Just like the workplaces and politics, also in public spaces women are under-represented. Walking down streets, noticing their names, the figures on public statues, the names of buildings, a picture Read more…
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Set the Feminist Wheels in Motion – Bicycle as a Vehicle for Female Empowerment and Liberation
The first time bicycles were introduced in the United States – they became strongly associated with the women’s liberation movement. Not only did they provide freedom of movement, but they Read more…
The Future of Gender Representation on Traffic & Road Signs
They are blending into the streets we occupy, the highways we drive through. Directing us to turn right, to stop, to be careful around school children and to watch out Read more…
Women’s Equality Day: Celebrating the Past and Working on the Future
Behind the celebrations of August 26th – Women’s Equality Day – stand more than 100 years of women’s rights actions. Here is the brief timeline of the making of Women’s Read more…
Settlement Houses and the Rise of New American Women
Settlement Houses first appeared in North America in 1886, inspired by the London-based model of Toynbee Hall. Those were community institutions that fit into the trends of their time and Read more…
A Tale of a Pretty Little Cake – The Many Flavors of Cupcakes
The Sweet and Sour Pink Ghetto In the traditional household, the woman is assigned to the kitchen, while the man is the one who goes out into the public and Read more…
The Many Mothers of Mother’s Day
The history of Mother’s Day holiday in the US is based on a collection of individual efforts across the country, delivered by several mothers (and one father), originating in active Read more…
From Woolf to Wall Street: Paving The Way to Women’s Participation in Financial Leadership
“Woman must have a purse of her own” wrote in her diary Susan B. Anthony in 1853. At the time of writing those words, married women were not allowed to Read more…
Suffragists Taking the Streets on Their Way to the Ballot
A fascinating, diverse and at times dramatic journey has led the way to – what now seems to be obvious – women’s right to vote. What came to be known Read more…
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