Click here to view original web page at pen.org NEW YORK— PEN America announced today that it will award the 2019 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award to journalist, blogger, and activist Nouf Abdulaziz , activist and social media commentator Loujain Al-Hathloul , and blogger, columnist, and activist Eman Al-Nafjan —three Saudi women imprisoned for challenging, […]
AtariWomen wants you to meet the female engineers behind Centipede and Space Invaders
Click here to view original web page at www.geekwire.com Pernille Bjorn (left), a University of Copenhagen professor visiting the University of Washington, and Daniela Rosner, an assistant professor with the UW’s Human Centered Design and Engineering program, have created AtariWomen to celebrate women in technology. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Wocka wocka wocka wocka. Even […]
International Women’s Leadership Conference Discusses Ways to Fight Radicalism
Click here to view original web page at www.moroccoworldnews.com The Women’s Leadership for Peace Conference in Rabat encourages discussion of women’s role in countering radicalism and promoting peace. Women’s Leadership for Peace Conference Rabat – The Women’s Leadership for Peace Conference opened in Rabat yesterday. The two-day conference brought together scholars, ambassadors, security experts, and […]
Pioneer women astronomers live again on stage in 4th Wall’s ‘Women Who Mapped the Stars’
Click here to view original web page at www.telegram.com Explore Recipes and Stories WORCESTER — “The Women Who Mapped the Stars” is a play about five women astronomers at the Harvard College Observatory beginning in the late 1800s who pioneered modern astrophysics and created the celestial roadmap we use today but were largely ignored by […]
Who To Read For Women’s History Month, Part One: Tillie Olsen
Click here to view original web page at forward.com Editor’s note: For Women’s History Month, the Forward is devoting a week to honoring the writing of under-recognized Jewish woman writers. First up: Tillie Olsen. Tillie Olsen can be difficult to read. The content of what she wrote isn’t the issue; her subjects could be grim, […]
The Last Blossom on My Branch
With my love of family stories, personal history, and personal material culture it is ironic that I see my Family Tree pruning itself into oblivion. My daughter is the last women of my maternal line. She is so much like me in many ways. I always said until I was in my early 30s that […]