International Women’s Day – Page 3

Frances Perkins: The woman who helped end the Great Depression

March 8, 2018 By Chauncey K. Robinson

On International Women's Day, we remember Frances Perkins - advocate for working people and the architect of much of FDR's New Deal.

An immigration musicale in the making: The South American way

February 28, 2018 By Kátia Moraes

The 2018 show interweaves poetry, quotes, and stories in English with songs related to different aspects of being an immigrant.

International Women’s Day takes on deep meaning in 2017

March 10, 2017 By Temma Kaplan And David Bacon

This year International Women's Day has a deep meaning because of the desperate situation in which our country finds itself.

The woman peril is at the door

March 8, 2017 By Helen Keller

There are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim to them.

Songs, poems, speeches and sewing honor 100 years of L.A. garment work

March 6, 2017 By Eric A. Gordon

To mark International Working Women’s Day/Día international de la mujer trabajadora, the UCLA Labor Center, pairing with the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, sponsored an uplifting afternoon at the Labor Center’s building across from downtown’s MacArthur...