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Women's History is Every Month: When Gloria Steinem Spoke Truth to Power at Harvard; The debate in sports over the definition of womanhood is paternalistic – and hypocritical; Two NYPD Cops Coerced Sex With a Teen in Their Custody — and Prosecutors Just Dropped Rape Charges; The Gray Lady is Increasingly Tone-Deaf Media; Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls; 108th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

When Gloria Steinem Spoke Truth to Power at Harvard

"In 1971, the feminist writer and activist Gloria Steinem was invited to become the first woman ever to give the annual Harvard Law Review banquet address. Steinem, 36, was an unusual choice for such an exclusive, and almost entirely male, institution. At first she thought the invitation was a practical joke. She eventually agreed, though, and endeavored to make the most of the opportunity. And what Steinem delivered on that March evening was more than a thought-provoking after-dinner speech — it was a devastating indictment of one of the most prestigious institutions in the world. ...

For most of its illustrious history — going back to its founding in 1817 — Harvard Law School has been a bastion of white male privilege. Women were not admitted until the early 1950s. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was just one of nine women in a class of 500 at the school in 1957. Things were not much better by 1971. When Steinem first arrived on campus, as she describes in her memoir, My Life on the Road, she met with female law students. She learned that only 7 percent of the student population were women, she learned about “Ladies Day” (the only time that female students were called on in class) and she learned that the law school’s faculty was 100 percent male. “So sure of themselves are the powers-that-be,” Steinem wrote, “that the sign over the men’s room in the library stacks just says FACULTY.”

Outside of Harvard’s walls, of course, a massive protest movement in America was already well underway. Steinem, a writer and editor at New York Magazine, had begun her career as a journalist, and was only starting to speak out on behalf of women’s rights. Steinem’s sojourn to Harvard would prove to be one of the first of thousands of trips and speeches that the feminist activist would give over the next half-century. “What really opened people’s eyes to the movement itself was her traveling and writing about women,” says Patricia Marcello, author of Gloria Steinem: A Biography. “She was suggesting that we had the right — not only the ability, but the right — to express ourselves and be whatever we wanted to be in life.”

When Gloria Steinem Spoke Truth to Power at Harvard

When Gloria Steinem Spoke Truth to Power at Harvard Sean Braswell At the 1971 Harvard Law Review banquet, feminist activist Gloria Steinem ruffled more than a few feathers.

The debate in sports over the definition of womanhood is paternalistic – and hypocritical

The debate in sports over the definition of womanhood is paternalistic – and hypocritical

The debate in sports over the definition of womanhood is paternalistic –... When sports organizations argue over who is ‘woman enough,’ as in the case of Caster Semenya, they reveal who it...

Two NYPD Cops Coerced Sex With a Teen in Their Custody — and Prosecutors Just Dropped Rape Charges

Two NYPD Cops Coerced Sex With a Teen in Their Custody — and Prosecutors Just Dropped Rape Charges

Two NYPD Cops Coerced Sex With a Teen in Their Custody — and Prosecutors... "They were cops, they raped her, and they’re getting away with it. Look at the message this sends to the public.”

The Gray Lady is Increasingly Tone-Deaf Media

The Gray Lady is Increasingly Tone-Deaf

The Gray Lady is Increasingly Tone-Deaf I came upon a piece of “found art” in the NYT today that was too delicious to pass up. On page D1 of the Style...

Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls

"Most Americans say they believe in the full equality of men and women — the most straightforward definition of feminism — and that they want to raise children that way.

But researchers say children absorb stereotypes, including about gender roles, by age 3. To teach children to think in a more equal way takes effort, and children’s books are a way in. They have the power to teach values and to expand children’s sense of what’s possible. When children read books that break gender stereotypes, research has found, they reach for less stereotypical toys and broaden their future goals.

Based on the latest social science about gender, we made a list of 12 books published in the last three years that help teach children gender equality, in time for the holiday gift-giving season. There is an abundance to choose from — in recent years, publishers have broken with tradition and offered more children’s books about powerful girls and sensitive boys, as well as children of color and from diverse backgrounds. We asked for help from the people at Powell’s Books in Portland, Ore., and at Little Feminist, a subscription book club for children."

Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls

Twelve Books for Feminist Boys and Girls Most parents say they want to raise boys and girls as equals, but children absorb gender stereotypes early on. N...

Monday, March 25th -- 108th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Dear Philip,  Join the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition and   Workers United/SEIU (ILGWU)     Monday, March 25th,   11:30am - 1:00pm    Official Commemoration of the  108th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Laura Tolkow & Esther Cohen, design     We Shall Never Forget!   Join us for the annual reading of the names of those who died, the laying of flowers and the raising of the ladder        Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition    (the event will be live-streamed on our Facebook page)  Upcoming Events     Sunday, March 25  Each year Chalk volunteers inscribe the names and ages of the Triangle workers in front of their former homes. If you're interested in participating, send a note to Chalk and Coalition founder Ruth Sergel at ru...@streetpictures.org - all are welcome! More info here.   Monday, March 25, 11:30am-1pm *** OFFICIAL COMMEMORATION OF THE 108TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE *** Corner of Washington Place and Greene Street, NYC    Monday, March 25, 6:30pm-8:30pm  The Triangle Fire Memorial Association, Inc. will hold its Triangle Fire Anniversary Memorial Ceremony at the Christ The King HS CNL Paolucci Center at 68-02 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, Queens, NYC. All are invited to this annual event and reception!     Monday, March 25, 6:30pm-9:00pm  The public is invited to A Greenwich Village Legacy: The Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 With Debbie Wells, being held at the Salmagundi Club on the 108th anniversary of the Triangle Fire. Debbie Wells is a member of the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition and a descendant of Annie Nicholas who, at age 18, died in the Triangle Fire.   Monday, March 25, 6:30pm-8:30pm The New York Historical Society is holding an interactive Museum Program focusing on Activist Women who fought for safety and equality in the workplace. "Women You Wish You'd Heard About: Labor Rights and Activism" is part of the Museum's Back in Class series. More info here.   Wednesday, March 27, 6:30pm-8:00pm Join the Hunter College Department of Women and Gender Studies for Remembering the Triangle Factory Fire: Art as Activism, all part of the Phenomenal Women Series at Roosevelt House for Public Policy. The event will be held at 47-49 East 65th Street, RSVP to rhr...@hunter.cuny.edu     Now through July 21 Visit the exhibit Ladies' Garments, Women's Work, Women's Activism, now on display at The New York Historical Society. The exhibit explores the history of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and it's role in shaping women's activism through, garment, objects, documents and photographs. More info here.     Friday, March 29, 6:30pm-9:00pm  In honor of women's history month and the anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire, the The New York Historical Society is hosting a Roundtable Discussion: Garment Work and Women's Organizing in New York City. The the Center for Women's History welcomes scholars Alice Kessler-Harris, Margaret M. Chin, and Janette Gayle to discuss the ILGWU's impact on the labor movement and women's movements, moderated by New-York Historical's Nick Juravich. More info here.      Coming in May, don't miss the annual Clara Lemlich Awards, more info soon!    Visit our website Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

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