by the Editors It’s generally called “nontraditional” employment women working in jobs that are mostly held by men. While becoming …
By Georgia Kral Two indie bands with all female members, Mountain Man from Bennington, Vermont and Sleep Over from Austin, …
By Carol Downer To secure the availability of abortion, we who are “pro-choice” need to take the lessons from the …
by Rhea Hirshman When I was growing up in Brooklyn, a significant rite of passage for my friends and me …
by Gcina Mhlophe “Praise to Our Mothers” was performed in 1989 when Gcina Mholphe first met Nokukhanya Luthuli, wife of …
by Claire Reed flamboyant, Bella strides,stumps, marches, a lightening rod,raucous, rallying the troops, fierce, intense, prodding hard,under the big hat, …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro If I ask my students to write about someone they admire, chances are they’ll write about …
By Elayne Clift Ive always felt ambivalent about Nicolas Kristofs columns in The New York Times, even though they have …
By Myriam Miedzian The issue of violence touches me in a very personal and profound way. I am a Holocaust …
by Emily Rand Breitner The Courage of Anne It doesnt matter whatlittle Charlie did to provokehis father, but probablynot much …
By Carol Downer The women of Iran and Afghanistan used International Womens Day this year to carry forward their struggle …
by Maureen McNeil Editors Note: Janet Benshoof wrote about the Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi in our Winter 2010 …
Cynthia L. Cooper When Loretta J. Ross speaks, people listen. Ross is a big-picture thinker on reproductive justice, national coordinator …
By Gail Kregel On Christmas day, 2008, Guatemalan Congresswoman Anabella De Leon, called me. A new president had taken office …
by Marge Piercy When I think of women heroes,its not Joan of Arc or Molly Pitcherbut mothers who quietly sayto …
By Marylou Greenberg Editors Note: In light of the devastating earthquake in Haiti and in tribute to the courage of …
by Linda Stein How does Wonder Woman do it? She is able to stop the bad guys—even convince them to …
by Judith Arcana I’ve been thinking about Grace Paley, the late activist and writer, in relation to this theme of …
Ms. Michael angel Johnson Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller, a woman of African descent too often overlooked in arts history, was …
by Resa Crane Bizzaro Over the years, much of my writing has been in response to news articles. Among stories …
by Jessica Yee I am proud to be Native. I am also proud to be a woman. I am proud …
By Jen Nedeau Democrats in the Senate got what they wanted this Christmas: a passed health care reform bill. Low-income …
By L.A. Bailey What would happen to America if race and gender decided to unleash their passion and proclaim their …
by Angela Poh Heroines of Jiangyong: Chinese Narrative Ballads in Womens Script, translated by Wilt L. Idema, is the first …
By Clare Coss What is the role of the artist as we strive to understand issues that divide us How …
by Cindy Cooper Editor’s Note: Urgent circumstances call for early publication of this story planned for our Winter 2010 edition …
By Laurie Mazur In “The ‘New’ Population Control Craze: Retro, Racist, Wrong Way to Go” ( in this edition of …
by Maame-Mensima Horne For years reproductive justice activists have been calling for African American women to break the silence around abortion …
By Serena Garcia The ascension of Justice Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States in fall 2009 …
by Josie Lehrer Before a standing room-only house at the debut presentation of the Mens Story Project in August 2008, Kenyatta, a …
by Ariel Dougherty Exuberance and bravado! Gumption and sweat! Vision and breadth! These are among the many elements that composed …
by Talia Carner At a mid-October U.N. session commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in …
by Heather MacGibbon What is Feminist Art This is a question that art historians and critics have pondered in the …
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