Sentences with phrase «u.s. women in history»

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Conway was the first woman in U.S. history to run a winning presidential campaign.

In the past men and women have repelled feminism for different reasons, says U.S. historian Estelle Freedman, who specializes in women's history and feminist studieIn the past men and women have repelled feminism for different reasons, says U.S. historian Estelle Freedman, who specializes in women's history and feminist studiein women's history and feminist studies.

It's the first time in U.S. history that Lady Liberty will be portrayed as a woman of color, and she is beautiful.

While the U.S. has no shortage of questionable holidays (hello, National Rum Day), Women's Equality Day is a vitally important day for roughly half of the country's population, with real roots in American history.

That's including Vicki Hollub, who made history when she became president and CEO of Occidental Petroleum this spring, the first woman to lead an independent oil giant in the U.S.

Solo, the most dominant goalkeeper in women's soccer history, has won one World Cup title and two Olympic gold medals in a U.S. career that has included 202 national team appearances and 102 clean sheets.

Reshma Saujani made history in 2010 when she became the first Indian - American woman to run for U.S. Congress.

Set in a city that is both rooted in U.S. history and a hub of modern business development, the event will be hosted by the Philadelphia - based Women's Business Enterprise Council of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Southern New Jersey (WBEC PA - DE-sNJ).

When I clicked through images of the largest protest in U.S. history to see millions of women — old and young, married and single, parents and non-parents — marching peacefully through the streets of every major city in the U.S., I couldn't help but smile and think, «Look: mommy bloggers.»

Not much later the biggest mountain - rescue operation in U.S. history was launched — a woman in one of the other parties was reported in distress from exhaustion at the same time, complicating the situation — and after four days of suffering in a tent Day was lifted off the mountain by a helicopter flying some 1,300 feet above its rated ceiling.

Fix it right, he said, because Pat's going to play for the U.S. in Montreal in 1976, when women will play basketball for the first time in Olympic history.

By winning the women's title at the tender age of 16, she is now the youngest champion — male or female — in the history of the U.S. Open.

But when the U.S. long course championships began at Schroeder the next morning — indoors for only the third time in 80 years — the greatest woman butterflyer in history looked full of life.

The 2018 U.S. Olympic Team is comprised of 242 athletes (135 men, 107 women) from 31 states, making this the largest athlete delegation for any nation in the history of the Winter Olympic games.

A year ago, the Women's March became the largest protest in U.S. history as women, and their families, took to the streets to advocate for human rights following the inauguration of a president demonstratively anti-immigrant, anti-child, and anti-wWomen's March became the largest protest in U.S. history as women, and their families, took to the streets to advocate for human rights following the inauguration of a president demonstratively anti-immigrant, anti-child, and anti-wwomen, and their families, took to the streets to advocate for human rights following the inauguration of a president demonstratively anti-immigrant, anti-child, and anti-womenwomen.

There were Women's Marches all over the world, and it's looking like the biggest single protest event in U.S. history.

The governor's office issued a statement Saturday saying that in nine of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, the shooter had a record of committing or threatening violence against women, or harassing or disparaging women.

Students from across Erie County will be participating in the inaugural session at the Buffalo History Museum on March 10, partake in a field trip to historic Seneca Falls in early May, and then this Fall participate in a summit with students from Central New York in Seneca Falls; which in case you do not know is the birthplace of the U.S. Women's Rights Movement.

Cuomo said the change is important because domestic violence and threats against women are linked to nine out of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history, including the shootings this year in Las Vegas and Sutherland Springs, Texas.

If McNutt is elected, as expected, she would be the first woman to lead the U.S. government's premier science advisory organization in its 152 - year history.

Future Sex — In the years since, this experience has migrated online... single women — who now outnumber married women for the first time in U.S. history — including Rebecca Traister's «All the Single Ladies» and Kate Bolick's «Spinster.&raquIn the years since, this experience has migrated online... single women — who now outnumber married women for the first time in U.S. history — including Rebecca Traister's «All the Single Ladies» and Kate Bolick's «Spinster.&raquin U.S. history — including Rebecca Traister's «All the Single Ladies» and Kate Bolick's «Spinster.»

In 1991, at the U.S. Nationals, she became the first American woman and only the second female in history to land a triple axeIn 1991, at the U.S. Nationals, she became the first American woman and only the second female in history to land a triple axein history to land a triple axel.

Scattered storytelling aside, this is a fascinating, inside look at one of the most mysterious, high - profile women in U.S. history.

Do you remember Tonya Harding as the first U.S. woman to land a triple axel in competitive ice skating history, or do you remember her for the 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan?

Widely considered her banner year as a professional skater, Harding landed a triple Axel in 1991 at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, becoming the first American woman to complete the difficult maneuver in the history of the competition.

If they choose a first lady from earlier U.S. history, students might read some literature of the time to learn about the role of women in politics of the day.

This Bundle includes TEN separate ESCAPE ROOMS for: 1) U.S. Constitution Escape Room 2) Declaration of Independence Escape Room 3) Causes of the Revolutionary War Escape Room 4) Underground Railroad Escape Room 5) Bill of Rights Escape Room 6) Founding Fathers Escape Room 7) Women in History Escape Room 8) Branches of Government Escape Room 9) Martin Luther King Jr..

Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12 This site provides useful resources and information «about women's history in a global, non - U.S., context» and Includes lessons, essays, biographies, curriculum materials, and more.

Recently, the schools music teacher used a projector to share a PowerPoint presentation she had created about the U.S. Constitution and its history; and the school counselors aunt shared with students the work of Afghan women in a program called Rubia.

Have small groups Name 10 famous women in U.S. History.

Teachers can supplement the history curriculum with the thirteen activities that cover such topics as Women's Lives in Mesopotamia, a comparison of womenâ $ ™ s rights in ancient Egypt and the U.S., Women and Confucianism, The Plight of Women's Work, and womenâ $ ™ s suffrage.

To give you an idea of the sorts of activities you'll find Since this month is Women's History Month, let's take a look at the Susan B. Anthony lesson from the People in U.S. History unit.

These worksheets and activities will heighten students» appreciation for the role of women in U.S. history.

Drawing on two years of research, including interviews with two elderly women — one black, the other white — Swarns presents the complicated story of race in the U.S. through the prism of Michelle Obama's family history.

With the possibility that, in November 2016, a woman could be elected president of the U.S., we look back at the long and often difficult history of women in politics.

Award - winning children's book author Cooper surveys more than a century of U.S. history in this wide - ranging volume that spotlights women's pivotal roles in politics.

More than a century of U.S. history is the backdrop for this wide - ranging volume that spotlights women's pivotal roles in politics.

Sonny Liew took home three awards for his graphic novel history of Singapore The Art of Charlie Chan Hoc Chye (Best U.S. Edition of International Material — Asia, Writer / Artist, and Publication Design), while Jill Thompson collected three trophies (Best Single Issue for Dark Horse's Beasts of Burden: What the Cat Dragged In, Best Painter for that issue and the DC graphic novel Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, and Best Graphic Album — New for the Wonder Woman book).

One additional accolade: she is the first woman in United States history to be elected a state Governor and U.S. Senator.

The greater insult to the men and women who have fought the longest war in U.S. history is EA's refusal or inability to depict them as skillfully as the weapons they wield.

3 The gendered narrative of women as dangerous temptresses is ubiquitous throughout history — as in the extraordinary prosecution of women as witches across the U.S. and Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries — but in Mutu's narrative, it is complicated further by the colonialism, slave trade, and identity endemic to African history.

The inaugural exhibition, Women's Work / Men's Work: Labor and Gender in America, was organized with Professor Alex Lichenstein, Department of History, FIU, who will teach a course on twentieth - century U.S. labor history in the Spring semester oHistory, FIU, who will teach a course on twentieth - century U.S. labor history in the Spring semester ohistory in the Spring semester of 2010.

TALKS & PANELS 2016 #dominicanwomengooglesearch, artist talk at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, U.S. Lucky Sevens: An Art Salon: 7 artists, 7 minutes, 7 slides, El Museo Del Barrio, NY, U.S. Women in Print: Latin America, The 8th Floor Gallery, New York, NY, U.S. 2014 Navigating Binaries, Searching for In - betweenness, Artist talk at the 9th International Symposium of Art History and Criticism at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Santo Domingo, D.R. Metanoia: Practices of Exhaustion, The Talks Lounge at VOLTA NY Art Fair, NY, U.in Print: Latin America, The 8th Floor Gallery, New York, NY, U.S. 2014 Navigating Binaries, Searching for In - betweenness, Artist talk at the 9th International Symposium of Art History and Criticism at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Santo Domingo, D.R. Metanoia: Practices of Exhaustion, The Talks Lounge at VOLTA NY Art Fair, NY, U.In - betweenness, Artist talk at the 9th International Symposium of Art History and Criticism at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Santo Domingo, D.R. Metanoia: Practices of Exhaustion, The Talks Lounge at VOLTA NY Art Fair, NY, U.S.

Do the Guerrilla Girls themselves have an idea of commissioning, or themselves creating serious histories of either the position of women in the art world, or more broadly, in society in the U.S. or in New York, or however you define that?

February Events @ Schomburg Center Various Dates and Times, Harlem Programming ranges from a conversation about women in the context of Black Lives Matter, explorations of the legacy of August Wilson, a screening of a documentary about Congressman John Lewis, and an author talk about the history African Americans who have cooked for U.S. Presidents, to a conversation between models Pat Cleveland and Bethann Hardison, who is also a fashion advocate.

Then on Sunday, July 5th, the U.S. soccer team won the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup against Japan by the score of 5 - 2, which was the highest - scoring final game in the history of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

«If you look at local institutions for grad school, they're comprised mostly of women getting master's and Ph.D. s in art history, but as of 2014, women are running only 25 percent of major U.S. museums, according to U.S. News and World Report.

She has previously served on the U.S. District Court, as the first African - American woman judge of U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and as the first African - American woman judge in Tennessee's history.

«Judge Karen Williams of Orangeburg dies; Orangeburg native made history as 1st woman on U.S. 4th Circuit Court»: This front page article appears today in The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg, South Carolina.

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