Women’s History Month: A Women’s Suffrage Memorial on the National Mall
In 1920, Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which granted white women the right to vote in the United States. The journey to get there was long and difficult–and often unrecognized. But that’s about to change, as Congress begins the process of creating a monument honoring women’s suffrage, or the right to vote, on […]
AFTER THE FACT: Rosalind P. Walter
In the last few decades, the image of Rosie the Riveter has again become popular. You’ve likely seen “Rosie” on everything from T-shirts to buttons, flexing her bicep, wearing her iconic blue work shirt and red kerchief in her hair. But did you know that this image–which was originally created to celebrate women’s role in […]
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Turkey Invades Syria Last week, Turkish forces invaded northern Syria, causing many civilians to flee an area that has already been war-torn for several years. Turkey is attacking a Kurdish-led militia called the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Why? Because Turkey claims that the SDF has ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which is a […]