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Clara Lemlich – A Lifetime of Organizing
I recently posted the photo above and a few brief paragraphs about Clara Lemlich on the SSS Facebook page, but I’ve decided that she is worthy of a more detailed post. I first heard of her on the American Experience … Continue reading
Nellie Taft, Eliza Scidmore, and Japanese Cherry Trees
Helen Herron Taft, Nellie, was the most well-traveled First Lady that the United States had seen when she entered the White House with her husband President William Howard Taft in 1909. She had seen more of the world than most … Continue reading
Margaret Sanger – Mother of Modern Contraception
I am very excited to welcome guest blogger Tami Stout. She is currently studying political science and women and gender studies and has kindly offered to give us her insight about Margaret Sanger. Thank you Tami! Margaret Louise Higgins Sanger … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, Educators, Writers
Tagged 20th century, birth control, Gregory Pincus, Katherine McCormick, Margaret Sanger, science, women's rights
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Celebrating Black History Month Part 3
Here’s one last post of the women we’ve highlighted on the Saints, Sisters, and Sluts Facebook page for Black History Month. There are many more women who have made considerable contributions and done amazing things. It’s impossible to include them … Continue reading
Celebrating Black History Month Part 2
I want to continue sharing brief information on the black women I’ve learned about during Black History Month. The more women I’ve researched this month, the more I have discovered. There is an embarrassment of riches in this area that … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, African-Americans, Female "Firsts"
Tagged 19th century, 20th century, activist, African American female physicians, African American History Month, Audre Lorde, Black History Month, Edmonia Lewis, Fannie Williams, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Frances Berry, Pearl Bailey, Sarah Jane Woodson Early, Violette Neatley Anderson, women's rights, women's suffrage
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Marian Anderson, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the DAR
On Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed in what may be her most famous concert in the United States. It began with a stirring rendition of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial … Continue reading
Lou Henry Hoover – Herbert’s True Partner
Lou Henry Hoover was born and grew up during a time when the roles of women were changing. Property laws had changed for married women; traditionally male colleges were beginning to admit women; and more and more women were going … Continue reading
Gertrude Belle Elion – Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine
“Acyclovir turned out to be different from any other compound Elion had ever seen. It is so similar to a compound needed by the herpes virus for reproduction that the virus is fooled. The virus enters normal cells and starts … Continue reading
Alice Paul – The Final Stretch for Women’s Suffrage
During the second half of the 19th century, the two primary women’s suffrage organizations led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (National Woman Suffrage Association), and Lucy Stone (American Woman Suffrage Association) were working on two different approaches: … Continue reading
