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Today in eco-history: Richmond food riots
April 2, 2014Thousands of people, mostly women, broke into shops and began seizing food and other items before the militia arrived to stop them.
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Report: Supreme Court has weakened sexual harassment protections for workers
April 2, 2014The NWLC released a report featuring new information that underscores the urgent need to strengthen workplace protections from sexual harassment.
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Today in women’s history: Abigail Adams attacked sexism, “fomented rebellion”
March 31, 2014On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams urged the Continental Congress and her husband, John Adams, to consider women's rights.
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Today in women’s history: Three Mile Island nuclear reactor overheats
March 28, 2014Since the 1979 accident, there has been an ongoing controversy over whether the radiation released at Three Mile Island led to an increase of cancer and infant mortality in the surrounding areas.
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Today in Women’s history: Birth of Effa Manley, baseball hall of famer
March 27, 2014Effa Louise Manley co-owned the Newark Eagles baseball franchise in the Negro leagues with her husband Abe Manley. Her influence extended beyond baseball; she was active in the civil rights movement and a social activist.
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Today in women’s history: Civil rights leader and suffragist Ida B. Wells died
March 25, 2014Wells was an outstanding civil rights activist and journalist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Today in women’s history: Coalition of Labor Union Women founded
March 24, 2014On March 24, 1974, the Coalition of Labor Union Women was founded by some 3,000 women trade unionists from 58 labor organizations at a meeting in Chicago.
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Today in women’s history: Redstockings holds abortion speak out
March 22, 2014