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A close friend of Gloria Steinem, she toured with her and spoke widely about the need for women to confront racism and classism in their ranks. Read her obituary here.

As an activist and an author, she was determined to demystify and normalize the lesbian experience, and to integrate it into the women’s movement. From The New York Times, Dec. 1, 2022 Barbara Love, a [...]

Sheila Tobias, Who Defined ‘Math Anxiety,’ Dies at 86 Feeling jittery about math — and altogether avoiding it — “is a serious handicap” that often affected women, she wrote in Ms. magazine in 1976, [...]

Barbara Ehrenreich, the author, activist and self-described “myth buster” who in such notable works as “Nickel and Dimed” and “Bait and Switch” challenged conventional thinking about class, religion and the very idea of an [...]

The Real Reason Why the GOP Is Rushing to Pass Abortion Bans Without Exceptions for Rape BY MARK JOSEPH STERN JULY 19, 20221:29 PM The Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overruling Roe v. Wade unleashed an immediate and [...]

The New York Historical Society is rapidly approaching the May 13 opening of their Title IX exhibit, "Activism On and Off the Field," which runs through September 4. In addition, there is a two-case [...]

Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975 Edited by Barbara J. Love University of Illinois Press Now available as an e-book from multiple sources: Amazon (Kindle) Barnes & Noble (Nook) Google Books The ultimate source of information [...]

Salon 94 Design presents Fantasy Furniture, 1967, an exhibition of work by the late writer, activist, and Fluxus artist Kate Millett (b. 1934 – 2017). The exhibit runs from January 20 - March 5, 2022. Appointments can [...]

This 2021 Amazon Original Documentary film has just been released, and portrays Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray - non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall - as "One of the [...]