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Today in history: Saudi women protest by driving cars
November 6, 2015Forty-seven women in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, drove their cars in a 14-car convoy to protest the driving ban.
Read moreLack of media attention to Holtzclaw trial: Do black women matter?
November 5, 2015The trial of the former Oklahoma City police officer charged with sexually assaulting and raping 13 black women, began this Monday.
Read moreThank you, Rosalyn Baxandall: socialist-feminist pioneer
November 2, 2015She cared deeply about connections: between teaching and activism, art and labor, history and practice, and above all, between people.
Read moreNepal’s parliament elects nation’s first female president
October 29, 2015Bidhya Devi Bhandari said her election marked a first step toward assuring the new constitutional guarantees of equality are fulfilled.
Read moreToday in history: First American woman ambassador appointed
October 28, 2015On this date in 1949, Helen Eugenie Moore Anderson became the first woman to hold the post of U.S. ambassador when she was sworn in by Truman.
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