Women's History

Jane Addams' 150th Birthday
Born September 6, 1860, Jane Addams was a settlement house reformer, and also a pacifist and women's rights advocate. She practiced a radical kind of "neighborliness" in living among the poor and immigrant population of Chicago, experimenting with programs that would make a better life for these people, and that would allow the children to grow up healthy and educated. <ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/addamsjane/p/jane_addams.htm">Jane Addams</a></li> </ul> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/jane-addams-150th-birthday.htm">Jane Addams' 150th Birthday</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at 10:35:40.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/jane-addams-150th-birthday.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/jane-addams-150th-birthday.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/jane-addams-150th-birthday.htm&zItl=Jane Addams' 150th Birthday">Email this</a></p>

Varieties of Feminism
Feminism -- the analysis that women are now not treated fairly or equal plus a commitment to moving to fairness and equality -- has come in many forms. What is "fair" and what is "equal"? Here are some of the varieties of feminist ideas: <ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/feminism.htm">Feminism </a>- defining the common core among the "feminisms"</li> <li><a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/a/socialist-feminism.htm">Socialist Feminism</li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/g/radicalfeminism.htm">Radical Feminism</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/g/culturalfem.htm">Cultural Feminism</a></li> </ul> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/varieties-of-feminism.htm">Varieties of Feminism</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at 10:24:26.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/varieties-of-feminism.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/varieties-of-feminism.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/varieties-of-feminism.htm&zItl=Varieties of Feminism">Email this</a></p>

Two Matildas
Two Matildas, cousins, were involved in the struggle for the crown of England in the 12th century, currently featured in the Starz series <i>The Pillars of the Earth</i>. One was the daughter of Henry I, named by him and confirmed by nobles during his lifetime as his heir. The other was the wife of Stephen, who moved quickly when Henry died to claim the crown by right of descent from William the Conqueror through his mother. That Matilda was also a countess in her own right. Their mothers were sisters and thus they shared a common grandmother: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medbritishqueens/p/saint_margaret.htm">Saint Margaret of Scotland</a>. <p>The name Matilda, an obviously popular one at the time among royals and nobility (there are a lot of other Matildas involved in this history beyond these two) might also be rendered as Maud or Maude or Mahaut or even Mold, depending on the source, and the series calls the widowed Empress Maude. <p>Read more about these two women who were at the center of this dynastic struggle: <ul><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/empressmatilda/p/empress_matilda.htm">Empress Matilda or Maud - Lady of the English</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/medbritishqueens/p/Matilda-of-Boulogne.htm">Matilda of Boulogne</a></li> </ul><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/two-matildas.htm">Two Matildas</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 10:46:48.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/two-matildas.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/two-matildas.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/two-matildas.htm&zItl=Two Matildas">Email this</a></p>

Wordless Wednesday - Mother of Feminism?
<div><a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/essentials/ig/Wordless-Wednesday/Mary-Wollstonecraft-by-Odie.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/womenshistory/1/0/r/l/2/Mary-Wollstonecraft-Odie-ww.jpg" width="300" height="366" border="0" align="center" alt="Mary Wollstonecraft" /></a><p class="caption">Courtesy Wikimedia Commons</p></div> <p>Related articles: </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/essentials/ig/Wordless-Wednesday/Mary-Wollstonecraft-by-Odie.htm">About This Picture</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/library/bio/blwollstonecraft.htm">About Mary Wollstonecraft</a></li> </ul> <p>More Wordless Wednesday: <ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/essentials/ig/Wordless-Wednesday/">Wordless Wednesday - Women's History in Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://collectibles.about.com/od/valuableresources/a/wordlesswednes.htm">Wordless Wednesday around About.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/newhome/">See more Wordless Wednesday images on the Net</a></li></ul><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/01/wordless-wednesday-mother-of-feminism.htm">Wordless Wednesday - Mother of Feminism?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at 09:37:32.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/01/wordless-wednesday-mother-of-feminism.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/01/wordless-wednesday-mother-of-feminism.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/09/01/wordless-wednesday-mother-of-feminism.htm&zItl=Wordless Wednesday - Mother of Feminism?">Email this</a></p>

Rosalynn Carter
<img src="http://z.about.com/d/womenshistory/1/6/2/B/rosalynn_carter.jpg" alt="Rosalynn Carter Portrait" align="right" height="120" width="81" />In the history of First Ladies, Rosalynn Carter was a more active part of her husband's administration than most other First Ladies before her. She traveled to Latin America on behalf of the new President and met with leaders of those countries, talking over actual defense and policy issues. She also testified before Congress on her focus issue, mental health reform. Learn more about this interesting and influential First Lady: <ul><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/1stladycarter/p/rosalynn_carter.htm">Rosalynn Carter</a> - Biography of Rosalynn Carter</li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/rosalynn_carter.htm">Rosalynn Carter Quotes</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/firstladiesus/ig/First-Ladies-Picture-Gallery/Rosalynn-Carter.htm">Rosalynn Carter Portrait</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/1stladycarter/">Rosalynn Carter</a> - Index</li></ul> <p><i>Image adapted from an image courtesy of the White House</i></p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/rosalynn-carter.htm">Rosalynn Carter</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 10:35:06.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/rosalynn-carter.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/rosalynn-carter.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/rosalynn-carter.htm&zItl=Rosalynn Carter">Email this</a></p>

