Mar 1

Gender politics and the start of Women’s History Month

General Rosalie Jones, Jessie Stubbs, and Colonel Ida Craft. Courtesy Library of Congress.


Posted 1 year, 2 months ago.

By Abigail Perkiss

In February 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8 to be National Women’s History Week. By Presidential Proclamation, Carter called on Americans to commemorate the unsung contributions of American women of years past.

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Aug 18

A quick history of women’s suffrage, or why we should thank our foremothers today

Women's suffragists, 1913. Photo from Wikimedia Commons


Posted 1 year, 9 months ago.

By Paige Scofield

Ninety-one years ago today the “we” in “We the People” became a whole lot bigger

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