Celebrating the Nineteenth Amendment
August 21, 2024
To celebrate the anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, we are featuring the document and an overview that introduces the text. As you read the document, we encourage you to reflect… READ MORE
Tag: women's history
Kamala Harris’s “The Status of Women is the Status of Democracy”
July 30, 2024
In light of Vice President Kamala Harris’s historic run for president, we are highlighting her 2021 speech “The Status of Women Is the Status of Democracy.” This speech can be… READ MORE
Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
March 21, 2024
To celebrate Women’s History month, we are highlighting The Schlager Anthology of Women’s History and offering a sneak peek of our excerpt of and introduction to Malala Yousafzai’s Nobel Peace… READ MORE
A Celebration of Women’s Rights
March 6, 2024
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we are highlighting The Schlager Anthology of Women’s History and offering a sneak peek into the chapter focused on the modern women’s rights movement. The… READ MORE
“I Believe in the Gay Power:” Sylvia Rivera’s “Y’All Better Quiet Down”
June 28, 2023
Sylvia Rivera (1951–2002) was a gay rights and transgender rights activist in the late twentieth century. Born Ray Rivera in New York City to Puerto Rican and Venezuelan parents, she… READ MORE