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Should women be allowed to wear pants? It was a topic of contention in Australian parliament in 1933

By 1933, women were increasingly wearing pants but, as one letter to the editor complained, ‘women look far from attractive in them’.

United statesNew south walesMarlene dietrichEllen clacyAnnie baxter dawbinAmelia bloomerHarriette waltersParliament houseInternational women dayMelbourne departmentLord mayorLady mayoressBaxter dawbinEvening newsInternational womenDay march

The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr and sustained a movement for social change

From family to grassroots activists, these are some of the women who shaped MLK’s vision and campaigns.

United statesSouth carolinaRepublic ofSouth africaDallas countyAlabama state universitySouth africanMartin luther king jrFannie lou hamerDaisy batesVicki crawfordPauli murrayAnna arnold hedgemanDorothy heightAnnie devineDorothy cotton

Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated hidden hunger

Kittrell’s legacy shows that home economics was always about more than cooking and sewing. It’s also a reminder that issues that affect families are simultaneously local and global.

United statesUnited methodist churchNorth carolinaBennett collegeHampton universitySouth africaLyndonb johnsonFlemmie pansy kittrellLittle rockMassachusetts institute of technologyUnited nationsCornell universityHoward universitySupreme courtHampton instituteWomen international league

Marker for suffrage movement leader unveiled in Worcester

The marker celebrates Wall’s tax protest in 1858 for women’s voting rights and encourages passers-by to learn more.

United statesCity of worcesterMoe bergmanFredie kayNational woman rights convention in worcesterSycamore streetMain streetNational votesNational womanRights conventionWomen 39s historyPp top storiesOmmunity newsOlivia lemmon

It was the beginning of feminism : how higher education paved the way for the women of Albury-Wodonga

For mature-age students of the Study Centre in the 1970s, education offered them a new life.

Papua new guineaWestern australiaNew south walesWhitlam governmentGeoff fairhallAnne summersCathy mcgowanGod policeCharles sturt universityStudy centreAlbury wodonga study centreRiverina collegeAdvanced educationDamned whoresAustralian historyHigher education

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