Women History

Community Call

Who are we? We are women born of the past generations, we are women present in the here and now, we dream of a future that is yet to be. Who are we? We are women made up of all […]

Women’s Prayer

Let us Remember…. We are in the Holy presence of God. Lord, make me an instrument of peace: Bless all women who daily strive to bring peace to their communities, their homes and their hearts. Give them strength to continue […]

U.S. Women’s Suffrage Timeline

1837 Young teacher Susan B. Anthony asked for equal pay for women teachers. 1848 July 14: call to a woman’s rights convention appeared in a Seneca County, New York, newspaper. July 19-20: Woman’s Rights Convention held in Seneca Falls, New […]

A Brief History of Women’s Rights Movement

Women’s rights movements are primarily concerned with making the political, social, and economic status of women equal to that of men and with establishing legislative safeguards against discrimination on the basis of gender. Women’s rights movements have worked in support of these aims […]

Jane Addams

Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was a pioneer American settlement activist/reformer, social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women’s suffrage and world peace. She created the first Hull House. In an era when presidents […]

Top Five Japanese American Women Civil Rights Pioneers You Should Know

In California, January 30 was officially Fred Korematsu Day. It is important to honor and remember Korematsu but I believe it is also a time to look back at some of the other Japanese Americans who also fought for the […]

Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson – Great Minds: Math and Science (5:05) In the early days of spaceflight, if NASA needed to plot a rocket’s path or confirm a computer’s calculations, they knew who to ask: Katherine Johnson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdr9QBRcPEk   Katherine Johnson – […]

Sonia Sotomayor

Nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009, Sonia Sotomayor became the first Latina Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history. Sonia Sotomayor was born June 25, 1954, in the Bronx borough of New York City. Her desire to be […]