In 2019, for the first time in history, the majority of students in American medical schools were female. The battle for women’s access to the medical profession has been long and arduous since 1849, when Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from an American medical college. Even in 1969, women still only made…
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The First Women Doctors: Q&A with Author Olivia Campbell
July 12, 2021
In 2019, for the first time in history, the majority of students in American medical schools were female. The battle for women’s access to the medical profession has been long and arduous since 1849, when Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to graduate from an American medical college. Even in 1969, women still only made…
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Moms Mabley: “The Funniest Woman in the World”
April 14, 2021
For fans of the Emmy-award winning series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, on Amazon Prime Video that traces the fictional stand-up comedy career of a former housewife in the 1950s, much of the show’s excitement comes from its colorful portrayals of real-life comedy legends. In the season three finale, viewers are treated to a night at…
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“I’ll Be Fierce for All of Us:” Deb Haaland Makes History as Secretary of the Interior
March 22, 2021
On March 15, 2021, the Senate confirmed Deb Haaland (b. 1960) an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo and a 35th generation New Mexican, as the first Native American Cabinet Secretary. She was sworn in as Secretary of the Interior on March 18 while wearing a traditional ribbon skirt, moccasins, and silver and turquoise jewelry….
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Celebrating Women’s History Month: “Breaking News, Breaking Barriers”
March 11, 2021
Although every month is women’s history month at the Center for Women’s History, we’re thrilled to honor this month’s celebration with the kick-off keynote of our Diane and Adam E. Max Conference on Women’s History. Our virtual 2021 conference, Breaking News, Breaking Barriers: Women in American Journalism, features a mix of pre-recorded “keynote conversations” and…
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Eliza Webster’s Seneca Village and 19th-Century Black Life in NYC
February 17, 2021
Black women have lived in New York City since the Dutch arrived in the 17th century. But what we know about their lives and experiences comes in small snippets of information from historical records that considered their contributions secondary. When Black women do show up, we only get piecemeal clues about their lives, the institutions…
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Black Women’s Activism and “Women March”
February 4, 2021
The history of women’s activism over the past 200 years is the story of countless, courageous individual women—collective action begins when just one person confronts injustice, and then another joins her, and then another. Some of these women’s names may be familiar to us, but many Black women’s stories were deliberately left out of a…
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