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  • Pandemic Imperils Promotions for Women in Academia

    As primary education has gone remote for another term, women professors with children argue that uneven distribution of domestic labor means their scholarly work is at a disadvantage compared to male and childless colleagues. "“I don’t need a clock extension,” Dr. Magdalena Osburn said. “I need an acknowledgment that this year is trash.”



  • Cokie Roberts, Pioneering Journalist Who Helped Shape NPR, Dies At 75

    A bestselling author and Emmy Award winner, Roberts was one of NPR's most recognizable voices and is considered one of a handful of pioneering female journalists who helped shape the public broadcaster's sound and culture at a time when few women held prominent roles in journalism.


  • Why Women's History Month?

    by Ruth Rosen

    Unfortunately, it is still necessary to have a token month every year devoted to women's lives.



  • Before Malala

    by William Dalrymple

    The Pashtun tribes of Central Asia have a history of strong women.



  • Handmaidens of Genocide

    by Konrad H. Jarausch

    "Hitler's Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields" is a shocking reading experience.