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Today in women’s history: Church of England ordains women priests
March 12, 2015The women were ordained in alphabetical order; Angela Berners-Wilson is considered the first woman to be ordained in England.
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Today in women’s history: “A Raisin in the Sun” opens in 1959
March 11, 2015The Lorraine Hansberry drama "A Raisin in the Sun" opened at New York City's Ethel Barrymore Theater on March 11, 1959.
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Today in women’s history: Social reformer Lillian Wald born in 1867
March 10, 2015Founder of the Henry Street Settlement House in Lower Manhattan, Lillian Wald was born March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati to a family of German Jewish professionals.
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Women fight an uphill battle in El Salvador
March 9, 2015A delegation of women recently paid a visit to El Salvador to see what women are doing there to better their lives.
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Today in women’s history: Barbie is born
March 9, 2015Barbie became the figurehead of an extensive and highly lucrative brand of Mattel dolls and accessories.
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Remembering women’s history: Lucy Parsons
March 6, 2015Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons, a working-class leader and spouse of one of the Haymarket martyrs, died March 7, 1942 in Chicago.
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Today in women’s history: Rosa Luxemburg born in 1871
March 5, 2015Rosa Luxemburg, born on March 5, 1871, in Zamość, Poland, was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent.
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More than 80 groups urge Pfizer to leave climate-denier ALEC
March 4, 2015Over 100 corporations and groups have left ALEC since 2011, when Common Cause and other groups launched a campaign to call public attention to the group's activities.
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