Powerful feminists of all ages, including celebrities like Lily Tomlin, Judy Chicago, Jane Fonda, author and professor Phyllis Chesler, and so many others. In the recent Netflix documentary, these women share what it’s been like fighting for equality in the 1940s, the 1960s, and still today.
Read MoreBecause I love a good theme day/week/month, I kicked off Women’s History Month with a lecture at the Hennepin History Museum. Professor Bill Green (maybe I also love nepotism) explored the life of Nellie Francis, an African American suffragist from Minnesota who fought for the rights of many marginalized communities.
Read MoreCelebrated since the early 1900s, International Women’s Day commemorates not only the fight for gender equality but the women who pioneered that fight. Women who used their influence, energies and voices to make life better for others. Women who took risks not only for their own gain but because they knew the status quo was unacceptable.
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