A Poem for Adrienne
March 29, 2012 by Marge Piercy · 12 Comments
Another obituary We were filled with the strong wine of mutual struggle, one joined loud and sonorous voice. We carried each other along revolting, chanting, cursing, crafting, making all ...Read More
100 Years After Marie Curie Set Nobel Record, Why So Few Women in Science?
December 10, 2011 by Kristen Levithan · 11 Comments
Marie Skłodowska-Curie, two-time Nobel Laureate, challenged scientific theories and generally accepted beliefs about women’s abilities, blazing a trail for generations of women scientists ...Read More
10 Reasons for Feminists To Be Grateful This Thanksgiving
November 23, 2011 by Holly L. Derr · Leave a Comment
I spend a lot of time on this blog pointing out the totally outrageous attempts of the anti-choice movement to take away women’s constitutionally guaranteed right to make their own medical decisions ...Read More
Remembering Dr. Wangari Maathai: “We Must Persist”
September 27, 2011 by Emily Musil Church · 3 Comments
Fearless human rights and anti-poverty crusader. Visionary environmental leader. Global women’s rights activist. Advocate for democracy. More than one phrase is required to begin to sum up the contributions ...Read More
Chicago Loses a Latina Lesbian Leader
August 24, 2011 by Amita Swadhin · Leave a Comment
Christina Santiago, a lauded leader in Chicago’s lesbian community, was one of seven people tragically killed after a stage collapsed on August 13 at a concert at the Indiana State Fair. She was ...Read More
Remembering Dr. Bernadine Healy
Dr. Bernadine Healy, the first woman to head the National Institutes of Health, passed away due to brain cancer on August 6th at age 67. Healy broke medical ground by creating the Women’s Health ...Read More
A Loss for Dolores Huerta, And the World
July 28, 2011 by Eleanor Smeal · 1 Comment
I was distraught to learn last night of the unexpected death of Richard Estrada Chavez, the life partner of my dear friend Dolores Huerta, who serves on the Feminist Majority Foundation board of directors. Richard ...Read More
She “Desexed” Our Language: Remembering Kate Swift, 1923-2011
July 19, 2011 by Corin Swift · 4 Comments
Let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky … My great-aunt Kate Swift and I memorized T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” during ...Read More
Missing Betty Ford
July 13, 2011 by Mary Thom · Leave a Comment
I saw Betty Ford in person for my first and only time in November 1977. She was seated next to Rosalynn Carter, and they shared the stage with Maya Angelou and New York’s Bella Abzug, the former ...Read More
Betty Ford’s Death Illustrates What Has Been Lost in Our Political Culture
July 12, 2011 by Carole Joffe · 2 Comments
How much I appreciated your gracious letter telling of plans for the Western Regional Conference on Abortion and inviting me to attend. Although my upcoming personal and official commitments will ...Read More
