Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely …
Dolley Madison, the fourth First Lady of the United States, is widely remembered as the most lively of the early First Ladies.
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Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta is one of …
Co-founder of the United Farm Workers Association, Dolores Huerta is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century.
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Dorothea Dix was an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the …
Dorothea Dix was an early 19th century activist who drastically changed the medical field during her lifetime.
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The founder of the Mississippi Health Project and the Southeast Neighborhood House, …
The founder of the Mississippi Health Project and the Southeast Neighborhood House, Dr. Dorothy Ferebee provided healthcare to the most vulnerable members of the African American community.
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Dorothy Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women …
Dorothy Height was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Most known for her work on the top-secret Manhattan Project during World …
Most known for her work on the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II and her Cobalt-60 experiment that contested the law of conservation of parity, Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu’s pioneering work is regarded as a standard among physicists today.
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Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark was a pathbreaking psychologist whose research helped desegregate …
Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark was a pathbreaking psychologist whose research helped desegregate schools in the United States.
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As the first African American woman to receive a Medical Degree (MD) …
As the first African American woman to receive a Medical Degree (MD) in the United States, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler challenged the prejudice that prevented African Americans and women from pursuing medical careers.
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A leading advocate for culturally sensitive mental health care, Dr. Reiko Homma …
A leading advocate for culturally sensitive mental health care, Dr. Reiko Homma True is dedicated to improving mental health treatment for the Asian-American community and other minority populations.
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What can sports tell us about our relationship to power and resistance? …
What can sports tell us about our relationship to power and resistance? In this audio short, I reflect upon my experience at the Final between Spain and England at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia and explore how women athletes confront and challenge deeply entrenched gender inequities on and off the playing field.
This course will explore the relation of women and men in both …
This course will explore the relation of women and men in both pre-industrial and modern societies to the changing map of public and private (household) work spaces, examining how that map affected their opportunities for both productive activity and the consumption of goods and leisure. The reproductive strategies of women, either in conjunction with or in opposition to their families, will be the third major theme of the course. We will consider how a place and an ideal of the “domestic” arose in the early modern west, to what extent it was effective in limiting the economic position of women, and how it has been challenged, and with what success, in the post-industrial period. Finally, we will consider some of the policy implications for contemporary societies as they respond to changes in the composition of the paid work force, as well as to radical changes in their national demographic profiles. Although most of the material for the course will focus on western Europe since the Middle Ages and on the United States, we will also consider how these issues have played themselves out in non-western cultures.
Edith Kanaka’ole (also affectionately called “Aunty Edith”), a native Hawaiian composer, chanter …
Edith Kanaka’ole (also affectionately called “Aunty Edith”), a native Hawaiian composer, chanter and dancer, was a champion for the preservation of native Hawaiian culture and arts.
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Edmonia “Wildfire” Lewis is considered the first professional BIPOC sculptor in the …
Edmonia “Wildfire” Lewis is considered the first professional BIPOC sculptor in the United States and the first to achieve international acclaim.
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Chef and cookbook author Edna Lewis taught the American public to appreciate …
Chef and cookbook author Edna Lewis taught the American public to appreciate southern meals in a new way.
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The book "All We Can Save" is an anthology of writings by …
The book "All We Can Save" is an anthology of writings by women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward. This Creative Commons licensed collection of educator resources includes a discussion question bank, various assignments, summaries of each essay in the book, and other resources.
Eleanor Roosevelt grew up to become one of the most important and …
Eleanor Roosevelt grew up to become one of the most important and beloved First Ladies, authors, reformers, and female leaders of the 20th century.
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The first female Solicitor General of the United States and now an …
The first female Solicitor General of the United States and now an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court, Elena Kagan is a prominent legal scholar and jurist who has advocated for justice and equality since childhood.
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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first American to be canonized as …
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton was the first American to be canonized as a saint.
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Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to receive a medical degree. …
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first American woman to receive a medical degree.
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Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements. …
Author, lecturer, and chief philosopher of the woman’s rights and suffrage movements.
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