St. Valentine’s Day: A History
Roses, chocolate, candle-lit dinners and Valentine cards are part of the language and practice of friends and lovers on St. Valentine’s Day. The holiday…
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Vittoria Colonna: Female Star of the Italian Renaissance
During her lifetime, Vittoria Colonna was the most famous woman in 16th century Italy renowned for her poetry and piety. She was a leader…
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‘13th’, A Conversation with Ava Du Vernay and Oprah Winfrey
“As I went to explain what was happening now, it became unreasonable and incomplete to try to tell the story of now without telling…
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Women’s History Month: A Time to Celebrate!
March is National Women’s History Month. Since 1987, the President of the United States makes an annual proclamation designating the month of March as…
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Women’s History Month: A Tribute to Maya Angelou
As we settle into Women’s History Month, I think of all the women who came before me, all the women who made space for…
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Susan B. Anthony – Human Rights Activist
Quakers are taught that ‘there is that of God in everyone’ and that our interactions with others demonstrate this truth. Because of this fundamental…
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Women’s March: Washington D.C., January 21, 2017!
Why did I march? “Because my faith informs my actions. Because women are key in standing for “justice for all” in the U.S. and around…
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What First Lady Michelle Obama Means To Me – An Essay by Natalie Patterson
It was 2007. I was too young to realize I was political, and there was a senator two of my friends could not stop talking…
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Women’s March: Los Angeles, January 21, 2017 – Reflections ~
I originally had no plan to attend the Women’s March LA. I have found the feminist community to be very white women focused and…
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