Women of Note
Art By the Yard at the Textile Museum; Find Stylish Items at the Museum Shop
As Britain’s design industry was regaining momentum, Lucienne Day, Jacqueline Groag and Marian Mahler dared to offer a fresh approach to textile design in an era dominated by male professional artists. Believing that “good design” should be available for everyone, their products shaped the national aesthetic and continue to offer artistic inspiration and delight today.Explore the Museum's shop stylish items, including miniature quilt pins more »
Reprise of Elizabeth Warren, Woman of Note
As long as you had family, you had people who would make sure that you got fed one way or another. Family was about canning peaches, and canning peaches was about making sure that there'd at least be something come next November, when it was cold outside and there were no more crops coming in. Family is the heart of what it's about more »
The Feminist Moles in the Federal Government
Basically, they slipped back under the radar, becoming moles more like the early 1960s feminist insiders. In that capacity they could still feed information where it could do the most good, award grants and improve policies around the edges. Banaszak concludes that the sympathy of the Administration matters, but not as much as scholars have said it does. Insider feminists were quite creative in slipping through the cracks. more »
Elena Kagan's Nomination at the Senate Judiciary Committee Website
"And a number of you, who go into business or other endeavors, will deal with law mostly from the vantage point of a client. But in each of your spheres of life, and at every level of responsibility, you will face choices that have much in common with the choices that I've related to you today. You will face choices between expedience and principle. more »