Stories - Life Stories
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Our stories are about how people make sense of their own lives, how they can shed light on our lives, and how we are connected to one another, to history, and to the larger human story.
Being recruited into the women's organizing effort at Newsweek
Recruitment and decision to leave Smith for Brown's presidency
Bradlee's close friendship with President Kennedy and its complications
Young women taking cues from older women rather than media images
Reflections on legacy, generational recognition, and feminist continuity
Finding her voice through self-advocacy at home and in marriage
Becoming Director of the Women's Bureau under the Clinton administration
Explaining men's anger toward women and its cultural roots
Shifting aspirations for women in law and on the federal bench
Early efforts to document the scope of domestic violence through data collection
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's wide-ranging activism and enduring legacy
“Someone told me the story about the child throwing starfish back into the ocean one at a time. 'It makes a difference to this one.' That's kind of how I've looked at it ever since. I can't be Dolores Huerta or Martin Sheen, but I can do what I can do in the rooms I find myself in to look for that starfish.”
Noah Wyle
Preserving Iranian national and cultural identity against the regime's anti-Iranian ideology
Identifying as a feminist and building on women's progress in Jewish learning
Family's supportive approach to her athletic interests despite traditional gender norms
Mother's response to a neighborhood petition against the family
Coretta Scott King's role as partner, mother, and keeper of Dr. King's legacy
Women's suffrage movement from Abigail Adams to the 19th Amendment
Young women distancing themselves from feminism and its history
Hostile command climate and resistance to women's integration in the Army
The Barnes decision and Meritor v. Vinson as turning points for sexual harassment law
