Do efforts to write marginalized figures into the national narrative "mean that history has been “politicized”? The answer is 'yes' only in the sense that political change always affects how we see history," says the Washington Post columnist.
Students at Simmons University and Wentworth Institute of Technology are honoring Women's History Month by improving the online representation of female activists.
From an 80-year-old tiger trainer to the motorcycle queen of Miami, these are the stories of trailblazing women you likely didn’t learn about in school.
“Empowerment” has always been more palatable and easier to sell than the idea of women simply taking power, and it’s more cheerful than the reality that plenty of women’s history has been defined as much by frustration and pain as by perky self-actualization.
Jessica Bennett, gender editor for The New York Times, speaks with Brian Stelter about "Overlooked," a new obituary project about pioneering women who never had an obit in the paper.
For the work she did, which led to her becoming the first Chair of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, Margaret Dunkle is now one of the trailblazers honored by the National Women’s History Project for exemplifying this year’s Women’s History Month theme of “Nevertheless, She Persisted.”
“‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ is really about every woman who really had to use her tenacity and courage to accomplish whatever she set out to accomplish. It’s universal,” said Molly Murphy MacGregor, executive director and co-founder of the National Women’s History Project.
The 2018 theme is “Nevertheless, She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination against Women.” It’s a jab at Mitch McConnell’s put down of Elizabeth Warren.
