When a great woman dies, we need to think about her again and again.
Blog Posts about Women and Feminism
The End Is the Beginning
Women’s History Month ends today—one month out of the twelve to represent more than half of the world’s people—with the hope and the promise that we are just beginning.
Nearly Lost
The first issue, of course, is to level the playing field so that women have the same opportunities for education and performance as men.
18 Favorites of 2018
I’ve once again chosen my most popular posts of 2018, based on visits, comments, Tweets and Facebook likes.
Teaching Girls
A small school in a southern city where girls were usually curbed physically or mentally, the Louisville Collegiate School for Girls and its teachers did not deal in… limits. My years there started me on my way as a writer.
Galentine’s Day and Our Great Leaders
My only problem with this pleasantly mad-cap idea is that it seems to focus on friendships between ladies…
Caught in the Act
One of the most notable differences between women and men in public life is we seem to know better how to avoid scandal.
Start by Getting Them in the Room
The opening of the U.S Congress, two days ago, showed us what happens when we are in the room.
Bare-Breasted
Let’s begin the New Year with a salute to an astonishing woman, Agnes Sorel, the “acknowledged mistress” of the French king Charles the Seventh.
Free To Be… You And Me
For a while, there was magic in the air.