Spurred on by the growing Asian American student population at our school, we saw the need to address the educational gap Pan’s article reveals. Although the course is in the English department, we cover a great deal of Asian American history, and use Helen Zia’s “Asian American Dreams...
There could be historic firsts with Asian American representation as well. Republican Lily Tang Williams of New Hampshire and Republican May Lor Xiong of Minnesota could be the first Asian American/Pacific Island women to represent their state in Congress. Democrat Derek Tran could also become the ...
“Whenever I have some me-time, I settle in to escape to a world of Black women, in lead roles and behind the scenes. This underrated drama series, created by Katori Hall, follows encounters with sex workers at a southern strip club. But it offers way more than what you see on...
In 1943, during World War II, when it was feared that professional baseball might be forced to close down, the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League made its debut. After having provided more than 600 women an opportunity to play baseball and to entertain several million fans, the ...
This enchanting poem evokes a profound sense of wonder, joy, confidence, and freedom to discover swimming in nature. The book begins with a caregiver’s promise to a young Asian girl: “When you can swim, first I’ll take you to the ocean.” As the narrative unfolds, a series of d...
The fiberscope, an image-transmitting device, used the first all-glass fiber, dubbed fiber optics in 1956. Jack Reynolds, who published “A Woman of Bangkok” this year, wrote of being “properly gobsmacked.” 1957: Asian flu, magic mushroom ...
She also help found The Elephant Sanctuary, a refuge in Tennessee developed for African and Asian elephants. In 2016 "Sunday Morning" correspondent Mo Rocca visited with Wells in Marshfield, Missouri (home to the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival), where Wells has a spot on the town's Walk of...
century gives us not only the career but also the context that allowed Douglass to enter the White House as an adviser to Abraham Lincoln. And unlike Douglass’s own autobiographies, this book takes us inside the Douglass household to show us his complex relationship with the women in his ...
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Raised by her grandmother, an abbess, Saint Matilda of Saxony was, as were so many royal women, married off for political purposes. In her case, it was to Henry the Fowler of Saxony, who became King of Germany. During her life in Germany Saint Matilda of Saxony founded several abbeys an...