Women Change Legal World
Chief Justice C. J. Ryan of the Wisconsin Supreme Court considered women temperamentally unsuited to the selfish, extortionate, coarse, brutal, repulsive and obscene legal profession. “It would be revolting to all female sense of innocence and the sanctity of their sex,” he wrote in 1895 when denying Lavinia Goodell’s admission to the bar. Continue reading “Women Change Legal World”
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Don’t avert your gaze: Lydia Diamond’s Voyeurs de Venus
How we look at women and how we talk about how we look at women remains subject to patriarchal notions, despite some of our best intentions. Continue reading “Don’t avert your gaze: Lydia Diamond’s Voyeurs de Venus”
Pay Tribute to Trailblazers and Suffragists
“Forward, out of darkness, leave behind the night. Forward out of error, forward into light.” – Inez Milholland Continue reading “Pay Tribute to Trailblazers and Suffragists”
What Women’s History Means to Me
Like most people, the first woman who comes to my mind is my mother. Continue reading “What Women’s History Means to Me”
Unhiding the Histories of Women
I shouldn’t have to create a curriculum to teach the history of those who are 50% of the population. Women’s history, recognizing that it is even such a thing, became my safe place. Through women’s history I found my voice … Continue reading Unhiding the Histories of Women
Having Our Voices Heard
“A woman’s place is in the House and Senate”
First in their Field: Margaret Chung
The first female Chinese American physician in California, Margaret Chung was a healer, a patriot, a political activist, a humanitarian, a socialite and a “Mom” to hundreds of military pilots who served in the 30s and 40s. Continue reading “First in their Field: Margaret Chung”
Inspire Young Minds To Defy Limitations
If there is one, universal need that transcends conflict, either religious, ideological, what have you, it is the desire to feel connected, to be part of a community. Continue reading “Inspire Young Minds To Defy Limitations”
Reclaiming our Warriors: Lessons from Maxine Hong Kingston
Long before Disney got its hands on the Chinese myth of Fa Mu Lan (also called Hua Mulan or simply Mulan), Californian and Chinese-American Maxine Hong Kingston used the myth of the swordswoman martial artist to explore the ideas of how, despite empowering mythology, women can often be made to feel limited in their quest to “make a difference.” Continue reading “Reclaiming our Warriors: Lessons from Maxine Hong Kingston”
Two Spirits and Kumeyaay LGBTQ+ Activism
The LGBTQ+ community is made up of many cultures and identities. One such perhaps lesser know identity is that of two spirit. Continue reading “Two Spirits and Kumeyaay LGBTQ+ Activism”
