Another Equal Pay Anniversary This Week
While looking for information on floor proceedings on the Clerk of the House website (we were following the House debate over the Office for Global Women’s Issues that is included […] Read more »
An Eye on Suffragists in St. Louis
As many of you know, the 2009 AAUW National Convention have a unique twist: special events that focus on the great suffragists of St. Louis. St. Louis is chock full […] Read more »
Open Thread: Women’s History 365
For the past several weeks we have shared stories of women who have and are still breaking through barriers in their chosen professions. As Women’s History Month comes to a […] Read more »
Madam Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is a woman who has broken through a political barrier by serving as the first female speaker of the House of Representatives. She attended an all-women’s college, […] Read more »
AAUW National Convention Kick-Off Luncheon
Finding downtown St. Louis lively with a St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 14, more than 80 AAUW members, guests, and potential volunteers got in the celebratory spirit and […] Read more »
Ahead Of Her Time
In continuation of my research on successful women from St. Louis leading up to the 2009 AAUW National Convention, I highlight the brave and talented Kate Chopin. This great female […] Read more »
Who Were the First Women in Your Field?
As AAUW prepares for its biennial convention, Breaking through Barriers, in St. Louis, Missouri, June 26–28, I have been reading about some Missouri women who broke through their own barriers […] Read more »
Independent Convention
As we watch with bated breath (or not), the proceedings leading to the Republican or Democratic Conventions, I paused to give thought to those Independents among us. Long perceived as […] Read more »
A Woman of History
There is a wonderful conversation in Jane Austen’s Persuasion, between Anne Elliot and Captain Benwick. He remarks, “I don’t think I ever opened a book in my life which had […] Read more »
