When lesbians led the women’s suffrage movement
In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw ...
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Black Women Are the Unsung Heroes of “Bloody Sunday” 60 Years Ago
They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.
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Women’s History Month: From wash tubs to union halls
The spirit of resistance demonstrated by the Atlanta washerwomen set a precedent for future labor movements. In 1866, just a ...
Celebrating Women's History Month: Trailblazing women who shaped the DMV
In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate the trailblazing women activists and politicians who paved the way in ...
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100 years, 100 moments: How women shaped a century of music
To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, ...
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The story of one of the most influential yet forgotten civil rights figures
While many consider the birth of the civil rights movement to be 1955, when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on an ...
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Review: ‘Spell Freedom’ looks at literacy schools in the segregated South, including Monteagle’s Highlander Folk School
There are many tenacious individuals in Elaine Weiss' "Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights ...