Tag Archive: women’s rights

Celebrating Women’s History Month in 2021

Posted on March 8, 2021 12:00 pm Published by test

by The History Reader

In 1981, Congress declared the week of March 7th as “Women’s History Week.” This was between second and third-wave feminism, so people did not think one week was enough. After many petitions, Congress officially dedicated the

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When the Lowell Women Broke the Boston Brahmin Rules

Posted on April 25, 2017 2:04 pm Published by hradmin Leave your thoughts

by Nina Sankovitch

On a late winter’s evening in the year 1902, Amy Lowell took to the podium at a meeting of the Brookline school board to protest the reappointment of an aged and ineffective teacher. The audience was shocked by … Read the article