This section began as a celebration of March and Women’s History Month; it continues as a regular feature because there are so many unrecognized women who have made major contributions to history.
The All American Red Heads, a women’s professional basketball team, were the female equivalent of the all-male Harlem Globetrotters; Like the Globetrotters, they were stellar at the game of basketball […]
The All American Red Heads, Women’s Professional Basketball Team, 1936-1986 Read More »
“Shirley Chisholm had guts” was her answer when she was asked how she wanted people to remember her.
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005), Seven Terms in Congress (NY) Read More »
Ann Petry (1908-1997), Successful Novelist Read More »
With so many men going overseas during World War II, the government needed ways to get additional help. In the Navy their solution was to create the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in 1942. By creating it as an “emergency” service, the Navy was able to admit women to serve during the war years but at the end of the war the plan was that the women would be discharged.
How many innovative and important women from the late 19th and early 20th century remain in the shadows of history?
First American Woman to Build a Cosmetics Empire: Harriet Hubbard Ayer Read More »
Recently news organizations reported on the $2.5 million dollar project that was mounted this summer to use new clues and equipment to try to uncover what happened to Amelia Earhart, who along with her navigator Fred Noonan disappeared on July 2, 1937 in Earhart’s Lockheed Electra airplane.
The Hunt for Amelia Earhart Read More »
