Category: Women’s Issues
Martyrdom at Dawn
At dawn on this day in 1915, 49-year-old British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad in Brussels, Belgium. Before World War…
The Simplicity of Title IX
On this day in 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities, is…
Almost Half of Men Not Comfortable with a Woman President?
I need to go on record: I am not in that ” almost half.” If you are, I suggest you deal with it; it’s going…
Montana Started Electing women Before National Suffrage
On this day in 1916 Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880-1973) of Montana is elected the first woman to the US House of Representatives and the first…
The Statue of Liberty Mother of Exiles
On this day in 1886, US President Grover Cleveland presides over ceremonies dedicating the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Proceedings included a large…
Title IX
On this day in 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education programs and activities, is…
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