Mary Simon is sworn in as Canada’s first Inuk Governor General
Mary Simon was officially sworn in as Canada’s 30th governor general and is the first Indigenous person to hold the position. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnFl0s_CspE
The New Woman Behind the Camera
At The Met Fifth Avenue JULY 2–OCTOBER 3, 2021
Exhibition Overview – Exhibitions are free with Museum admission.
United States Mint’s American Women Quarters™ Program –
The National Women’s History Museum couldn’t be more excited to share the first five women selected for the United States Mint’s American Women Quarters™ Program:
Allyson Felix Launches New Athletic Footwear Brand for Women After Nike Told Her to Know Her Place
She’s building an empire!
Allyson Felix launched a new athletic footwear brand for women, proving to Nike executives that she knows exactly where her “place” is, Yahoo! Sports reports.
Nikole Hannah-Jones declines UNC tenure offer, heads to Howard University
In an exclusive interview, Hannah-Jones reveals that she and fellow award-winning journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates will launch new Center for Democracy and Journalism at Washington, DC HBCU
Only person to win Nobel Prize in two different sciences
A leading figure in the history of sciences, Marie Curie was prohibited from higher education in her native Poland. Many years later, she became the first woman Nobel laureate. She remains the only…
The State Department raises the Progress Pride flag over their headquarters
“The State Department raises the Progress Pride flag over their headquarters” (June 27) By LGBTQ Nation
An Iowa County Chooses to Be Named for a Black Professor, Not a Slaveowner
Johnson County selected Lulu Merle Johnson, a Black educator and historian, as its official eponym, replacing Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth U.S. vice president.
Ruby Mayfield, ‘saxophone matriarch,’ beloved friend and journalist, dies
Asheville is mourning the loss of a treasured saxophone player and journalist, known for her compassion, generosity, courageous authenticity and unmatched musical talent. Ruby Mayfield, 66…
Why Read? Advice From Harold Bloom
The late Harold Bloom, literary critic and professor, may well have been one of the most prolific readers of all time. Given that, Bloom was uniquely well positioned to answer the question of why we…
Photography and Original Illustration Contest – Global Oneness Project
Inspired by the writing of Robin Wall Kimmerer, this contest was an invitation for students to take a photograph or create an original illustration that reflects the spirit of reciprocity and kinshi…
Pulitzer Honours Darnella Frazer Who Shot the Viral Video of George Floyd’s Murder
On the evening of May 25 in Minneapolis, US, 17-year-old Darnella Frazer witnessed something that was going to change her forever. Three storefronts away from her, a black man named George Floyd was…