As a history and women’s studies double major in college, I was thrilled to work at the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) out of college, before I joined AAUW. One of the first stories I heard there made me notice that women aren’t only left out of history books and museum exhibits but also out [...]
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Labor Union Women Making History
Posted in Sexism, Women and Work, Women's History Month, tagged Arlene Holt Baker, Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award, CLUW, Coalition of Labor Union Women, Elizabeth Shuler, Jane Broendel, labor movement, labor union women, Linda Chavez-Thompson, NALC, Nancy Wohlforth, National Association of Letter Carriers, National Women's History Month, NWHM, Sexism, unions, women in the labor movement, Women's History Month on March 30, 2010, | 1 Comment »
Who has been honored this month with esteemed women such as Linda Chavez-Thompson, Augusta Thomas, Elizabeth Shuler, Arlene Holt Baker, and Nancy Wohlforth? My mom! I know it may sound a bit cliché, but for Women’s History Month, I would like to recognize my mother, Jane Broendel. As the first female officer for the National [...]
Holla Back D.C.!
Posted in Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, Women's History Month, tagged Alice Reighly, Anti-Flirt Club, Back Off: How to Confront and Stop Sexual Harassment and Harassers, Defend Yourself, Hassle Free Zone Campaign, Holla Back DC!, Holly Kearl, INCITE DC, Lauren Taylor, Marty Langelan, National Women's History Month, NWHM, self-defense, Sexual Harassment, Stop Street Harassment, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, street harassment, Washington D.C., Women's History Month on March 29, 2010, | 3 Comments »
While street harassment is a big issue these days, women have been fighting sexual harassment in Washington, D.C., public spaces for more than 80 years. As we celebrate and acknowledge Women’s History Month, we want to pay homage to the D.C. women who taught us what we know about street harassment and inspired us to [...]
Your Words, Your History: A Filmmaker’s Perspective
Posted in Women's History Month, tagged documentary film, Doris Kearns Goodwin, filmmaker, Louise Vance, madeleine albright, National Women's History Month, NWHM, PBS, Seneca Falls, Seneca Falls convention, Seneca Falls film, Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention, The Daily Show, women in media, Women's History Month, women's media representation, Women's Rights Convention, Writing Women Back into History on March 25, 2010, | 2 Comments »
A few years ago I wrote a script for an episode of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s television series, Bridging World History. The script centered on “family and household” as aspects of world history — a relatively new field of study. During my research process, I learned something very important. When historians glance backwards, they scour the [...]
Writing Deaf Women Back into History
Posted in Women's History Month, tagged deaf women, female pilot, Harvard College Observatory, Harvard Standard, hearing impairment, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Laura Redden Searing, National Women's History Month, Nellie Zabel Willhite, NWHM, shero, Women's History Month on March 18, 2010, | 5 Comments »
I was driven and ambitious as a young girl. I had big dreams; I wanted to be a journalist or an attorney. Clair Huxtable, Geraldine Ferraro, “Career Barbie,” and even Madonna had promised me I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up. However, I was born with a hearing impairment. I [...]
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