Update

Hello Readers,

We're so sorry for the continued inactivity on our blog! Due to our busy schedules, we haven't been and won't be posting here much, but please do check back for occasional updates on this blog and our full website (http://www.freewebs.com/uswhp/). Thanks, and have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Sincerely, The Women's History Project

Woman of the Month: Quotes

Check out these quotations of Gloria Steinem:
http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/quotes/a/qu_g_steinem.htm
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/gloria_steinem.html

Ban Ki-Moon voices intolerance for violence against women

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon spoke out against violence towards women in his continuing global campaign urging political leaders to change the attitudes of abusers:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iYV3Iu0f13kZDBtyzyo_j66Ph_1AD96O8KD00.

March Update

March is National Women's History Month! Celebrate by visiting http://www.freewebs.com/uswhp/holidays.htm.

Our woman of the month for March is feminist icon and women's rights activist and journalist Gloria Steinem. Born on March 25, 1935, she is the founding editor of Ms. Magazine and helped found National Women's Political Caucus, the Women's Action Alliance, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, Choice USA, and the Women's Media Center.

AALBC Webpage

Check out this Alice Walker page from the website African American Literature Book Club (AALBC): http://aalbc.com/authors/alice.htm

Alice Walker links and bio

This webpage about Alice Walker includes a biography and tons of internet links: http://www.luminarium.org/contemporary/alicew/

Woman of the Month: February

Our woman of the month is Alice Walker! She was the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her epistolary novel The Color Purple in 1983. Throughout the month, we will post links, pictures, articles, fun facts, etc. relating to her. Sorry for the delay!

Globalization and women's advancement

Check out this cool article about globalization and women's rights! http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,605813,00.html

First woman to swim across Atlantic

Read all about 56-year-old Jennifer Figge who becames the first woman to swim across the Atlantic Ocean! She left the Cape Verde Islands off Africa on January 12 and arrived at Chacachacare Island, in Trinidad on February 5, "swimming about 2,100 miles (3,380 kilometers)." http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-atlanticswim020809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Inspirational coach dies

North Carolina State's women's basketball coach, Kay Yow, passed away this morning at age 66. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, and was admitted to the hospital last week. Yow raised awareness and support for breast cancer research throughout her battle with the disease, and was a "giver and she gave so much to every life she touched,” Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. Yow also coached NC's team, the Wolfpack, from 1975-2009; had over 700 career wins; and was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002.

She will be much missed, and our thoughts are with her family in this time of grief.

For a more detailed report, click here: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/womens-basketball/news?slug=ap-obit-kayyow&prov=ap&type=lgns.

Obama

Best wishes to our newly inaugurated President Barack Obama! View his positions on women's rights here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/women/.

Official Website

Visit the Official Website of Amelia Earhart! http://www.ameliaearhart.com/

Amelia Earhart Museum

Check out the website for the Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum in Atchison, Kansas: http://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/.

Timeline from The Ninety-Nines

Check out an Amelia Earhart timeline from The Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots, created "in 1929 by 99 licensed women pilots for the mutual support and advancement of aviation." http://www.ninety-nines.org/earhart.html

Women of the Month: January

Our first Woman-of-the-Month is the late pilot Amelia Earhart. On January 11 in 1935, she made the first solo flight from Hawaii to North America! Throughout the month, we will post links, pictures, articles, fun facts, etc. relating to her.

Happy 2009!

WHP would like to wish everyone a very happy new year! Best wishes for 2009.