March 19, 1937: Dozens more women were arrested today both inside and outside the Woolworth store at 34 W. 14th St. in Manhattan on this third day of a strike […]
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Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 18, 1970
March 18, 1970: Just 48 hours after 46 women filed an E.E.O.C. complaint against Newsweek charging sexism, another and far more radical action has been taken against a mainstream media […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 17, 1937
March 17, 1937: Amelia Earhart is airborne! More than 5,000 cheering fans were on hand as she took off from Oakland, Calif., for a record-breaking around-the-world flight. Early reports are […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 16, 1970
March 16, 1970: The publishers of Newsweek now have more confirmation than they might want that their current cover story, “Women in Revolt,” is both accurate and timely. Forty-six women […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 15, 1912
March 15, 1912: Suffragists in both New York and Philadelphia let it be known today that they are not to be trifled with. The first example occurred at the Woman’s […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 14, 1916
March 14, 1916: The resilience of the suffrage movement was never more in evidence than today. Just over four months since the biggest setback in its 68-year history–when suffrage referenda […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 13, 1961
March 13, 1961: Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt called on President John F. Kennedy at the White House earlier today and gave him a three-page list of women he should […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 12, 1954
March 12, 1954: Doria Shafik, founder and president of the Daughters of the Nile Party, announced today in Cairo that she would be undertaking a fast to protest women’s exclusion […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 11, 1912
March 11, 1912: Though suffragists have many popular themes for speeches and meetings, tonight’s choice to address 25 objections to woman suffrage has outdone them all in terms of drawing […]
Wench: A Haunting Chapter in Women’s History
What is a “wench” anyway? Does a sultry, Shakespearean woman in a bodice come to mind? According to two of its definitions, a wench might be either: “a girl, maid, […]