The dramatic figure of Richard Oakes obscures two Native women who were crucial to the eighteen-month occupation of Alcatraz.
Blog Posts about Women and Feminism
Why Do Women Have to Be Nice?
O’Keeffe’s assertion of ownership of a mountain is outrageous and refreshingly so, in itself affirming that she was not a “nice woman.”
Nevertheless She Persisted: 30 Years of Women Writing Women’s Lives
The conference reminded me that we women offer each other extraordinary support and encouragement in all walks of life, essential to our achievement and even to our survival.
Housedress
The housedress and its definition mark a shift in what we expect of women in the midst of this pandemic.
Brass Belles: The Missouri Ladies Marching Band
As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, I am remembering the role that music, as well as words, played in this extraordinary triumph.
Hats
The Peruvian hat makers shown in this film made by Erica Nguyen, a fellow at the Women’s International Study Center here in Santa Fe, are part of an ancient tradition.
And Now, Margaret Sanger
Yesterday, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York removed the name of Margaret Sanger, “founder of the organization,” from its Manhattan clinic because of her “harmful connection to the eugenics movement.”
How Libels Take Hold
Hearsay, sometimes passed down for three hundred years, sticks—especially if it is negative, and especially if it adheres to a woman.
Power Corrupts
Are women somehow exempt from the deleterious influence of power? We have so seldom exercised visible power in the past that the question hasn’t been asked.
The Female Economy
It is important for the 9% of U.S. women who belong to what the Harvard study calls Elite/Independent to step up to leadership roles.