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Racism in Disguise? (No, not even disguised!)

February 4, 2022
Let’s not pretend, (to do so is embarrassing.)

A Black Woman Could Make the Supreme Court More Reflective of American Values

January 26, 2022
By Allison Gaines in Zora, and in MEDIUM DAILY DIGEST It’s time to do what we can to put a Black woman on the bench. Let’s unpack this.

JUDY CHICAGO: The Dinner Party 1982

January 12, 2022
This featured plate is titled “Sacajawea.” The Dinner Party is an installation artwork by feminist artist Judy Chicago. Widely regarded as the first epic feminist artwork, it functions as a symbo…

APPALACHIA (APP-a-LATCH-a)

January 10, 2022

WOMEN HOLD LEADING POSITIONS IN BLACK AMERICAN CHURCHES

December 21, 2021
When a bishop’s post arose in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in 2010, Teresa Jefferson-Snorton looked around to see if any women were volunteering to run for office. None were.

In Memory of Ms Gloria Jean Watkins aka bell hooks

December 17, 2021
By Carvell Wallace in Zora/The Medium I’m so sad to be doing this again. Again, and again.

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE – Meet the Team

December 14, 2021
Dr. Heidi B. Hammel is an Interdisciplinary Scientist on the James Webb Telescope Project, and her focus is on Webb’s theme “Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life.”

Biography of Anna Julia Cooper

December 9, 2021
in Douglass Day 2022 Anna Julia Cooper (1858 – 1964) was a visionary black feminist leader, educator, intellectual, and activist. Born into slavery in 1858, she became the fourth African American…

The Trailblazing Women of Stand-Up Comedy

September 16, 2021
By Mariana Brandman The story of the female pioneers of American stand-up comedy often begins and ends with icons Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers.

Frances Perkins, 1911

September 6, 2021
by Heather Cox Richardson in Letters from an American On March 25, 1911, Frances Perkins was visiting with a friend who lived near Washington Square in New York City when they heard fire engi…

United States Mint’s American Women Quarters™ Program –

July 9, 2021
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: