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Tagged women’s history

Rediscovering the Most Famous American Artist You Never Heard Of

January 6, 2021
Arts | The Graduate Center
She was the most famous female artist in late 19th century America, but you've probably never heard of her. A new book about Eliza Greatorex aims to remedy that. Read more ›
A Bolivian woman with long braids is seated turned away from the camera while her child peers back around for a look, both wearing hats.

Abortion in Bolivia: An Open Secret

September 14, 2020
Society | College of Staten Island
A new book says that abortion in Bolivia is an "open secret," prohibited by law but ubiquitous and tacitly accepted. Read more ›
The first Miss America, 16-year-old Margaret Gorman, is pictured with a man dressed as King Neptune in Atlantic City in 1921. (Library of Congress)

How A Century of Miss America Helped and Hurt Women’s Progress

July 30, 2020
Society | Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Lehman College
The paradox of Miss America being both out of step with women’s progress while simultaneously pushing women forward has been a hallmark of the pageant since its inception in 1921, writes Professor Margot Mifflin in her new book "Looking for Miss America." Read more ›

Ralph Waldo Emerson Had a Secret Support System: His Daughter

May 11, 2020
Arts Society | Bronx Community College
Ralph Waldo Emerson had a hard-working helpmate whose story is not well-known: His daughter Ellen Tucker Emerson. Read more ›
Women gather behind an "ERA YES" sign. Credit: American Association of University Women.

One Scholar’s Fight for the Equal Rights Amendment: ‘We Can Fix It’

March 11, 2020
Society | The Graduate Center
Professor Julie Suk chronicles the history of the Equal Rights Amendment and how the nation can join the decades-long fight for the ERA. Read more ›
A scene from the opera "No Ladies in the Lady's Book," which seeks to restore the stories of women to the history of people who contributed to the building of the transcontinental railroad.

She’s Been Working on the Railroad: Opera Restores Women to History

July 29, 2019
Arts Society | LaGuardia Community College
A new opera restores women's stories to their rightful place in the history of the transcontinental railroad. Read more ›

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