Women & Gender

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A protester in New York City after the recent passage of Proposition 8 in California, limiting the marriage rights of same-sex couples in that state.
The Real Marriage Revolution
Laura Bush May 18, 2008.
The Legacy of a Lady
President Barack Obama signed the ARRA into law on February 17, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden stood directly behind him.
A New New Deal Must Be For All
Lady Bird Johnson in the Texas Hill Country.
The Power of the Pedestal
Poster from a 2020 pro-choice rally that says, "If my uterus had a gun, would I have more rights?"
Theater of Cruelty
Sailors in formation at the Center for Information Warfare Training, Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station, 2019.
Will Women Join the Ranks of Esteemed Veterans?
The "We Can Do It!" war-propaganda poster from 1943 was re-appropriated as a symbol of the feminist movement in the 1980s.
Which Side Are We On in the Struggle for Women’s Freedom?
Anti-draft protest outside the Department of Justice in 1967.
The Draft — for Democracy
Portrait of Jane Addams
Million Moms March in Noble Company
Barry Goldwater in 1964.
The History of the “Right Wing Conspiracy”
A sign from a DC Women's March that reads, "70% anti-abortion leaders are men; 100% of them will never be pregnant."
Abortion, History, and the Beginning of Life
Hand-coloured woodcut of a Methodist camp meeting in Eastham, Massachusetts, c. 1850.
Promise Keepers Stake Male Claim to Moral and Political Power
Melissa Drexler on trial
Infanticide: Something New Under the Sun?
3 of the symbol for female written in gravel
On Teaching Feminism: A Speech by Robin Morgan
vintage Barbie and Ken dolls
Accessorizing Ken
woman accused of being a witch surrounded by 4 men
"Out of the Broom Closet": The Resurgence of Witchcraft and Neo-Paganism
Women’s rights activists in New Zealand
One Hundred Years of National Women's Suffrage in New Zealand
a sign on a tree that reads abortion with a red X over the word
Abortion in Canada: Legislative Limbo and the Morgentaler Factor