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Posted by: Josh Levy
Guest author Janet Lindenmuth, Reference Librarian at Delaware Law School, uncovers the story of labor and suffrage activist Ruza Wenclawska in Manuscript Division collections.
Posted in: Politics, Researcher Stories, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
National Woman's Party Research Fellow Magdalene Zier reflects on her research into Goesaert v. Cleary, the Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Michigan’s 1945 ban on women working as bartenders, which was decided during a pivotal period for the feminist, labor, and civil rights movements.
Posted in: Labor, Law, Letters, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join historian Catherine McNeur as she discusses her recent book, Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science, with Manuscript Division historians Josh Levy and Elizabeth A. Novara.
Posted in: Events, Science and Technology, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
A 1937 tea party held at the home of the chief of naval operations, today’s official vice presidential residence, reveals a mansion that was once a showcase of women’s hidden political influence within the nation’s military elite.
Posted in: War and Society, Women's & Gender History