Let’s make the world a better place for Women’s History Month. I know I am aiming for that.
The roots of Women’s History Month by Anika Gupta, Wimbledon High School
Click here to view original web page at www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk March is the month dedicated to acknowledging the presence of women in history, with International Women’s Day falling on the 8th. It is a perfect way to highlight and celebrate the great achievements of women both throughout history and in contemporary society. With the month coming […]
Celebrating National Women’s History Month
Click here to view original web page at www.telluridenews.com Women have always made history, but their feats, activism and monumental accomplishments often got swept under the rug, never taught in schools and their stories were not always told. To address the absence of women’s history in the K-12 United States public school curriculum, the Education […]
Women of Color in the Suffrage Movement
So how many black women were present as the suffrage movement started in 1848 at Seneca Falls? Frederick Douglass was there. No black women attended that meeting for women’s rights. Sojourner Truth spoke for suffrage for women as well as equal rights for all for even though the suffrage movement more and more excluded women […]
Women's History Month
We are celebrating Women’s History Month this year with images that inform and empower, and often, when you learn the backstory, piss you off. On social media we will be using the hashtag #WHM18 on our posts so you can follow along. […]
Simply Lucia
by Carol Graham I have been thinking of women in general and all the contributions to various aspects of society by influential women around the world. I thought about women who had made an impact on my life; as a child, a young woman and midlife. I realized I needed to focus on one woman […]