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Davies compiled Maternity: Letters from Working Women (1915), a book based on letters from Guild members about their experiences of pregnancy, childbirth and raising children. She was the editor of Life as we have Known it (1931), a collection of Guild members' reflections, which included an introduction by her friend Virginia Woolf. Davies was ...
The Children's Guild is a non-profit organization that operates evidence-based behavioral health and child welfare programs, public charter and special education schools, and a national training and consulting program in the United States. Founded in 1953, The Guild is an affiliate of The Children's Guild Alliance.
A children's rights advocate and feminist, best known today as the "advocate of mothers." Kenau Hasselaer: 1526 The Netherlands Elizabeth R. A folk hero due to her fearless defense of Haarlem against the Spanish invaders during its siege in 1573. Khuwyt: c. 1950 BC Egypt Hatshepsut One of the first female musicians recorded in history. Kora: Fl ...
Women die in child birth again and again in Grimms' tales — in "Snow White," "Cinderella," and "Rapunzel" — having served their societal duties by producing a beautiful daughter to replace her. Those fair princesses aren't exempt from violence, as many are banished to towers, trees and forests, where they perform domestic duties until saved ...
The actress helped inspire the look for the famous logo, one of several actresses ordered by Columbia Pictures to pose as Miss Liberty, for which she was only paid $25. (Photo: Tim Boyle ...
There is no question that the style of feminist protest depicted in “The Year of the Woman” dates the movie. In its crucial scene, protesters led by Hochman and Kennedy storm a knot of male newscasters, including Dan Rather and Mike Wallace, and angrily question them about their failure to cover the abortion debate or feature Chisholm on their broadcasts.
Girls in the Windows. Girls in the Windows is a 1960 photograph by Ormond Gigli (died 2019). It depicts 41 colorfully dressed women standing in the windows of a brownstone building on East 58th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and two other women on the sidewalk near a Rolls-Royce car.
Mary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor.She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model, Jane Morris (née Burden).