Tearooms, “A Very Profitable Undertaking”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Tea rooms were once an enticing business opportunity for women.
Posted in: Business, Women's History
Category: Women’s History
“Labor problems under war conditions”: women in the workforce in WWI
Posted by: Nancy Lovas
A 1918 conference on labor in wartime sheds light on women in the workforce.
Posted in: Business, Labor, Women's History, World War I
A Pioneering Science Educator
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s post was written by Denise Dempsey a Science Reference Librarian who has previously written about the women featured in the motion picture “Hidden Figures” and the post “A Family of Pharmacists”. Among the photographs in the Picture This blog post, Portraits of Nineteenth Century African American Women Activists Newly Available Online, is one of …
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Science, Women's History
Susan Fenimore Cooper: The First American Woman to Publish Nature Writing
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference & Research Specialist, in the Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress. She is also author of the blog posts “Kebabs, Kabobs, Shish Kebabs, Shashlyk, and: Chislic” and “The Potato Transformed.” Years ago, I was wandering in the book stacks of the Library …
Posted in: Science, Women's History
Hidden Figures No More: African American Women in Space Exploration
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read biographies of African American NASA scientists including those that were the subject of the major motion picture Hidden Figures.
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, African American History, Astronomy/Mathematics, Biography, Heritage Months, Holidays, and Today in History, Women's History
Emily Greene Balch: Economist, Sociologist, Pacifist, and Nobel Laureate
Posted by: Angel Vu
The month of January marks the birthday of Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961), an American economist, sociologist, political scientist, and pacifist who rose to prominence during and after World War I.
Posted in: Biography, Labor, Nobel Laureate, Women's History, World War I
The Rise of the Broom Brigade
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Today’s post is guest authored by Michelle Cadoree Bradley, a Science Reference Specialist in the Library’s Science, Technology, and Business Division. On a search for early materials on physical education for women, I stumbled across a small green book with an intriguing title – Broom Tactics, or Calisthenics in a New Form for Young Ladies. This …
Posted in: Science, Women's History
Marie Curie: A Gift of Radium
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Today’s post is guest authored by Michelle Cadoree Bradley, a science reference specialist in the Science, Technology, and Business Division of the Library of Congress. She is also the author of the blog posts George Washington Carver and Nature Study and Stumbled Upon in the Stacks, or the Chimp in my Office. On May …
Posted in: Biography, Chemistry, Guest Blog Posts, Women's History
Battling with the Scale: A Look Back at Weight Loss Trends in the U.S.
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
As we enter this new year, many of us have made resolutions to spend more time with family, to volunteer, perhaps to stop smoking, and of course, to get fit and lose weight. The widespread desire to become healthier and shed those extra pounds is met with a plethora of weight loss products, programs, and …
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