Today, as is being reported by both The New York Times and NBC News, the Pentagon is set to announce that the ban on women in combat is hereby lifted. Women in all branches of the Armed Forces of the United States will now be free to ‘be all that they can be’, to reference [...]

Miniver Press is delighted to announce our first Kindle single, a 99 cent short biography of Bessie Coleman by John B. Holway, author of the book about the Tuskegee Airmen that inspired the George Lucas film, “Red Tails.”  It was 90 years ago today that Bessie Coleman became the first black woman to fly a plane [...]

Though many feminists today turn to the State for solutions to the discrimination and oppression that women face, there is a long feminist tradition in America that is wary of government. Most notably, in the late 19th and early 20th century, anarchist feminists Voltairine de Cleyre and Emma Goldman spoke out against the strictures of [...]

Did you see the movie, “Cheaper by the Dozen”? Would it surprise you to learn it was based on real life? Two of Lillian Moller Gilbreth’s 12 children wrote the book, and a sequel, too, about growing up in her household. Lillian and Frank Gilbreth were internationally famous efficiency-management experts. Lillian is called the “Mother [...]

Today in History: Birth of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Second woman to serve as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court
Ginsburg was born March 15th, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. After receiving her BA at Cornell University, she attended Harvard Law School receiving her LL.B. from Columbia Law School.  She began her career serving as a law [...]

December 3, 2010 marks the birth of Ellen Swallow Richards, 19th century pioneer in Home economics,  earning a degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and being the school’s first female instructor.
Richards was born in Dunstable, Massachussetts to a family who nurtured her educational aspirations.
After recieving degrees from Vassar college and MIT, her educational attributes ( [...]

Francesca Cabrini was born in Sant’Angelo Lodigiano Lombardy, Italy and took her  religious vows in 1877. She is well known as the first American Woman to be beautified in November 13, 1938 but canonized July 7,  1946.
 On this day in history she will not only be remembered for pioneering American Women into saint hood but for [...]

Ida B. Tarbell is well known in American history as a pioneering investigative journalist, exceptional teacher and as a leading muckraker during the progressive era.
 Besides writing for many notable magazines and books, she’s most well known for her acclaimed 1904 book called The History of Standard Oil Company which brought down the Standard Oil Company and  is [...]

Hispanis Heritage Month is a time when people recognize and celebrate Hispanic Americans contributions with our   history, sciences, politics,business and even with entertainment. The date September 15 was chosen due to it being the  Independence anniversary of five Latin American countries. The holiday was expanded to an entire month thanks to Former President Ronald Reagon. This is also a great [...]

Today marks  90 years of American women’s right to vote.   In 1971, the  United States Congress has set August 26 as Women’s Equality Day to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote.  This day in history, not only serves as a reminder of the passing of the 19th [...]