to dye my hair, claims Stony Brook student in lawsuit

  The suit accuses Larry Frohman of sexually discriminating against her.

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• SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
  10-17-17
  

  Sexism in the history department at West Point alleged

  by Peggy O’Donnell

  Peggy O’Donnell taught history at West Point for a year. She says the sexism was “glaring."

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  12-12-16
  

  ‘Even though I am a girl…’

  by Roshanna Sylvester

  John Glenn’s fan mail and sexism in the early space program

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• SOURCE: The Los Angeles Times
  10-21-16
  

  When women were admitted to Ivy League schools, the complaints sounded a lot like a Trump tweet

  by Nancy Weiss Malkiel

  A member of the class of 1936 objected to diluting ‘Princeton’s sturdy masculinity with disconcerting, mini-skirted young things...’

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• SOURCE: Democracy Journal
  9-20-16 (accessed)
  

  How Much Latent Sexism Is Out There?

  by Ellen Fitzpatrick

  For much of the twentieth century, that opposition remained robust, with some 40 percent of Americans polled affirming as late as 1969 that they would not vote for a woman President.