Everywhere: This is the last week of Women’s History Month! If you haven’t already, take a look at David Dismore’s fascinating day-by-day women’s history coverage on the Ms. Blog. And […]
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Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 28, 1931
March 28, 1931: The effort by the National Woman’s Party to fight increased discrimination against women in the workforce as the Depression deepens has gotten some help from a few […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 27, 1922
March 27, 1922: In a show of solidarity not seen since winning nationwide suffrage a year and a half ago, local women are protesting tonight’s enforcement of a New York […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 26, 1878
March 26, 1878: A large audience was in attendance tonight in New York’s Union League lecture room for a meeting called by the Association for the Advancement of the Medical […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 25, 1942
March 25, 1942: It was officially confirmed today that 25 of America’s best women pilots are going to Britain to help with the Allied war effort. After learning that the […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 24, 1919
March 24, 1919: With a suffrage victory seeming imminent, the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s Golden Jubilee tonight looked forward rather than back. While honoring its founders for their pioneering […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 23, 1895
March 23, 1895: The plight of women and girls who work in New York City’s dry goods stores was the subject of compelling testimony at a legislative hearing today. Assembly […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 22, 1972
March 22, 1972: Equality for women and men, once considered among the most radical of ideas, has now received the overwhelming endorsement of both houses of Congress in the form […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 21, 1938
March 21, 1938: Jubilation today among Equal Rights Amendment supporters. After an almost 15-year struggle, the ERA has for the first time been reported to a branch of Congress. The […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 20, 1937
March 20, 1937: Amelia Earhart’s legendary skill as a pilot averted a potentially fatal disaster today in her unsuccessful attempt to fly to Howland Island. She immediately assured everyone that […]