women
This week in history: Working Women’s Association established 150 years ago
September 17, 2018The WWA's membership grew to include over 100 wage-earning women in addition to journalists and other women whose work was intellectual.
Read moreSerena Williams’ treatment resonates among black women
September 12, 2018“How much is she supposed to take, really? How much are any of us supposed to keep taking?”
Read moreHow black women are organizing to energize voters this fall
September 7, 2018"The revolution done signed my name," they sang, invoking Harriet Tubman, Shirley Chisholm, Aretha Franklin and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Read moreThis week in history: Women’s Liberation goes public at Miss America protest
September 5, 2018The demonstration was attended by about 400 feminists, and separately by civil rights advocates.
Read moreChange comes to Boston: Ayanna Pressley makes history
September 5, 2018History continues to be made across the country as an unprecedented number of women of color are running for or winning public office.
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