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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 [...]

The 2012 Women’s History Month Proclamation given by President Barak Obama addressed women’s continual fight for equality, fairness, and justice.  Acknowledging that generations of women pioneers challenged injustices and shattered ceilings to further women’s education—there is still work to be done.

“As Americans, ours is a legacy of bold independence and passionate belief in fairness and [...]

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 [...]

[ 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 [...]

HerStoria is a new magazine of women’s history, launched in the UK in March 2009 to coincide with women’s history month. Our passion is to bring women’s history to a popular audience -’to write women back into history’ – with articles, news, reviews, women’s history walks and listings. Print and digtal subscriptions are available (and [...]