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Iraqi women protest proposed Islamic law

March 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Iraqi women demonstrated against a draft law that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to fathers.

Today in women’s history: “General” Harriet Tubman dies

March 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Called "general," "Moses" and "one of the bravest persons on this continent," Harriet Tubman, born around 1820, died today in 1913.

Today in women’s history: Georgia O’Keefe, American artist, dies at 98

March 6, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Georgia O'Keefe, one of the most renowned and honored American artists, died March 6, 1986, at the age of 98.

Today in women’s history: Suffrage supporters march in D.C

March 3, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On March 3, 1913 supporters of the right of women to vote marched in Washington D.C., disprupting the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson.

IBEW member hits the ice in Sochi

February 11, 2014 By IBEW

Journeyman electrician Ekaterina Pashkevitch is taking to the ice in Sochi, Russia, this week, playing center for the Russian women's Olympic hockey team.