It is hard for us today to imagine a time when women were denied leadership positions, in religion and in society. One woman who did as much as any to break down the barriers was Antoinette Brown (1825-1921), who was the first woman to be ordained as a minister in the United States, and who [...]

At the end of my March 1st post, “Why Do We Need a Women’s History Month?“, I wrote:
“Keep your eyes and your ears open during March and you just might learn something you didn’t even know you didn’t know about the most influential group of people on earth.”
What did I mean by that? I meant [...]

These videos are part of the “Because I Am a Girl” Campaign.

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Thanks to the In the Sisterhood blog for directing me to this campaign.
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In 1970 Alix Kates Shulman wrote an essay titled “A Marriage Agreement” and instantly became one of the voices of the burgeoning Women’s Liberation Movement. She was ten years into her second marriage when she came up with a set of rules that she and her husband agreed upon to make their relationship more equitable.  [...]

A recent Gallup poll confirms that people in U.S. are increasingly identifying with a conservative ideology: 40% as opposed to 36% with a moderate ideology and only 21% with a liberal one. This may help to explain why so few people identify with feminism: it, too, is seen as liberal.
Why is it that liberals are [...]