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The Recipe for Adventure
Explore famed Chef Julia Child's work as an intelligence officer during World War II
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Little Orphan Annie to the Rescue
Little Orphan Annie was a non-traditional 1930s heroine who exemplified her creator's values of self-reliance and individualism.
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Women's History Costume Ideas
Looking for a women's history inspired Halloween costume? Check out these notable women in history. To learn more about these women, watch the video below.
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The Opportunity in Title IX
Title IX allowed girls to participate in sports, often for the first time.
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Eleanor Roosevelt’s White House Press Conferences
“We had it in the Red Room,” Eleanor Roosevelt told her friend, journalist Lorena Hickok, after the first White House press conference for women reporters, held on March 6, 1933, a mere two days after FDR’s inauguration as president.
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Equal Rights in the Military Video
Women have served in the United States military ever since the Revolutionary War.
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Progressive Era Video
The Progressive Era is characterized by increased concern in child labor laws, food and drug, regulations, political corruption, and worker's welfare.
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Food Rationing and Canning in World War II
During World War II women were encouraged by the government to can produce from their victory gardens.
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Why My Grandmother Wound Up in the Mob
In 1914 Minnie became a single mother who soon fell into crime with the Mob.
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The Extraordinary Relevance of Girl's Schools
I am a product of a girls’ school. In the eleven years I spent at the school, my teachers knew me, encouraged me, saw promise in me, and urged me to see my potential.
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Why are So Many Teachers Women?
Colleges began to admit women in the early 19th century. But, they encouraged them to major in teaching. More than 150 years later, women still earn the majority of teaching degrees.
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Lady Hell Cats
Prior to World War I, if a woman wanted to join the military, she would have to join as a nurse or disguise her sex.
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Mythbusting the Founding Mothers
We all can picture the Founding Fathers, gathered in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, debating what to do about tyrannical Britain, and finally signing their names onto the Declaration of Independence. But what about the Founding Mothers?
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Jackie Mitchell and the Bloomer Girls
While baseball is largely a male dominated sport today, the first team at any level to be paid to play baseball was an all-female African American team, the Philadelphia Dolly Vardens.
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Pedaling the Path to Freedom
Bicycles had a revolutionary impact on the women's movement of the early 20th Century.
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Women Outdoors: Q&A with Sandra Weber
Sandra Weber discusses the importance of women exploring the world outdoors.
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What Did Girls Want?
Juliette Gordon Low formed the first American Girl Scout troop in Savannah in 1912.
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Moving the Women into the Light: An Interview with NWHM Co-Founder Ann E.W. Stone
On Mother’s Day weekend two decades ago, a group of women dedicated themselves to moving Adelaide Johnson’s Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony out of the U.S. Capitol’s basement.
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