1920 to 2010: 90 Years of Women's Vote
It took from 1848 to 1920 to win the vote for women in America. Today, Americans honor the victory on August 26 with Women's Equality Day and the 90th anniversary of the Woman Suffrage Amendment to the United States Constitution.<!--rss--> <ul><li><a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1900/a/august_26_wed.htm" title="August 26, 1920 - Women's Suffrage Victory - Nineteenth Amendment Becomes Law">August 26, 1920 - Nineteenth Amendment Becomes Law</a> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/wed/index.htm">Women's Equality Day</a> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/suffrage.htm">Women's Suffrage: What You Need to Know</a></ul><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/1920-to-2010-90-years-of-womens-vote.htm">1920 to 2010: 90 Years of Women's Vote</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 09:39:28.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/1920-to-2010-90-years-of-womens-vote.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/1920-to-2010-90-years-of-womens-vote.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/1920-to-2010-90-years-of-womens-vote.htm&zItl=1920 to 2010: 90 Years of Women's Vote">Email this</a></p>

Wordless Wednesday - The International Movement
<div><a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/essentials/ig/Wordless-Wednesday/Int-l-Suffrage-Alliance-1914.htm/"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/womenshistory/1/0/q/l/2/international-suffrage-1914-ww.jpg" width="300" height="382" border="0" align="center" alt="International Women's Suffrage" /></a><p class="caption">© 2010 Clipart.com, used with permission</p></div> <p>Related articles: </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/essentials/ig/Wordless-Wednesday/Int-l-Suffrage-Alliance-1914.htm">About this photo</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu= http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/intl_timeline.htm">Woman Suffrage Timeline International</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/suffrage.htm">What You Need to Know About Women's Suffrage</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffragists/p/fawcett.htm">Millicent Garret Fawcett</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/cattcarriec/p/carrie_catt.htm">Carrie Chapman Catt</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1900/a/august_26_wed.htm">August 26, 1920: The Day the Suffrage Battle Was Won</a></li> </ul> <p>More Wordless Wednesday: <ul> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/essentials/ig/Wordless-Wednesday/">Wordless Wednesday - Women's History in Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://collectibles.about.com/od/valuableresources/a/wordlesswednes.htm">Wordless Wednesday around About.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://www.wordlesswednesday.com/newhome/">See more Wordless Wednesday images on the Net</a></li></ul><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/25/wordless-wednesday-the-international-movement.htm">Wordless Wednesday - The International Movement</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 at 09:32:57.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/25/wordless-wednesday-the-international-movement.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/25/wordless-wednesday-the-international-movement.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/25/wordless-wednesday-the-international-movement.htm&zItl=Wordless Wednesday - The International Movement">Email this</a></p>

Nineteenth Amendment - Women's Right to Vote
The text of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is simple: <blockquote>The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any States on Account of sex.<p>The Congress shall have the power by appropriate legislation to enforce the provisions of this article. </blockquote> The path to getting this text made part of the law of the land effective August 26, 1920, was not so simple. Or short. <p>In 1776, New Jersey gave women with over $250 in property the right to vote, but that right was soon rescinded. Beginning in 1837, women began winning the right to vote in local and state jurisdictions, first in school elections, then in other elections. In 1869, territory and future state Wyoming gave women the same right to vote as men. Read more details about the slow progress of women's suffrage, right up to 90 years ago when women won the right to vote in the U.S. on an equal basis with men:<ul><li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrageoverview/a/timeline_us.htm">Women's Suffrage Timeline State by State</a> </li></ul> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nineteenth-amendment-womens-right-to-vote.htm">Nineteenth Amendment - Women's Right to Vote</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 18:11:07.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nineteenth-amendment-womens-right-to-vote.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nineteenth-amendment-womens-right-to-vote.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nineteenth-amendment-womens-right-to-vote.htm&zItl=Nineteenth Amendment - Women's Right to Vote">Email this</a></p>

This Week: 90th Anniversary of Women's Vote
The battle for women's vote in America took from 1848 to 1920. This week, Americans honor the victory on August 26, 1920, with Women's Equality Day, the 90th anniversary of women's vote.<!--rss--> <div style="width:192px;float:right;font-size:0.8em;margin:5px 5px 5px 5px;text-align:center;"> <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/paulalice/ig/Alice-Paul-Pictures/Alice-Paul---August-18--1920.htm"><img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/womenshistory/1/6/m/b/2/alice_paul_1920_ratification_banner_a.jpg" alt="Suffrage Ratified" style="width:192px;height:120px;border:none;" /></a> <p class="caption">Courtesy Library of Congress</p> </div><ul><li><a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1900/a/august_26_wed.htm" title="August 26, 1920 - Women's Suffrage Victory - Nineteenth Amendment Becomes Law">August 26, 1920 - Nineteenth Amendment Becomes Law</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage1900/a/suffrage_brutal.htm">Brutal Treatment of Women Suffragists at Occoquan Workhouse</a></li> <li><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/suffrage/a/suffrage.htm">Women's Suffrage: What You Need to Know</a></li> </ul><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/this-week-90th-anniversary-of-womens-vote.htm">This Week: 90th Anniversary of Women's Vote</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 14:53:22.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/this-week-90th-anniversary-of-womens-vote.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/this-week-90th-anniversary-of-womens-vote.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/this-week-90th-anniversary-of-womens-vote.htm&zItl=This Week: 90th Anniversary of Women's Vote">Email this</a></p>

Coco Chanel
Her designs in the 1920s set the standard with short skirts and boyish looks, and her influence in fashion continues even after her death. Coco Chanel was one of the giants of women's fashion, and of business as well. She was born August 19, 1883, though she claimed 1893. Read more about the loves and life of this fascinating woman: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/od/chanelcoco/a/coco_chanel.htm">Coco Chanel</a> <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/19/coco-chanel-2.htm">Coco Chanel</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/">About.com Women's History</a> on Thursday, August 19th, 2010 at 08:37:50.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/19/coco-chanel-2.htm">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/19/coco-chanel-2.htm#gB3">Comment</a> | <a href="http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2010/08/19/coco-chanel-2.htm&zItl=Coco Chanel">Email this</a></p>