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Fenton, “An Essay on Slavery’s Hidden Legacy”
Fenton, “An Essay on Slavery’s Hidden Legacy” Zanita Fenton (Miami) has published An Essay on Slavery’s Hidden Legacy: Social Hysteria and Structural Condonation of Incest, 55 Howard L.J. 319 (2012)....
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Cartoon History, Woman Suffrage and the Kewpie Doll
Cartoon History, Woman Suffrage and the Kewpie Doll Comicbookgrrrl has an informative post (here) about cartoonist Rose O’Neill: Rose O’Neill is regarded as the first woman cartoonist (1874-1944). Self...
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Yxta Maya Murray on “Anglo-American Radical Feminism’s Constitutionalism in...
Yxta Maya Murray on “Anglo-American Radical Feminism’s Constitutionalism in the Streets” Yxta Maya Murray has posted to SSRN her article ‘Creating New Categories’: Anglo-American Radical Feminism’s...
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“War on Women, Waged in Postcards: Memes From the Suffragist Era”
“War on Women, Waged in Postcards: Memes From the Suffragist Era” Here. Below is one of the featured postcards. Feminist Law Professors
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“On Having Fun & Raising Hell”– Symposium honoring the work of Professor Ann...
“On Having Fun & Raising Hell” – Symposium honoring the work of Professor Ann Scales on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law “On Having Fun & Raising Hell”...
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Lesbian Herstory Archives Internships
Lesbian Herstory Archives Internships From the FLP mailbox: The Lesbian Herstory Archives (located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NYC) is looking for graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in...
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Gerda Lerner, Pioneering Feminist and Historian, Dies at 92
Gerda Lerner, Pioneering Feminist and Historian, Dies at 92 NYT obituary here. From the National Women’s History Museum: Gerda Lerner’s accomplishments and contributions to the field of women’s history...
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands To Abdicate
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands To Abdicate Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, who has reigned since 1980, when her mother, Queen Juliana stepped down from the throne, is expected to announced her...
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Bernette Johnson Becomes Louisiana’s First African American Supreme Court...
Bernette Johnson Becomes Louisiana’s First African American Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson has been sworn in as Louisiana’s first African American Supreme Court Chief Justice, succeeding...
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After More Than a Century, the Netherlands Gets a King
After More Than a Century, the Netherlands Gets a King For the first time in 123 years, the Netherlands has a male sovereign. Queen Beatrix has abdicated, somewhat ironically on Queen’s Day, paving the...
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Black Women Activists Throughout History
Black Women Activists Throughout History Via For Harriet, this list of “27 Black Women Activists Everyone Should Know“: Ella Baker Josephine Baker Daisy Bates Mary McLeod Bethune Beverly Bond Elaine...
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Patricia Hill Collins, “Lessons from Black Feminism”
Patricia Hill Collins, “Lessons from Black Feminism” Earlier this year, Patricia Hill Collins spoke at Grand Valley State University (Michigan). Her talk, “We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest:...
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In Honor of Memorial Day
In Honor of Memorial Day A crowd of African American Women’s Army Corps members waving at the camera, Staten Island Terminal, New York Port of Embarkation, March 13, 1946. Image source: NY Public...
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Historic Preservation and LGBT History
Historic Preservation and LGBT History Last month, the National Park Service announced (here) a “theme study” focused on sites related to LGBT history. The study’s aims (described here) are: engaging...
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Anti-Woman Suffrage Cartoons
Over at MessyNessyChic, a post (here) features some vintage anti-woman suffrage posters. Here’s one, at left. View the full collection here. -Bridget Crawford
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A Legislative History of Illegitimacy In British Columbia
A Legislative History of Illegitimacy In British Columbia Susan B. Boyd, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, and Jennifer Flood, Thorsteinssons LLP, have published Illegitimacy in British...
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A New Blog Devoted To the History of Women Lawyers
A New Blog Devoted To the History of Women Lawyers Bari Burke, University of Montana School of Law, has launched a new blog, Montana’s Early Women Lawyers: Trail-Blazing, Big Sky Sisters-In-Law. Each...
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Tait on “The Return of Coverture”
Tait on “The Return of Coverture” Allison Anna Tait (Richmond) has posted to SSRN her essay, The Return of Coverture, 114 Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions (2016). Here is the abstract: Once, the notion...
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SMU Interdisciplinary Conference: “Women’s Rights in America: From Early...
From colleagues at SMU’s Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute (including Feminist Law Prof Lolita Buckner Inniss): Join us in Dallas on Sept 22, 2017 for the launch of a three-year program that...
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A Review of a New Book On the Movement To Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
Linda Greenhouse reviews Marjorie J. Spruill’s new book Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics (Bloomsbury, 2017) here, for the New York...
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