womens history month

Celebrating Womanist Scholarship for Women’s History Month 2016

Posted on March 22, 2016March 21, 2016 by Pamela Ayo Yetunde

In 1979, African-American novelist and poet Alice Walker wrote “Coming Apart,” a short story about a Black woman in the U.S. confronting her Black husband about his use of pornography. For support... Read More

Post-Women’s History Month: How My Tradition Affirms Women

Posted on April 3, 2012April 2, 2012 by Christina Yost

Well, another Women’s History Month has come and gone by the time you read this. Many classrooms across the United States have talked about the contributions of women in the past, and some websites ... Read More

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Posted on March 27, 2012March 26, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

On the afternoon of Saturday, March 25, 1911, at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory located at the Ash building (today the Brown building) in lower Manhattan, one of the worst industrial accidents ever i... Read More