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.
Author: Hadley Levenson
Hadley Levenson is a high school junior in New York City, senior staff writer for her school newspaper and lifelong feminist.
Lessons to a Young Girl From Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe hung up her soccer cleats after the final U.S. game of the 2023 World Cup. Rapinoe has proven herself as one of her generation’s most talented female players. Off the field, Rapinoe has been a leader on crucial social issues like LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice, gender equality and pay equity.
To many of her fans, her profile as a fierce agent for change is the defining component of her legacy. Count me among them.