Click here to view original web page at www.heraldlive.co.za Astronaut Anne McClain is one of two women who are set for a spacewalk on March 29. Nasa has confirmed that two astronauts will make history on March 29 as the first female duo to take part in a spacewalk. As the only two women who […]
What activists today can learn from the women’s suffrage movement
Click here to view original web page at www.washingtonpost.com Women bang pots and pans during a protest at the start of a nationwide feminist strike on International Women’s Day at Puerta del Sol Square in Madrid on March 8. (Susana Vera) As we commemorate International Women’s Day today, we should remember the single greatest act […]
Tapping Into Our Fierce Feminine Energy
Click here to view original web page at tricycle.org Photo by Phillip O’Leary Today is International Women’s Day, an annual occasion to celebrate the accomplishments of women and remind us of the work that still needs to be done to create a truly equal society. Here are five stories from our archives that highlight progress […]
25 must-read books about cities written by women
Click here to view original web page at www.curbed.com Paige Vickers As someone who writes about cities, I end up reading a lot of books about how the places we live have formed, grown, and changed. But it wasn’t until I was four-fifths of the way through a stack on my nightstand when I realized […]
In honor of Women’s History Month, a look at the life of Ruth Anne Dodge
Click here to view original web page at www.nonpareilonline.com Nonpareil graphic Ruth Anne Browne, daughter of Warren and Ruth Anne Kinney Browne, had violet-blue eyes and wavy light brown hair; she had nine brothers and sisters. Although she was a petite woman she could ride a horse and handle a gun better than most men. […]
Mother: An Unconventional History; Childless Voices – review
Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com Whether or not to become a mother is one of the biggest decisions of any woman’s life and one that is often outside her control. Collecting and drawing on a range of female experience, two academics have produced deeply felt personal accounts of motherhood and childlessness […]