Millinery as a Top Industry for Women
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
A brief post for those interested in the history of the hat making industry with a cameo from Lilly Daché.
Posted in: Business, Women's History
Category: Women’s History
(Re)Discovering Freda De Knight and Her 1948 Cookbook, “A Date with a Dish”
Posted by: Nate Smith
Many Black home cooks may have on their bookcase, or have seen in their mother's collection, a copy of "The Ebony Cookbook: Date with a Dish." This cookbook was the creation of Freda De Knight, who was the first food editor for "Ebony," and author of the monthly food column “A Date with a Dish,” which premiered in Ebony in 1946.
Posted in: African American History, African Americans, Cookbooks and Food, Women's History
International Women’s Day Symposium at the Library of Congress, March 8
Posted by: Natalie Burclaff
Join us in-person at the Library of Congress on the morning of Wednesday, March 8 for a conversation around the current state of investments in technology, increasing the percentage of women in leadership positions, and how to incorporate diverse thinking when solving for today's problems through technology.
Posted in: Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Women's History
Nannie Helen Burroughs and her “most creditable work”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Nannie Helen Burroughs a remarkable and determined woman established in Washington, D.C., the National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909 to train black women and girls in the skills needed to be successful in their careers.
Posted in: African American History, Business, Women's History