Friends of Ms. gathered last month to discuss two extraordinary anthologies, Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century by Janet Deward Bell and 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution. Both give voice to extraordinary women throughout history who fought to define and demand equality.
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This Women’s History Month, Honor Women by Honoring Caregiving
Caregiving is an essential and difficult profession, yet it is written off as “women’s work” and severely undervalued.
This Women’s History Month, let’s break gender-based economic barriers with the same enthusiasm with which we cheer for women who’ve broken glass ceilings. Let’s demand a federal economic policy that centers women—and honors the work of the unknown women of history whose caregiving labor was ignored and nearly forgotten.
The Ms. Guide to Celebrating Virtual Women’s History Month—and Beyond!
Throughout Women’s History Month, feminist experts in politics, public service and more are coming together to share their lived experiences and help propel women’s rights forward—and Ms. is here to keep you in the loop.
Women in Science Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon Helps Close Gaps in Women’s History
Despite educators’ tendency to discourage students from using Wikipedia, Wikipedia is so much more than a source or a final destination. It’s a portal into other sources. Adding to and enhancing that portal to include knowledge and perspectives hitherto suppressed or marginalized is an important political project.
Join the Women in Science Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Monday, Aug. 31, from 12p.m.-2p.m. ET—part of an effort to increase the representation of women on Wikipedia and to close the editor and content based gender gaps on the site.
Congress is Finally Breaking Ground in the Fight for a National Women’s History Museum
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) still remembers the trip to the National Mall that inspired HR 1980. “I found myself asking, ‘Where are the women?’” she told reporters at a press conference Monday. “If we fail to recognize women, we cannot empower them,” she said. “But women’s stories have been largely excluded from history textbooks. […]
Calling on Congress to Honor Women’s History
Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Susie Lee (D-NV) and Susan Brooks (R-IN) are renewing their calls for the creation of a national museum dedicated to honoring the contributions of women throughout American history. Maloney and Fitzpatrick are lead sponsors of H.R. 1980, the Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act. The other members joined […]
Women’s History Month is the Perfect Time to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment
This month, we celebrate women’s history. My hope is that lawmakers will make it possible to also celebrate that women’s equality under the law—guaranteed by the document that is the touchstone of our democracy.
Monuments Matter: Seeking Sacred Space to Remember Women’s History
In Central Park, 23 statues commemorate figures like Beethoven, Bolivar and even Balto, a sled dog—but none remember women. Pam Elam and Coline Jenkins set out to do something about it.
Live-Blogging Women’s History: The Battle of the Sexes
Billie Jean King’s rout of Bobby Riggs tonight was a major triumph for women in sports, and for the revitalized feminist movement itself.
“What Happened” in the 2016 Election is Part of Women’s History—And Hillary Deserves to Tell It
The fact that so many are comfortable denigrating that story at this juncture of women’s history proves that there are far bigger problems than a book tour ahead. What Happened is doomed to happen again—unless, this time, we listen.