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YMCA, YWCA Timeline 1858-2013, Library of Congress, 1917

Established in 1858 as a voice for women's issues, The YWCA opened the first employment bureau for women several years later. That was only the…

Tags: Anti-Racism, Civil Rights, Timelines, VAWA, Women, Women's Suffrage, YWCA

Library of Congress, YWCA Building for Health: Bureau of Social Education, Library of Congress, 1918

Poster showing a woman, full-length, seated, holding a baby, blue triangle with caduceus in the background. The YWCA (Young Women's Christian…

Tags: Anti-Racism, Domestic Violence, Nonprofits, UK, Women, Women's Growth, Young Women's Christian Association, YWCA

National Law Enforcement Museum, Women in Law Enforcement - Timeline: 1854-2011, National Law Enforcement Museum, Circa 1900

In 1854, the first known police matrons (also called jail matrons) were hired by New York City to search and guard female prisoners, but they were…

Tags: Jail Matrons, Law Enforcement, Police Matron, Women

J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It!, National Museum of American History, 1942

"An American propaganda poster from 1943 produced to inspire worker confidence.

In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the…

Tags: Propaganda, Rosie the Riveter, War, Women

Flickr, Wangari Maathai, Activist, Flickr, 2001

Maathai stood up courageously against the former oppressive regime in Kenya. Her unique forms of action have contributed to drawing attention to…

Tags: Biology, Environment, Kenya, Nobel Peace Prize, Trees, Wangari Maathai, Women

The American Red Cross, Volunteer for Red Cross Motor Corps, National Archives, 1941-1945

Posters such as these were created by the American Red Cross to recruit volunteers during wartime.

The Motor Corps consisted of 45,000 women who…

Tags: American Red Cross, Health, Motor Corps, Volunteerism, War, Women

Al Ravenna, World Journal Tribune, Virginia Apgar - Public Heath Pioneer, Library of Congress, October 2nd, 1966

Dr. Virginia Apgar examining an infant with a stethoscope. Born in 1909, Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) defied social conventions at a young age. She was…

Tags: Apgar Score, Infant Care, Public Health, Virginia Apgar, Women

Salem News, Unsung Heroine Program, Salem News, 2012

Victoria Budson, left, chairwoman of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, meets with Kimberly Flynn at the end of the Unsung Heroines…

Tags: Massachusetts, Mental Illness, Safety, Unsung Heroines, Victoria Budson, Women, Workers

UN Women, UN Women, UN Women, 2015

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In…

Tags: Empowerment, Gender Equality, Guidelines, UN Women, United Nations, Women

Robert M. Burnett, Thelma Buchholdt, First Female Filipino American to U.S. Legislature, Alaska Department of Education, