Women of Note
A White House Message: Women's History Month and Paycheck Fairness Act
We held a science fair at the White House, where I met ... Amy Chyao ... 16 years old, ... working on a treatment for cancer. She never thought, 'Science isn’t for me.' She never thought, 'Girls can’t do that.' She was just interested in solving a problem. And because someone was interested in giving her a chance, she has the potential to improve lives. more »
ER: She Wore the Union Label; A Review of She Was One of Us
Even during wartime she spoke for the right of all workers to join unions.ER’s outspoken support gave labor unions what political scientists call "elite legitimation." Labor unions had been around for a long time but only during FDR’s administration did they acquire mainstream respectability. To this, the first lady make a major contribution. more »
Culture Watch - What We Aren't Told and That Salandar Woman
Two trilogies: Women write about what they wish they had known earlier. These discussions are about how the fact of being female makes the lives of women differ from the lives of men at a deeper level.Our Stieg Larsson reviewer was suspicious and too stubborn to believe that anything so popular could be so good; she finds otherwise. more »
On the Eve of Women's History Month: Women of Protest, of the Land and Sea
It's difficult in this age to imagine the courage needed to pursue a path to women voting. But the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institute are highlighting a number of those paths: Suffragists, Farmerettes and Naval Officers more »