If anyone told a young woman today that she was expected to quit school after eighth grade or leave her job once she got married, most Americans would be outraged. Not fair! Women should have the same range of economic choices as men. Through the years, one door after another has opened, as women have…
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PHOTO: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images For the first time in more than three decades, all four women in the U.S. Open semifinals are Americans, guaranteeing that an American will be crowned the winner this Saturday—despite the fact that Serena Williams, the only American woman who’s even made it to the tournament’s finals in the last decade,…
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In a time when just about every day is a holiday for something (did you know it’s National Banana Split Day?), there are a few occasions worth taking the time to commemorate. A big one for us is August 26—otherwise known as Women’s Equality Day. It was first celebrated back in 1971, in honor of…
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PHOTO: Noam Galai/Getty Images After millions of women gathered throughout the U.S. just one day after Donald Trump‘s inauguration—in what was the largest single-day protest in the country’s history—the organizers of the Women’s March tried to keep up the momentum in the following months. Now they’re doing so in a major way: This fall, this…
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