Women in government organizations laid the foundation for the Women’s Liberation Movement
Kimberly Wilmot Voss
Women’s Page Journalists & Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Women’s page editors helped create an awareness of domestic violence during the 1960s and 70s.
The Women Behind Mad Men
Mad Men has provided an enhanced record of working women and middle-class homemakers in the 1960s, as well as pointing out that women’s quest for full inclusion in American professional life is still not finished.
The Story of Fashion Icon and Entrepreneur Lilly Pulitzer
Long lines greeted shoppers who headed to Target stores on Sunday looking for Lilly Pulitzer-designed clothes and homeware.
Segregating Restaurants: How Women Got a Seat at the Table
Racial discrimination at lunch counters was once a common problem, especially in the American South. Peaceful protests in the 1950s and 1960s shined a light on the practice and eventually the government stepped in to end it.
Roxcy Bolton and the Naming of Hurricanes
After Hurricanes Inez (1966), Gladys (1968) and Agnes (1968) swept through neighborhoods in Florida, feminist and community activist Roxcy Bolton had enough.
Presidential Press Conferences, Women, and Vera Glaser
During his December 2014 White House press conference, President Obama called exclusively on female reporters.
The Arrest of John Peter Zenger and the Seeds of the American Revolution
On November 17, 1734, newspaper printer John Peter Zenger was arrested on charges of seditious libel.