Remembering Poet Laureate Ella V. Costner
by Frances Figart in The Great Smokey Mountains Association
Not long ago, I got a voice message from Carol Treiber, a member of Great Smoky Mountains Association, saying that she had read a story…
Eileen Crist – Abundant Earth: Toward an Ecological Civilization
Eileen is Associate Professor Emerita of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston University, and a B.A., also in sociology, f…
A Black Woman Could Make the Supreme Court More Reflective of American Values
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
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…
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE – Meet the Team
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
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…
TELL THEM WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED HERE…
in DailyGood from the Beshara Magazine
Over the past five years or so, there has been an emerging awareness of a body of work that arose during the Second World War. Fragments of it have been kno…
The River by Coco
ONE VOICE LGBTQ CHOIR in Minneapolis sings “The River” by Coco Love Alcorn Offered by Debbie Nordeen and Zoe Nicholie
Louise Erdrich, Native American Author
Postmodern Champion of Her Indigenous American Heritage
Updated November 26, 2019
Women Orchestral Conductors in America: The Struggle for Acceptance—An Historical View from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
By Shelley M. Jagow
Orchestral conducting has been the latest door of opportunity to open for women in the field of music.
UNSPINNING THE SPIN
Unspinning the Spin is a guide on the background, current uses, accuracy, nonbiased alternatives, and best practices for choosing and de-coding commonly used words and phrases.
at The Women’s Me…
Dolores Huerta: An American Latino Labor Leader and Civil Rights Activist by Pramod Sukumaran
by Pramod Sukumaran
Dolores Huerta taught us sí se puede—yes we can.
This was Huerta’s rallying cry as she inspired Latino farm workers to demand fair wages and better working condit…