womens history

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• SOURCE: Boston Globe
  7/16/19
  

  Behind the men on the moon, there were thousands of women

  As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission this week, let’s remember something else: the thousands of women from Cambridge to California who helped make possible the trip to the moon. 

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• SOURCE: National Geographic
  7/5/2019
  

  Soccer pioneers recall the first Women’s World Cup

  Female soccer players have made great strides since the quadrennial tournament was first held in 1991. But the fight for equality continues.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/6/2019
  

  2019 Belongs to Shirley Chisholm

  A feature film. A monument. Tattoos in her honor. People looking for a hero have found one in this one-woman precursor to today’s progressive politics.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  7/4/2019
  

  NPR's Cokie Roberts and Rachel Martin Answer Listener Questions About Women And American Independence

  Cokie Roberts answers listener questions and talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about the role women played in America's fight for independence from Great Britain.

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• 7/7/19
  

  Flight Girls: Remembering World War 2's Women Airforce Service Pilots

  by Noelle Salazar 

  "I was stunned by anecdotes of bravery, death and outright misogyny. And I was baffled the subjects of these stories had tried to be heard, but still, seventy-seven years later, for the most part were unknown to the greater public."

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• SOURCE: Nursing Clio
  6/26/2019
  

  A Tale of Two Midwives across Four Centuries

  What happens when the person who delivers most of the babies in her community is arrested? This is a tale of two midwives, separated by nearly four centuries of history, and yet remarkably alike.

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• SOURCE: The Independent
  6/30/2019
  

  The Undocumented History of Female Yoga Teachers in Britain

  Yogini Sunita and Kailash Puri helped popularise yoga in the UK, but they kept their teachings unwritten, leaving their significance largely forgotten

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• SOURCE: Cleveland.com
  6/30/2019
  

  Before RBG, a Cleveland judge made history; it’s time to recognize Unstoppable Florence Allen

  Few candidates today could inspire the passion Florence Ellinwood Allen did nearly 100 years ago during her historic run for judge.

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• SOURCE: Nursing Clio
  6/25/19
  

  The Anti-Abortion Politics of White Women

  by Jacqueline Mercier Allain

  The reality is that women—white women in particular—are among today’s anti-choice movers and shakers. 

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  6/12/19
  

  ‘Reckoning’ Follows a 50-Year Road to #MeToo

  A review of Linda Hirshman's Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment. 

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• 6/25/19
  

  10 Things To Check Out At the Library of Congress’s New Exhibit on Women’s Suffrage

  by Andrew Fletcher

  Highlights from the exhibit on women's suffrage at the Library of Congress. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  6/17/2019
  

  How History Changed Anita Hill

  Professor Hill spoke with Jessica Bennett, gender editor at The New York Times and called for a greater recognition of gender-based violence in the political sphere, and stronger leadership on the issue.

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• SOURCE: CNN
  6/17/2019
  

  Yes, the US women's soccer team is dominant. That's because most of the world is playing catch-up

  The growth of women's soccer is a microcosm of the fight for gender equality.

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• 6/16/19
  

  Silent Spring: Why Rachel Carson’s words still ring true today

  by Catherine Whitlock

  Any future US president would do well to heed the likes of Rachel Carson and her successors and invest in clean energy policies, protect the environment, and promote biodiversity.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/1//19
  

  The biggest fight facing the U.S. women’s soccer team isn’t on the field

  by Lindsay Parks Pieper and Tate Royer

  The history of women in sports and the discrimination they have long faced. 

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• SOURCE: History.com
  6/5/2019
  

  American Women Fought for Suffrage for 70 Years. It Took WWI to Finally Achieve It

  World War I helped women around the world get the vote.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/4/2019
  

  How racism almost killed women’s right to vote

  by Kimberly A. Hamlin

  Women’s suffrage required two constitutional amendments, not one.

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• SOURCE: CBS News
  6/4/2019
  

  19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote was passed 100 years ago today

  Since the 19th Amendment's passage, women have helped inaugurate a new era of American politics.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  6/3/19
  

  Women of color were cut out of the suffragist story. Historians say it’s time for a reckoning.

  The story we remember this week — celebrating the 100th anniversary of Congress passing the suffrage amendment — ignores women of color and their contribution to the movement’s success.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/30/19
  

  ‘I’ll keep fighting’: Philippine women keep alive memory of sex slave horrors during World War II

  More than seven decades after the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Philippines and raped hundreds of girls, the survivors still want to be heard.