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1. Fight Back Against Book Censorship in The US With These 4 Actionable Steps: (Books); Believe it or not, the American Library Association has recorded over 155 attempts at book censorship in the U.S. since June 2021. And this number is vastly underreported, since it doesn’t account for ...; Created on 02 May 2022
2. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro: (Living); ... into the human body (through injection, ingestion, or any other route).” But in the early-to-mid-20th century, Lysol instructed American women to do just that. Before 1960, Lysol was widely marketed ...; Created on 25 March 2021
3. The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri: (Feminism); ... marching with banners demanding the “Right of Suffrage to Every American Citizen.” However, Maine suffragists faced repeated losses thanks to the all-male legislature, forcing many women to turn their ...; Created on 18 August 2020
4. Hey 19: The Wild True Story Of America's First Women-Led Terrorist Grou: (General); In the 1970s, a gang of activists made history as the first—and–only American terrorist group founded and led by women. They bombed the Capitol, broke their friends out of jail, and, 40 years later, ...; Created on 30 July 2020
5. Hate Math? Thank The Patriarchy: (Feminism); ... and elementary school. In truth, girls often outperform boys in mathematics. Gender differences in math ability, however, start to emerge in later years. For example, in August 2018, Scientific American ...; Created on 11 May 2020
6. The Racist Origins Of Fatphobia: (Feminism); Why do Americans cherish thinness while condemning heaviness? According to sociologist Sabrina Strings, contemporary fatphobia has roots in anti-Blackness. Here, she explains how corpulence became associated ...; Created on 10 October 2019
7. This Mother-Daughter Suffragist Duo Almost Got Left Out The Movement's Memor: (Feminism); The hidden story of two African American women looking out from the pages of a 19th-century book We are two historians whose work focuses on American art and on how African Americans have shaped ...; Created on 11 September 2019
8. Cut The Bullshit: How Online Pharmacies Can Help People Have Safe And Private Abortions: (Feminism); ... it safer than Tylenol. And the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists believes that the REMS is no longer necessary given the safety profile of mifepristone. But because of the power of the ...; Created on 27 July 2018
9. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Name Removed From Award. Here's Why That's A Good Thi: (Books); Recently, a group at The American Library Association voted that the career achievement award that bore Laura Ingalls Wilder's name since 1954 (when she won it) be changed, and her name removed. In a ...; Created on 27 June 2018
10. The Surprisingly Subversive History Of Beauty Pageants: (Feminism); ... we have to go back to the middle of the last century—to the height of the American Civil Rights Movement. Anita Green, the first trans woman to compete in the Miss Montana USA Pageant, 2017 (Courtesy ...; Created on 14 March 2018
11. Mass Shootings Are Not A Symptom Of Mental Illness: (Feminism); ... We know we don’t have to live like this, but we continue protecting our Second Amendment rights at the expense of innocent Americans. America repeatedly chooses gun rights over its people, and it doesn’t ...; Created on 26 February 2018
12. How Racism Split The Suffrage Movement: (Feminism); "Just like the men!" Cartoon. New-York Tribune, March 1, 1913 When African-American women demanded the right to vote, they faced resistance from racists, from sexists, and even from other suffragists ...; Created on 20 February 2017
13. 8 Vital Moments In The History Of Planned Parenthood: (Sex); ... the American Birth Control League and the New York Women’s Publishing Company to fund and promote the cause. You can find archives of every issue here. 3. American Medical Association Supports ...; Created on 14 October 2016
14. Suffragette City: Meet the Young Women Behind the Suffrage Movement in the U.S.: (Feminism); ... movement.” The action, advancement, and adventure of the British suffrage movement drew many young American women across the ocean to lend a hand and pick up tactics. And pick up tactics they did. “I was ...; Created on 17 August 2016
15. Is Cohousing Right For You?: (Living); ... bofællesskaber, or “living communities”—in the early 1970s. An American couple, Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett, encountered this way of life in 1980 while studying architecture at the University ...; Created on 05 May 2016
16. This Female Director Made Movies About Abortion And Birth Control - In The 1920s: (Movies); ... accompanist, she was hired as a singer in 1908 by a company called American Gaumont Chronophones, which produced film recordings of staged musical performances. Soon, Weber began writing and directing ...; Created on 07 April 2016
17. PMDD, Prozac, And Me: BUST True Story: (Living); ... platforms. In the American Psychological Association journal, an article entitled “Is PMDD Real?” explores these issues, with one author arguing that it’s “really appalling that using PMDD for women who ...; Created on 11 December 2015
18. Grace Lee Boggs, American Revolutionary And Feminist, Dies At 100: (Feminism); ... but the world was her consideration. She authored several books, including The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century and Living for Change. To learn more about this ...; Created on 06 October 2015
19. Maria's Leaving Sesame Street After 44 Year: (TV); ... in the inner city and there was a particular reason for that,” Manzano said at the American Library Association conference where she announced her retirement. “Our first target audience were the children ...; Created on 06 July 2015
20. Little Girl Recreates Iconic Women Of Black History In this Incredible Photo Series: (Feminism); To teach her daughter about inspiring African American women, Chauncia Boyd Rogers dressed Ava Noelle up as some of the most influential ladies in American history. Despite the fact that they're just ...; Created on 17 April 2015

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