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Rose Mary Woods December 26, 1917 - January 22, 2005
Rose Mary Woods, secretary to Richard Nixon and herself a figure in the Watergate controversy, died Saturday, January 22, 2005. Read more...
Monday January 24, 2005  #

Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade is the historic Supreme Court decision overturning a Texas interpretation of abortion law and making abortion legal in the United States. Here are the basic facts about this landmark decision.
Saturday January 22, 2005  #

Feminist Writer Elizabeth Janeway: October 7, 1913 - January 15, 2005
Writer Elizabeth Janeway, a writer who was married to economist, author and presidential advisor Eliot Janeway, was initially skeptical of the women's movement of the 1960s and then became a supporter. Her writings explored life and drew on her own experiences as a woman, wife, and mother.
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Wednesday January 19, 2005  #

Books on Body Image and Women's History
How women view and value their bodies has changed over time. These books examine the history of body image and how culture shapes ideas of women's beauty -- useful perspective in dealing with body image and self-esteem issues among girls and women today. There are other good books on body image and beauty culture today from a personal perspective; these books include the best historical analysis.
Saturday January 15, 2005  #

About Emily Bronte and Anne Bronte, by Charlotte Bronte
In 1850, Charlotte Bronte wrote in an edition of her sisters' work, "It has been thought that all the works published under the names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell were, in reality, the production of one person." Here is her biographical sketch of her two sisters, Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell were their pseudonyms under which they published their poems and novels.
Friday January 14, 2005  #

Women in World War I
Of interest to many readers of this site are the roles that women have played during wartime in history. In a resource newly available on the Net, Kay Larson has posted a copy of the 1916 book "Women's War Work" by Jennie Churchill (Lady Randolph Churchill). Churchill details the way that women -- from queens to feminists to nurses to mothers -- played in various countries, including Great Britain, France, Russia, America, Germany, and Austria.
Wednesday January 12, 2005  #

Women of the Tenth Century
In the 10th century, women's prominence was often through marriage or motherhood. Queenship was not much more than being a consort of a king, and mother of his children. Yet some queens and empresses reigned as regents for their sons and founded monasteries and convents. The lives of ordinary women are even more obscure.
Saturday January 08, 2005  #

Remembering Shirley Chisholm November 30, 1924 - January 1, 2005
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman to serve in the US Congress and the first black woman to run for the presidential nomination of a major party, died on January 1, 2005. Read more...
Monday January 03, 2005  #

Emily Dickinson Poems and Letters
Emily Dickinson, a creative poet of the 19th century, was known only by a small circle during her lifetime. It wasn't until after her death that most of her poems were published. Her life and work still fascinate readers and are studied widely.
Saturday January 01, 2005  #

Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag, writer, died on Tuesday, December 28, 2004. Susan Sontag turned her own long battle with cancer into social criticism, and she also commented on such topics as photography, AIDS, and American life. Here are some select words from Susan Sontag and some obituaries from major newspapers and news services: Read more...
Tuesday December 28, 2004  #

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