From the Huffingtonpost.com | June 16, 2017 By Linda Stein Part One: On Monday, January 2, 2017, the New York Times presented an all-male lineup in its Letters to the Editor section – not one female. I had been noticing this gender imbalance in the Op-Ed section of the Times, and was prompted, some years ago, to send the newspaper a [...]
About the center Our new Center for Women’s History—the first of its kind in the nation within the walls of a major museum—reveals the untold stories of women who have shaped and continue to shape the American experience. As a hub for scholarship and education, the new Center demonstrates how women across the spectrum of race, class, and culture [...]
The new Henry Luce III Center focuses on women’s history in New York, among other topics From the NY Curbed.com | April 29, 2017 by Jenna Scherer After five years of planning and three years of construction, the New-York Historical Society has unveiled the brand new Henry Luce III Center on the museum’s fourth floor. Among other things, the [...]
By Ann-Derrick Gaillot It's here! The nation's first museum dedicated to women in American history is opening in New York City this spring, and it won't be the last. Brought to us by (and sharing a building with) the New York Historical Society, the Center for Women's History officially opens on April 29, though you can go see at [...]
May 23, 1926 - February 13, 2017 The only woman appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965 to the first EEOC, Hernandez has spent a lifetime working to improve the political and economic status of minority groups and women. A native of Brooklyn, NY, she moved to California in 1951 to become an organizer and later education and public [...]