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Announcing The Marcy Syms Equality Initiative
As Women's History Month begins, we are thrilled to share some extraordinary news: Marcy Syms has made a transformational gift to endow the ERA Project, which will now be known as the Marcy Syms Equality [...]
Processing Denise C. Jones Papers at Sallie Bingham Center
It's not often that we hear about the projects of Graduate Interns in their work of documenting the stories of Second Wave feminists. We wanted to share this with our readers and encourage the younger [...]
“Liberation” – New off Broadway Play Opens in NYC
"Liberation," a new play written by Bess Wohl and directed by Whitney White, presented by Roundabout Theatre Company in the month of November 2025, is described as a "sharp and witty memory play." Liberation Summary [...]
August 26th is Women’s Equality Day!
Today is Women’s Equality Day! 105 years ago, women finally won the right to vote in the United States. 55 years ago, Betty Friedan called on women to stand up for their rights, and [...]
Former NOW President Eleanor Smeal Awarded Citizens Medal
On January 2, President Biden honored former NOW President Eleanor Smeal with the Presidential Citizens Medal--the nation’s second highest civilian honors—for “defining the movement for women’s rights.”
A New First-Hand Account of the Women’s Movement
The Women’s Revolution: How We Changed Your Life, by Muriel Fox Published June 2024 A comprehensive, indexed memoir about the Second Wave women’s movement by the cofounder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Muriel [...]
Museum of Public Relations Records Muriel Fox’s Activism for Women’s History Month
American Quarters Program Features Pauli Murray
The 2024 Reverend Dr. Pauli Murray Quarter is the 11th coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program. Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a poet, writer, activist, lawyer, and Episcopal priest. Pauli Murray was a founder [...]
VFA Statement on Rape as a Weapon of War
We decry rape at all times, and especially as an instrument of war as it was practiced by the terrorist organization, Hamas, on October 7. VFA opposes all discrimination, gender based violence and all [...]