[ November 11, 2010 1:00 pm to March 1, 2012 11:00 pm. ] I’m posting about an exciting literary contest, made possible by author Stephanie Dray. Stephanie’s debut novel Lily of the Nile releases on January 4, 2011, through Berkley Books and unveils the little-known story of Princess Selene, daughter of the famous lovers Queen Cleopatra and Roman general Mark Antony.

As a student of history herself, Stephanie wrote [...]

Two-thirds of American families have all available parents in the workplace, and yet, the workplace – in many cases – still has not implemented policies nor adopted a company philosophy that allows employees to balance the demands of two full time jobs (work and raising children/managing a household).
On March 31, 2010,  President Barack Obama, First [...]

For those who want to implement flex-options in the workplace, the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor has created an excellent website of resources, www.flexoptions.org. This site provides the research, resources and tools that business owners need in order to implement workplace flexibility policies. Quoting from their website,
Business owners understand the desire of [...]

Prize Deadline:
2009-12-31 (in 15 days)

Date Submitted:
2009-10-16

Announcement ID:
171341

Call for Submissions: 2010 Audre Lorde and Gregory Sprague PrizesThe Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History, an affiliate society of the American Historical Association, will award the Audre Lorde and Gregory Sprague Prizes in 2010:
The Audre Lorde Prize for an outstanding article on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, [...]

Last month, O Magazine contacted the NWHP for information about plans for National Women’s History Month 2010.  We contacted our network and within three days received over one hundred reports about programs and events that are already being planned throughout the country.  Included are events tied to the 90th anniversary of the woman suffrage movement [...]

Come Join Us!

Beginning on October 28, 2009, National Women’s History Project will be holding an online auction to raise much needed funds.
We need your support!
We’re asking you to participate in one of the following ways…
How You Can Help:
Donate.
We need Auction items to add to our catalog. If you have valuable merchandise, rare collectibles, business [...]

[ October 1, 2009; 12:00 pm; ] From the National Organization For Women:

“No woman will have full equality until all women have full equality, and we must seize every opportunity to ensure equal rights under the law for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The National Organization for Women has proudly endorsed the National Equality March taking place in Washington, D.C., on [...]

by Lisa Frederiksen
Washington was the 5th state to grant women full suffrage – 10 years before the 19th Amendment was ratified! Often, people are not aware that some states had granted women suffrage long before the 19th Amendment. When you look at this map of suffrage in the United States, women suffrage in America was [...]

The House of Representatives has voted to recognize Alice Paul with the Congressional Gold Medal. Now it’s time for the Senate to do the same!
“Alice Paul was a crusader who fought to turn the ideal of American democracy into a reality. The country that we know today was shaped by her [...]