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March is Women’s History Month and National Reading Month, which means it’s the perfect time to curl up with your little one and read books about women’s achievements and contributions in music, politics, science, and more. By learning about these success, they’ll have an easier time envisioning their own.
Yes, more work needs to be done. There’s still a gender gap in STEM, the Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified, and Congress is overwhelmingly unbalanced (just 24 percent is women). However, there are still a lot of successes to celebrate — and read about. We’ve come a long way, and from a young age, it’s good to recognize the women who broke boundaries and made history, like NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, who calculated how to send the first American into space, and Emily Roebling, who helped build the Brooklyn Bridge. Read more…
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New York Times writes obituaries for heroic women they never recognized
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Women are fighting for equal representation in every public domain — including the New York Times obituary page.
In celebration of International Women’s Day on Thursday, the paper published a series of obituaries for famous women who should’ve received obituaries on its pages when they died, but didn’t.
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“Since 1851, The New York Times obituary page has been dominated by white men. Now, we’re adding the stories of 15 remarkable women,” Amisha Padnani and Jessica Bennet wrote.
Ida B. Wells
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