Women's History Month - last one (for now)

The end of Women's History Month is not the end of posting on that but it won't be the daily effort it has been of late.  I saw this about Rachel Carson who was  huge hero in the environmental movement.

Women's History Month

Never heard this story  I'm glad it popped up on my FB feed.  Hacking the Nazis: the secret story of the women who broke Hitler's codes - via NARA.

Women's History Month

It's getting near the end of Women's History Month and my selected posts. This site features a short video on Funny Ladies, exploring women cartoonists.

Women's History Month

You know her as a nurse, but this is a nice article about the many other accomplishments of Clara Barton.

Friday Cat Pix

Laundry pal

Women's History Month

Frances Perkins, first female cabinet member, appointed by FDR. Here's a photo of her depicted in a DOJ mural (but sorry about the weird angle).

Women's History Month

Happy birthday to Gloria Steinem and Aretha Franklin!

Women's History Month

Here is a tour of the Sewell-Belmont House from a few years ago. From the official site :
"One of the premier women's history sites in the country, the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum maintains an extensive collection of suffrage banners, archives and artifacts documenting the continuing effort by women and men of all races, religions and backgrounds to win voting rights and equality for women under the law."

Women's HIstory Month

Neat idea related to women's history is a campaign to put a woman on the 20 dollar bill.

Women's HIstory Month

Quotes for women's history month.

Women's HIstory Month

GovBookTalk recently posted resources on the origin of Women's History Month.

Friday Cat Pix

Helping me with filing ? No, not really.

Women's HIstory Month

Another nice post from In Custodia Legis - Women in History: Lawyers and Judges.

Women's HIstory Month

National Archives has an event  Temperance and Woman Suffrage: Reform Movements and the Women Who Changed America for WHM, March 31.

Women's HIstory Month

Another hero of women's rights - Carrie Chapman Catt.

Women's HIstory Month

Happy birthday to Notorious RBG. 

Women's HIstory Month

Matilda of Canossa and the Origins of the Renaissance is an exhibit on the life of Countess Matilda at William and Mary.  The press release has a summary of her accomplishments and impact.  She was instrumental in protesting the feudal system of medieval Europe, paving the way for the Renaissance and reinvigorating study in Roman law.

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Snow is almost gone but the cold made boyz very chummy last week.

Women's HIstory Month

How the US treats women - in 6 charts, from the Washington Post.

Women's HIstory Month

This is not history exactly but I recently came across a nice list of Books for empowering girls.

Women's HIstory Month

Harriet Tubman died March 10, 1913.  She helped free 300 slaves, and fought for women’s suffrage as well as abolition.

Women's HIstory Month, now with Legos!

Very, very cool idea to make Women of the Supreme Court legos.

Women's HIstory Month

It's good to think about some positive moves forward on International Women's Day.  Ms Magazine lists the Top 10 Women's Rights Victories of 2014.

Friday Cat Pix

Little Guy doesn't like it when Big Guy is enjoying himself on my lap.  He starts out like this

Grooming

then it escalates

 

Say what?

Couldn't get a pic of the next development but you can probably guess - a swat from LG and quick retreat by BG.

Women's HIstory Month - Elected Women

I could spend all month just reposting from the In Custodia Legis Blog from Library of Congress. Hope I'm not stealing, but the have such great stuff:

Women in History: Elected Representatives

In celebration of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day (March 8) we thought we’d try something a bit different for the blog. We asked the foreign law specialists, analysts, and interns at the Law Library of Congress to provide responses to a series of questions related to the history of women’s rights in various […]

Women's HIstory Month - a Beatles link!

This counts as history. Sheila Bromberg is the first woman to play on a Beatles record!  She is the harpist on She's Leaving Home, as is shown here in a video story.

Women's HIstory Month - Voting rights

Another nice post from the In Custodia Legis blog from Library of Congress -  Women in History: Voting Rights.

Women's HIstory Month - Women of the Civil Rights movement

Another clip from the White House from a few days ago.  A great video honoring civil rights women.

Women's history month - Equal Pay?

Here's some info from the White House site on equal pay efforts.