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'We Dissent' and the Making of Feminist Memory

Understanding the politics behind Cooper Union's 'We Dissent' exhibition.

by Haley Mlotek via Jezebel on November 26, 2018

Catching Up to Pauli Murray

From today's vantage, the remarkable achievements of the writer and social justice activist are finally coming into focus.

by Drew Gilpin Faust via New York Review of Books on October 5, 2018

Sentinel

From the day it was inaugurated, the Statue of Liberty has symbolized the tensions between national independence and universal human rights.

by Francesca Lidia Viano via Places Journal on October 1, 2018

The Culture War That Was Fought in the Sky

In 1928, women wanted more than just the vote. They wanted to do everything a man could do. Even fly the Atlantic.

by Keith O'Brien via Politico Magazine on September 23, 2018

Bad Blood

The history of eugenics in the Progressive Age.

by Patricia J. Williams via The Times Literary Supplement on July 17, 2018

Forgotten Feminisms: Johnnie Tillmon's Battle Against 'The Man'

Tillmon and other National Welfare Rights Organization members defied mainstream ideas of feminism in their fight for welfare.

by Judith Shulevitz via New York Review of Books on June 26, 2018

Women’s Liberation, Beauty Contests, and the 1920s: Swimsuit Edition

The swimsuit that's controversial now for its sexist overtones was once controversial for its suggestions of women’s liberation.

by Laura Prieto via Nursing Clio on June 19, 2018

Demonstrators march with pro-ERA and LGBT signs.

Why The Equal Rights Amendment Might Be On The Verge Of A Comeback

The ERA has been dead for 36 years, but now women may have the tools to overcome opposition.

by Allison K. Lange via Made By History on June 18, 2018

She Dared to Be Herself: Shirley Chisholm’s Legacy

She is remembered for being a "first," but it was her integrity, courageousness, and conviction that made her an icon.

by Shannon Wright, Whit Taylor via The Nib on June 18, 2018

This Seamstress Conquered Bike Racing in the 1890s

Cyclist Tillie Anderson shattered records, dominated her competition, and earned the world champion title.

by Kate Siber via Outside on May 31, 2018

A Forgotten War on Women

Scott W. Stern’s book documents a decades-long program to incarcerate “promiscuous” women.

by Kim Kelly via The New Republic on May 22, 2018

How the C-Section Went From Last Resort to Overused

Today, 1 in 3 American babies are delivered via the procedure, twice what the World Health Organization recommends.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on May 21, 2018

Defining Privacy—and Then Getting Rid of It

The beginnings of the end of private life in the late nineteenth century.

by Sarah E. Igo via Lapham’s Quarterly on May 15, 2018

Why It’s Bad When It’s “Not That Bad”

Considering the history of street harassment in light of #MeToo.

by Molly Brookfield via Nursing Clio on May 1, 2018

How Restaurants Helped American Women Get the Vote

The history of suffragist dining spaces in the U.S.

by Tove Danovich via Eater on March 29, 2018

This Is Helen Keller’s 1932 'Modern Woman'

In 1932, Hellen Keller offered some advice for the “perplexed businessman.”

by Caitlin Cadieux via The Atlantic on February 27, 2018

Voices in Time: Epistolary Activism

An early nineteenth-century feminist fights back against a narrow view of woman’s place in society.

by Louise W. Knight via Lapham’s Quarterly on February 22, 2018

San Francisco’s Queen of Abortions Gets Her Moment of Recognition

Two new biographies look at the life of Inez Burns, an uncompromising and extravagant turn-of--the-century woman.

by Kim Kelly via The Outline on February 6, 2018

The Women of Jane

The story of an underground abortion service that operated pre-Roe vs. Wade.

by Radio Diaries via NPR on January 19, 2018

50 Years Ago, Protesters Took on Miss America and Electrified the Feminist Movement

Miss America pageant has a long history of controversy—including the 1968 protests.

by Roxane Gay via Smithsonian on January 1, 2018

Before #MeToo: The Long Struggle Against Sexual Harassment at Work

An interactive timeline recounts the movement to end sexual harassment.

by Matthew Green via The Lowdown on December 14, 2017

Masher Menace: When American Women First Confronted Their Sexual Harassers

The #MeToo movement is not the first time women have publicly stood up to sexual harassment.

by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 14, 2017

How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote

Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.

by Johanna Neuman, Helaine Olen via The Atlantic on December 12, 2017

Protester with a #MeToo sign

#MeToo is Undoing the Devil’s Bargain of the 1990s

Men accepted women’s rise to prominence, but used sexual coercion to maintain control.

by Anne M. Blaschke via Made By History on December 7, 2017

Roy Moore

Roy Moore and the Revolution to Come

Women are rising. Will they be able to create lasting change?

by Kimberly A. Hamlin via Made By History on November 19, 2017

Hannah Mayer Stone with Margaret Sanger and other activists.

An Emancipation Proclamation to the Motherhood of America

A profile of Hannah Mayer Stone, one of the key figures in the struggle to make contraception safe, effective, and widely available.

by Jennifer Young via The New Inquiry on November 16, 2017

The Invention of Monogamy

For most of its history, monogamy was a rule only applied to married women.

by Sarah Mirk, Isabella Rotman via The Nib on October 20, 2017

Pauli Murray

The Life of Pauli Murray: An Interview with Rosalind Rosenberg

The author of a new biography explains how Murray changed the way that discrimination is understood today.

by Rosalind Rosenberg, Alyssa Collins via Black Perspectives on October 16, 2017

Women with a sign supporting passage of the ERA.

Who Killed the ERA?

A review of "Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics."

by Linda Greenhouse via New York Review of Books on October 12, 2017

Jane Addams’s Crusade Against Victorian “Dancing Girls”

Jane Addams, a leading Victorian-era reformer, believed dance halls were “one of the great pitfalls of the city.”

by Erin Blakemore via JSTOR Daily on October 11, 2017

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