Womens History Month

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/5/2023
  

  Why "History Months" Need to Write Groups Back In to the Story

  by E.J. Dionne

    Do efforts to write marginalized figures into the national narrative  "mean that history has been “politicized”? The answer is 'yes' only in the sense that political change always affects how we see history," says the Washington Post columnist. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/12/2022
  

  Famous and Hidden Women's Friendships that Made History

  In the arts, politics, and civil rights activism, here are five friendships among prominent women that helped drive change. 

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• SOURCE: CBS Boston
  3/28/2020
  

  Boston Colleges To Celebrate Women’s History Month By Editing Wikipedia Pages

  Students at Simmons University and Wentworth Institute of Technology are honoring Women's History Month by improving the online representation of female activists.

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• 3/6/2020
  

  America’s First Literary Voice

  by William Lambers

  The thoughts and feelings of Anne Bradstreet, written hundreds of years ago, live on with us today. 

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• SOURCE: AFL-CIO
  3/3/2020
  

  AFL-CIO Is Profiling Labor Leaders and Activists for Women's History Month

  The AFL-CIO's blog announced that it will spotlight female labor leaders of past and present in honor of Women's History Month.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  3/29/19
  

  Goodbye, Women’s History Month. Here Are 15 Women We Shouldn’t Forget.

  From an 80-year-old tiger trainer to the motorcycle queen of Miami, these are the stories of trailblazing women you likely didn’t learn about in school.

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• 3/31/19
  

  Elizabeth Blackwell, MD., Hero, Humanitarian, and Teacher

  by Charles F. Howlett

  She used her skills as a teacher to become not only the first American female physician but also its first female professor of medicine.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  3/8/19
  

  The real history of women wouldn’t look quite so nice on a tote bag

  by Laurie Penny

  “Empowerment” has always been more palatable and easier to sell than the idea of women simply taking power, and it’s more cheerful than the reality that plenty of women’s history has been defined as much by frustration and pain as by perky self-actualization.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  3/8/19
  

  Historians Keisha N. Blain and Daina Ramey Berry Featured in Politico Article on the Biggest Problems Women Face Today

  The historians were featured alongside Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren, and more. 

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• SOURCE: UFCW
  3/7/19
  

  26 Labor Heroines You Should Know for Women's History Month

  And how they shaped American and labor history. 

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• SOURCE: New Haven Register
  2/28/19
  

  Why Women's History Month is in March

  And how it grew from a day to a week to a month. 

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  3-23-18
  

  I'm a Historian, and I Think Women's History Month Is a Mistake

  by Nancy Goldstone

  Women – half the population – shouldn’t be shunted aside 11 months of the year.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  3-16-18
  

  Historians at the Rochester Institute of Technology are bolstering Wikipedia’s archive of entries on women’s history

  by Tamar Carroll and Lara Nicosia

  Why? Wikipedia's coverage of women is less comprehensive, and its volunteer editor base is mostly male.

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• SOURCE: Youtube
  3-16-18 (accessed)
  

  Video of the Week: African American Women and the Struggle for Equality

  How early freedom fighters like Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Anna Julia Cooper fought against multiple oppressions.

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• SOURCE: Education Dive
  3-7-18
  

  Women's history missing from textbooks — and classrooms

  Women’s history is not well-represented in U.S. state history standards, and the gap is likely appearing in classroom lessons, too.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  3-12-18 (accessed)
  

  Video of the Week: How the media is marking Women's History Month

  Jessica Bennett, gender editor for The New York Times, speaks with Brian Stelter about "Overlooked," a new obituary project about pioneering women who never had an obit in the paper.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  3-1-18
  

  She coined the term "glass ceiling"

  She fears it will outlive her.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  3-1-18
  

  She Exposed the Discrimination in College Sports Before Title IX. Now She’s a Women’s History Month Honoree

  For the work she did, which led to her becoming the first Chair of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, Margaret Dunkle is now one of the trailblazers honored by the National Women’s History Project for exemplifying this year’s Women’s History Month theme of “Nevertheless, She Persisted.”

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  3-1-18
  

  Why 'Nevertheless, She Persisted' Is the Theme for This Year's Women's History Month

  “‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ is really about every woman who really had to use her tenacity and courage to accomplish whatever she set out to accomplish. It’s universal,” said Molly Murphy MacGregor, executive director and co-founder of the National Women’s History Project.

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• SOURCE: AJC.com
  2-23-18
  

  National Women's History Month: What is it, when did it begin, who is being honored this year?

  The 2018 theme is “Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination against Women.” It’s a jab at Mitch McConnell’s put down of Elizabeth Warren.