| By Galfe Staff | Seventy-two. That’s how many years passed between the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848—the formal beginning of the women’s rights movement in the United States—and the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Suffragists fought the battle in courtrooms, at protests, and in countless homes and hearts. During Women’s History Month … Read more
| By Bob Lester | In the early 1950s, the Cold War contributed heavily to a change in American society and women’s roles. Once again, women were called upon to fulfill a role in the defense of America—on one hand to perpetuate the American population and on the other to promote American ideals abroad. One … Read more
| By Tara Blair | Dear Boss, I keep on hearing the police have caught me but they wont fix me just yet. I have laughed when they look so clever and talk about being on the right track. Yours truly, Jack the Ripper In autumn 1888, five women were murdered in the east London … Read more
| By Gale Staff |
Equal Pay Day raises awareness of the gender pay gap. The date April 4, 2017 represents how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Explore primary source documents from Gale’s Women’s Studies Archive to learn more about the gender pay gap throughout history.
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| By Barbara Wexler, MPH | Cardiovascular disease (CVD) describes conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels. A primary cause is atherosclerosis, which occurs when plaque accumulates in arterial walls, narrowing them and impeding blood flow. This can lead to serious events like heart attacks or strokes. But the term CVD also includes other … Read more
|By Jennifer Stock| Science Fiction Day is January 2. This day marks the birth of famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov and honors the history of the genre and its creators. Sci-fi is a rich genre dealing with science and technology and the effects of these advancements on human existence. Science fiction authors explore such … Read more
| By Jennifer Albers-Smith |
I took this awesome class in college at the University of Michigan that—10 years later—still resonates with me. It focused exclusively on Jane Austen and her contemporaries. We read all of Austen’s novels as well as Radcliffe, Burney, and Wollstonecraft, and it was easily the best four months of my academic career. The professor was really innovative and brought in one of her colleagues, Kathryn Dominguez, from the Economics department to do a lecture on what things cost in Jane Austen’s time. She put together this great PowerPoint deck that I still have to this day because I thought it was so intriguing.
Numbers pop up all the time in Austen’s novels, but the reader really has no sense of how rich Bingley and Darcy are or how “poor” the Bennets are by comparison.
During Black History Month, we honor African Americans who profoundly impacted the course of American history. During Reconstruction—an era that lasted from about 1865 to 1877—African Americans gained new political and legal rights that were implemented with the support of the federal government. A number of activists redefined how blacks participated in American politics, society, … Read more
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| By Gale Staff | In 1978, a 24-year-old California educator named Molly Murphy McGregor was teaching when a student raised his hand and asked her to explain the Women’s Movement. Molly didn’t have a good answer. Instead, she turned to the classroom textbooks and, to her dismay, discovered next to nothing about women’s history. … Read more