Founded in 1973 by artist Judy Chicago, art historian Arlene Raven and graphic designer Sheila de Bretteville, the Woman’s Building was both a psychic umbrella and a physical space, initially housing a feminist art school, galleries, a graphics center and a bookstore. It was a place where women artists, writers and performers were challenged and nurtured at a time when the male-dominated mainstream art world—which Judy called “the big ball game”—would either belittle or ignore them.
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On the 97th Year Since Harriet Tubman Died
Born a slave in Maryland during 1822, the adolescent Tubman (then Araminta Ross) suffered a blow to her head from a cruel overseer, as a result suffering seizures, headaches and hallucinations for the rest of her life. Nonetheless, in her late 20s she escaped to freedom in Philadelphia and made more than a dozen trips back to Maryland, leading both her own family and dozens of other slaves to freedom.
The Heart and Soul of JoAnn Evansgardner
JoAnn Evansgardner stood less than five feet tall, but she was a giant in women’s history and in my personal journey.
Is San ba an insult??
Calling a woman a “san ba” implies she is prone to gossip, that she is dull-minded and crass.
Why Not Take International Women’s Day Off?
While flowers and greeting cards are lovely, the women behind International Women’s Day weren’t organizing a celebration as much as a unified call for alarm. Just as women do today, they marched for safe workplaces, peace and equality. Exploring even a brief history of the event, I realize it’s not just simply about honoring women: It’s about recognizing the very hard labor of women as workers, mothers, partners and activists.
Medical Ethics, Race and Henrietta Lacks’ “Magic” Cells
Doctors needed human cells to study cervical cancer’s progression, but despite decades of effort they had been unable to keep human cells alive in culture. “Henrietta’s were different: They reproduced an entire generation every 24 hours, and they never stopped,” writes Rebecca Skloot, a science journalist, in her new book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. “They became the first immortal cells ever grown in a laboratory.”