history

The roots of feminism were planted millennia ago; we must understand feminism throughout history to contemplate how much farther we can go.

Statues of Real Women Who Lived
Statues in the United States that Honor Women Real women. Women who lived. A couple years ago there was a big movement to fund-raise and commission the installation of more statues here in the United States of women. Not just a statue that represents the female gender but statues of real women who lived. Who had a name and that we wish to honor with a monument.
By Paula C. Henderson6 years ago in Viva
First Black Woman To Receive White House Correspondent Credentials
Alice Allison Dunnigan was the first black woman correspondent to receive White House credentials and become a member of the press galleries. As a journalist, Dunnigan reported on the decline of Jim Crow during the forties and fifties. She accompanied President Harry S. Truman’s on his 1948 campaigning trip: the very first black reporter to travel with a president.
By Paula C. Henderson6 years ago in Viva
The Lost Generation
It’s easy for one to imagine the colossal leap basic education has bounded in the last hundred years. Back in the 20’s women were just being allowed into colleges, albeit these were mostly colleges for women only. Harvard didn’t even allow women on the main campus; a separate college called Radcliffe worked with Harvard but did not give out diplomas until 1963. Although most women were allowed equal education through certain colleges, they were not allowed an equal diploma.
By Mae McCreery6 years ago in Viva
The Roll of a Woman
This world is changing all of the time. And as it changes so does our roll as as a woman. As you can tell through out history , change is very important. If we are not changing we are going backwards , and the point is always to move forward.
By Adriane Kirby6 years ago in Viva
We Celebrate the Birthday of Anne Frank
We Remember Anne Frank on June 12. Her Birthday. ANNE FRANK was born June 12, 1929 in Germany. She died February/March 1945 at the age of 15 years. She dies in a Nazi Germany concentration camp after she and her sister Margot along with her parents were found to be hiding in concealed rooms behind a bookcase in the building where her father, Otto Frank worked. Anne and Margot’s father Otto started a company, Pectacon, a wholesale distributer of spices, herbs and pickling salts. While in hiding from July 1942 until their capture in 1944 Anne kept a diary she had received for her 13th birthday in 1942.
By Paula C. Henderson6 years ago in Viva
Founder of the Suffrage League of Virginia
We celebrate the life of Adele Goodman Clark who passed away on this day, June 4, in 1983 at the age of 100. Adele, along with several other women founded the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. She also served as the first chair of the League of Women Voters in the year 1920, becoming president of the league in 1921.
By Paula C. Henderson6 years ago in Viva
The Ghost Story Writer of Alabama
THE GHOST STORY WRITER OF ALABAMA My research on this ghost story writer clearly shows she was most loved for her storytelling abilities of ghost stories. There is a link included in this bio to her author’s page where you too can enjoy her ghost stories.
By Paula C. Henderson6 years ago in Viva
Beyoncé Was Right The Whole Time ...
Equal rights, equal opportunity. It seems that the crusade of women to prove that they are competent enough to run businesses, intelligent enough to invest in stock markets, ruthless enough to be the head of a corporation that sells manly stuff, might not be entirely accurate.
By Zara Miller6 years ago in Viva
Thoughts on Hysteria. Top Story - May 2020.
Do you have a uterus? Do you sometimes feel anxious, experience sexual desire, or ‘cause trouble for others’? Well, then, you may just be suffering from Wandering Womb Syndrome! Yes, that’s right, it’s totally possible that your womb has taken a mind of it’s own and started to wander freely around your body, causing all kinds of mischief…
By Mabel Holes6 years ago in Viva
The Real Calamity Jane
The biography of Calamity Jane is a mix of fantastic tales and some accurate facts. Many of these tales she created and promoted herself in her autobiography, written in 1896. However, she was a woman living in a man’s world, occasionally taking on men’s work and sporting men’s clothes. She could ride a horse, shoot, drink and chew tobacco like the toughest cowboys. She was a woman who did not confine herself and became known for her daredevil ways. She was a woman who became a legend.
By R.S. Sillanpaa6 years ago in Viva
Top 10 Inventions Created By Women That You Never Knew About
On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. It was for her technique of weaving straw with silk.
By John Tasci6 years ago in Viva
Who Was Linda Boreman?
As Women’s History Month comes to an end, it’s important to acknowledge the achievements of influential women and their stories. During my research on some of the world’s most remarkable women, I stumbled across Linda Boreman - more famously known as Linda Lovelace. To be clear, Linda was no Oprah Winfrey or Rosa Parks, and I did not find her on any of the “Top 100 Women” lists that I endlessly scrolled through.
By Wendy6 years ago in Viva