In October 1916, the nurse and women’s rights activistMargaret Sangeropened the first American birth control clinic in Brownsville, Brooklyn. Since state “Comstock Laws” banned contraceptives and the dissemination of information about them, Sanger’s clinic was illegal; as a result, on October 2...
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Now, for the first time, the stories of women who desired other women are told in a revealing narrative sweep of 500 years, from the cross-dressers of Tudor England to the Lesbian Avengers of twenty-first century activism." "Over those years, British attitudes towards women's same-sex ...
He originated some principles, methods, and concepts that have become critical in pursuing the history of Jewish women and in writing gender-conscious historiography. In discussions about Katz's contribution to the study of the history of the early modern Jewish community, it is standard to ...
Women are often left out of history, but play integral roles in it. We’re here to take the narrative back and tell her-story as it was intended to be told. These ladies paved the way for our greatness, so let’s give them a nod of respect. 1. Lady Diana (戴安娜王妃 1961.0701-19...
In the first part of the book her sister Makiko comes to visit with her 12 year old daughter Midoriko, who has stopped speaking to her mother. She writes her responses, we read her perspective through a few journal entries, which has become the place where she has conversations she is ...
Wang Qiang of China hits a return during the women's singles first round match between Caroline Dolehide of the United States and Wang Qiang of China at the 2019 US Open in New York, the United States, Aug. 26, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) ...
This paper presents findings from an ethnographic, community-based research project with women in the sex trade in London, Ontario, the first of its kind in this Canadian city. Drawing upon 19 semi-structured life-history interviews with women between 24 and 60 years of age who have taken par...
The fastest men can run a mile in under 4 minutes.The best women need 4.5 minutes.Women's time are always slower than men's,but some facts are a surprise.Some of the fastest women swimmers today are teenage girls.One of them swam 400 metres in 4 minutes 21.2 seco...
been described as “solitary” and “individual theorists” were in reality connected to a movement —utopian socialism—which was already popularizing feminist ideas in Europe during the two decades that cachinnated in the first women’s rights conference held at Seneca Falls, Ne...