sexism
Today in women’s history: Happy birthday Dorothy Height
March 24, 2015Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for 40 years and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Today in women’s history: Redstockings holds abortion speak out
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Today in women’s history: Janet Reno becomes attorney general
March 13, 2014On this day in 1993 Janet Reno became the first female Attorney General serving from 1993 - 2001.
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Today in labor history: Kennedy signs bill to overcome sexism in pay
June 10, 2013On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy passed the Equal Pay Act aimed at eliminating unequal pay for women.
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Angela Davis speaks on struggles of feminism
April 13, 2012A point to which Davis returned throughout her speech was the need for feminists to be conscious of class and race as well as of gender.
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