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Today in women’s history: Social reformer Lillian Wald born in 1867

March 10, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Founder of the Henry Street Settlement House in Lower Manhattan, Lillian Wald was born March 10, 1867, in Cincinnati to a family of German Jewish professionals.

Women fight an uphill battle in El Salvador

March 9, 2015 By Special to People’s World

A delegation of women recently paid a visit to El Salvador to see what women are doing there to better their lives.

Today in women’s history: Barbie is born

March 9, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Barbie became the figurehead of an extensive and highly lucrative brand of Mattel dolls and accessories.

Remembering women’s history: Lucy Parsons

March 6, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Lucy Ella Gonzales Parsons, a working-class leader and spouse of one of the Haymarket martyrs, died March 7, 1942 in Chicago.

Today in women’s history: Rosa Luxemburg born in 1871

March 5, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Rosa Luxemburg, born on March 5, 1871, in Zamość, Poland, was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and revolutionary socialist of Polish-Jewish descent.