When asked about his inspiration for “Ukrainian Railroad Ladies,” a series of portraits of women who work as traffic controllers and safety officers, photographer Sasha Maslov said, “As a photographer I was drawn to the architecture and interiors of these buildings. As a storyteller I was attracted by the anthropological and social roles played by [...]
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WATCH: Sue Monk Kidd on the Uses of Alternate History | Literary Hub
New York Times bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd discusses her upcoming novel The Book of Longings, which is from the point of view of Ana, the wife of Jesus. Kidd talks to co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about how alternate histories can be vehicles for silenced voices of the past, and how our present might be [...]
Mary Anne Talbot – Wikipedia
Mary Anne Talbot also known as John Taylor[1] (2 February 1778[2] – 4 February 1808) was an Englishwoman who wore male dress and became a soldier and sailor during the French Revolutionary Wars. — Read on en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anne_Talbot
Nine books that make you think about a woman’s role in society [reading list] | OUPblog
Every year in March we celebrate Women’s History Month, a perfect time to be inspired by the triumphs of real-life heroes. Let us not forget the path it took to get this far and the tribulations that these women endured. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted [...]
Celebrate Florence Nightingale’s 200th Birthday With Exhibit Featuring Her Famed Lamp, Pet Owl | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
In 1854, Florence Nightingale arrived at a military hospital in Scutari, near Constantinople, to tend British soldiers wounded during the Crimean War. Appalled by the conditions—rodents and vermin running rampant, patients lying in their own filth, a woeful lack of basic medical supplies—she quickly set about implementing reforms. Nightingale was a tireless nurse; at night, [...]
100 years of the Nineteenth Amendment and women’s political action | OUPblog
On 28 August 2020 we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the day the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. Although the Amendment did not enfranchise all women –African American, Native American, and Latina women would wait decades before they could vote on equal terms– the event is an important milestone in women’s political [...]
A Better Future for Women in Art: Women’s History Month
March 8 is International Women’s Day. Has the art market finally implemented the necessary changes to ensure that women artists receive the same attention as their male peers? — Read on http://www.mutualart.com/Article/A-Better-Future-for-Women-in-Art--Womens/7F931E8F647206D8
How women can support each other to strive for gender equality | OUPblog
Hovering over almost all women who stand up and insist on being heard is a putdown only used in for the female of the species; a word that is particular — Read on blog.oup.com/
Why Are There So Few Female Leaders? – Scientific American
Only 28 percent of American CEOs are women. To find out why such a gap exists, a study published in 2018 in Personnel Psychology analyzed more than 100 papers on leadership emergence published between 1957 and 2017. In the papers, samples of students or co-workers were asked to select group leaders or to rate one another [...]
100 Years Ago, the World’s Biggest Action Star Was a Woman Named Pearl | CrimeReads
“Fearless Peerless Pearl,” as White was known by her legion of fans, ushered in a craze for thrilling action-oriented serial films, and stood at the head of a wave of action-film heroines, and a separate but related surge of women directing and producing films during the early years of cinema. Pearl, and fellow action-film stars [...]
