In ‘Pretend We’re Dead,’ the women of ′90s alt-rock bring their own stories to life
Author Tanya Pearson, who’s also the founder of the Women of Rock Oral History Project, realized that if she wanted ...
How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall
The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional ...
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She Was The First African American Woman To Open Up A Bank In The United States
I’m always fascinated to learn about women in history who were able to make ... first African American woman to open a bank in the United States and serve as a bank president.
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80 years later, movie tells story of SC woman’s battalion during World War II
When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944, she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail ...
Gender-affirming care has a long history in the US – and not just for transgender people
The founder of that clinic, Dr. Milton Edgerton, had cut his teeth caring for transgender people at Johns Hopkins University in the 1960s. There, he was part of a team that established the nation’s ...
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National Portrait Gallery to display portrait of Sally Priesand, first ordained woman rabbi in American history
(JTA) — More than 50 years after she became the first woman to be ordained by an American ... Rabbi Perlin is the first female rabbi in the United States to start her own congregation, Temple ...