Have you watched the new documentary, "Marian Anderson: Voice of Freedom?" If not, go to PBS and stream it immediately. Not only does it tell Anderson's life story in moving detail, it also has an incredible all-female panel of historians and musicians - including Adriane Lentz-Smith, Kira Thurman, Leslie Ureña, Lucy Caplan, Carol Oja, and Angela Brown - who … Continue reading Voice of Freedom
I've been sidetracked by a bunch of different projects, but back with a Sunday link round-up, only it's Wednesday! Read and watched so many interesting things in the last few days: The fabulous Mary Beard talks about efforts on social media to discredit older women. (The Guardian) Maybe a woman would be a good choice … Continue reading Sundays (on Wednesday)
February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Its purpose is to achieve full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls. It's also an opportunity to recognize the lives and legacies of women scientists. Here are some Twitter feeds serving up great content today about women scientists, in … Continue reading Women in Science
Do you follow The New York Times Overlooked project? It's a regularly-updated section of obituaries of individuals whose deaths originally went unreported by the Times. Many of them are obituaries of women. Eleanor Flexner, who died in 1995, is the subject of a recent obituary. I found her inclusion fascinating because not only had Flexner … Continue reading Big Thinkers: Eleanor Flexner
It's ironic that today - the day that the former President's second impeachment trial begins in the Senate - is also the anniversary of Senator Joseph McCarthy's 1950 speech in Wheeling, West Virginia when he declared in front of the Ohio's County Republican Women's Club that he possessed a list of more than 200 Communist … Continue reading Courage
Have you watched The Dig? The new movie tells the true story of a hugely important archeological find in Suffolk, England when, in the late 1930s, Edith Pretty encouraged archeologists to explore burial mounds located on her property. The exploration led to the discovery of settlements on the site going back to the Neolithic and … Continue reading The Dig
Will you be watching the Super Bowl? I will, mostly so I can see Amanda Gordon and have a reason to eat nachos. I'm also excited to see Sarah Thomas at work - Thomas will be the first woman to work as a referee at the Super Bowl. A former college basketball player, Thomas began … Continue reading Sundays
Dr. Daina Ramey Berry is the Chair of the History Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Her new book, written with Kali Nicole Gross, is "A Black Women's History of the United States," which looks at the American narrative through the eyes of eleven black women who had a significant impact on the history of the … Continue reading Big Thinkers: Dr. Daina Ramey Berry
This afternoon I watched a wonderful talk from Florence’s Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, founded by Giorgio Vasari in 1563 as a guild for Florence’s artists. Membership was only extended to established artists. The talk was a conversation between Linda Falcone, the director of Advancing Women Artists, and Accademia president Cristina Acidini. AWA’s mission is … Continue reading Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
Who will be the first woman to walk on the moon? Almost 51 years after the Apollo 11 astronauts landed there we are still asking that question. Today we moved a step closer to knowing the answer when the Biden Administration announced that it will support NASA's Artemis Program. Women who were involved in the … Continue reading The Moon!
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