Her•Story: Matilda Joslyn Gage
In Woman as Inventor, Matilda Joslyn Gage gives a brief sampling of the way history has deprived women of receiving credit or, sometimes, profit from their inventions and some reasons why. Gage says...
View ArticleHerstory of U.S. Women’s Right to Vote
Second article in Secular Woman’s Women’s History Month Series. by Toni Van Pelt Adapted from NY Times story by Judy Pehrson 2001 The struggle for enfranchisement in the United States, a woman’s right...
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Guidelines: Author must be a Secular Woman member submitting their own article (please include a title). Post should be between 300-600 words ideally, but can be up to 1200 words. Include links within...
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Guidelines Profile should be approximately 500-750 words, but can be up to 1200 words. Content should touch on biographical details, historical context and your subject’s contribution to secularism,...
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Introducing the Her•Story Project
The mission of Secular Woman is to amplify the voice, presence and influence of non-religious women in all aspects of society. Ironically, one formidable obstacle to accomplishing this is a perception...
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Florynce Rae “Flo” Kennedy
In 1916, lawyer, activist, civil rights advocate and feminist Florynce Rae “Flo” Kennedy was born in Kansas City, Mo., to parents Wiley and Zella Kennedy. The second of five daughters, Kennedy grew up...
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Anne Nicol Gaylor
Anne Nicol Gaylor was born in 1926 near Tomah, Wisconsin. Along with her daughter, Annie Laurie Gaylor, in 1976 she co-founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), and remained its president...
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Madalyn Murray O’Hair
Madalyn Murray O’Hair (1919 – 1995) photo by Alan Light Introduction Time magazine called Madalyn Murray O’Hair the most hated woman in America during her reign as a leading secularist in the second...
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Michelle Bachelet
Michelle Bachelet was born September 29, 1951 in Santiago, Chile, to an archaeologist mother and Chilean Air Force General father. In high school, Bachelet participated in theater, volleyball and...
View ArticleHer•Story: Ann Zindler
Ann Zindler (February 25, 1935-January 4, 2013), American Atheists Lifetime Achievement Aaward winner is remembered by her husband.The post Her•Story: Ann Zindler first appeared on Amplifying the...
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