Women’s Equality Day is to be celebrated on August 26 each year. Unfortunately, each year it goes by with very little fanfare–much the same way it was celebrated in 1920–that […]
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If women’s news receives the coverage it deserves during the next week or so, then there will be stories about women and the vote. Headlines may read something like: “Ninety
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How the Civil War Changed Funeral Practices Medical and scientific advances often arise from wars and other crises. During the Civil War, one of the changes needed was an improved
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Last week I wrote about baseball catcher Roy Campanella. Reading his autobiography sent me in search of who, what, when, where, and why about the end of discrimination in professional baseball.
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