"history" Articles & Blogs:
History Is on Women's Side in the Workplace
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(WOMENSENEWS)--A flurry of February headlines announced, just in time for Women's History Month, that for the first time women outnumber men on the nation's payrolls.
Second-paragraph perspective pointed out that is mainly because of the depleted employe...[Read on] |
Naomi Wolf to write the history of the vagina
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The New York Observer reports that Naomi Wolf's new book will be "a cultural history of the vagina." Which is funny, because I was totally planning on writing a history of my left tit! (Kidding, kidding.)
Hanne Blank - amazing author of Virgin: The Unt...[Read on] |
Experiencing history in Berlin
| Yesterday my day was chock full of history. I saw it, I read about it, and I experienced it. Being in Berlin is a chance to see firsthand things you’ve only been able to read about in History books…that is if you ever bothered to even read your hist...[Read on] |
A cautionary tale: Sheryl, Malcolm and Michael or keep track of your valuables
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p>Swoopes during her visit
to the White House with the
Houston Comets, 2001.
It has happened to some of the most famous people in modern history including Malcolm X and Michael Jackson. I remember the shock and heartfelt panic in my chest when...[Read on] |
Women’s History Month Quiz
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This comes from Deborah Siegel at Girl w/Pen:
Ok ladies and gents, let’s see if we can start a Women’s History Meme here. Take the quiz below, see how you do, and if you have a blog, feel free to post the quiz there AND ADD ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION O...[Read on] |
National Women’s History Museum bill moves to the Senate
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This is pretty cool. The House of Representatives recently passed a bipartisan bill (HR 1700) that would set the stage for a National Women’s History Museum to be built on the National Mall. It now moves to the Senate. The House passed HR 1700 on a v...[Read on] |
Al Gore’s Daughter Karenna to Separate, Too
| Karenna Gore and her husband, Drew Schiff, have separated after 12 years of marriage, People reports. They have three kids. Drew, a doctor (Dr. Drew!), is an employee of the biotech firm Aisling Capital, while Karenna is currently working on “a document...[Read on] |
Women Who Dared: Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Barbara Walters, Rosa Parks and More (Photos)
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In honor of Women’s History Month, wowOwow and the website findingDulcinea.com pay tribute to 15 inspirational women who helped to shape the world in which we livePhoto Essay | Today 8:30 amIn honor of Women’s History Month, wowOwow.com has te...[Read on] |
Celebrating Black Women Writers and Artists for Black History Month
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The Frisky has an awesome series of images and stories about black women writers and artists, that are not as often heard of, including Ntozake Shange, Judith Jamison, and my very favorite Zora Neale Hurston.
I recently re-read Their Eyes Were Watching...[Read on] |
Katie Reyes: Breaking down barriers one game at a time
| by Neena Chaudhry, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
Yesterday, a quiet thirteen-year-old girl made history just doing something she loves – playing baseball. Katie Reyes may or may not have known that her actions made history, although s...[Read on] |
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm on GM Bankruptcy: 'We're Hitting Bottom'
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As GM prepares for the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history,
let’s reflect on what GM and its workers have contributed to this
country, and what the future holdsGM Bankruptcy | 06/01/2009 1:10 pm
As General Motors prepares itself for the ...[Read on] |
Sandra Bullock makes Box Office history
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Sandra Bullock started out 2009 pretty much off the Hollywood radar screen. She hadn’t made a movie for two years, and since most people never thought a woman over 40 could score box office successes, her upcoming films weren’t taken very seriously....[Read on] |
Oh to be a feminist....
| International Women's Day is tomorrow, so I figured I would take the opportunity beforehand to acknowledge it and maybe pump us up a little bit! I love days that are picked out to honor or remember something, someone, or some group that made a difference ...[Read on] |
Worst A.P. U.S. History Project Ever Involves Wearing K.K.K. Outfits to School Cafeteria
| A Georgia teacher with simply terrible judgment is experiencing quite a bit of backlash after she allowed students to wear Ku Klux Klan robes in a high-school cafeteria. It was a lesson about racism, and how destructive it is, obviously. “You cannot dis...[Read on] |
Women Are Still Less Equal
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It's not difficult to understand why a top dog might want to stay on top. For most of human history, females have been repeatedly marginalized by more powerful males until it's been institutionalized to a greater or lesser extent in almost all cultures. ...[Read on] |
Fast Females: A 45-year-old and a filly plunder expectations and find victory
| By Laura Pappano
That blur you see is a 45-year-old woman breaking a record. (OK, snapping with an iPhone enhances the effect in this case).
That’s right. Yesterday at the Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race — which was also the Men’s and W...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: The earth remains forever
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(Editors Note: Composer – and good friend – Eve Beglarian has developed an obsession with the Mississippi River: especially the impact of the river on the development of American culture. She recently embarked on a year long odyssey traveling the len...[Read on] |
Social Studies: The Week in Twitter Trending Topics
| It is time, once again, to look back fondly upon the week in Twitter trending topics. We’ve taken screen shots of the top 10 terms every day this week. Naturally, they will all be archived in the Library of VF Daily. Join us, as we trace and analyze our...[Read on] |
Iran OKs Female for Games; Vancouver Fails T-Test
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(WOMENSENEWS)--
Cheers
For the first time in Winter Olympics history, an Iranian woman will compete for her country, reported CNN on Feb. 10. Marjan Kalhor, 21, will head the Iranian team in Vancouver, Canada, as the Olympics kicked off Feb. 12.
read...[Read on] |
Precious kills at the box office
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This weekend catapulted Precious to the top of the Oscar list with a record setting debut in theatres. Let me say that again- RECORD SETTING DEBUT. It made $1.8 million dollars on a total of 18 screens. That is an average of $100,000 per screen whic...[Read on] |
Women Are the Labor Force, Where is Our Political Force?
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By WCF Fellow Trish
A study released today, The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, focuses on a national landmark: for the first time in the history of the United States,...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politi...[Read on] |
Alabama poised to elect first-ever woman to U.S. Congress
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This post was submitted by Sophie Shulman, WCF Communications Fellow
After last night’s Democratic primary, Alabama is ready to make history.
Two women, Terri Sewell and Sheila Smoot, secured over...
This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Poli...[Read on] |
Will women’s boxing be included in the 2012 Olympic Games?
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Read an interesting article on BBC this morning about a new possibility to include women’s boxing in the 2012 London Olympic Games.
The story broke in Europe today after hearing International Olympic Committee president Jacque Rogge publicly back its i...[Read on] |
Top 10 Reasons for Sarah Palin Resignation
| The following was written prior to cocktail hour on the west coast....
1) She thought that MJ was the King of the GOP not the King of POP
2) Test results were about to be released to show that her grandchild TRIP is really the son of TRIP (Sr.)
3) She ...[Read on] |
Women breaking barriers: A milestone
| From the Association for Women in Sports Media: Today marks the 35th anniversary of Robin Herman and Marcel St. Cyr becoming the first female sports reporters to enter a locker room for post-game interviews.Herman was a reporter at The New York Times and ...[Read on] |
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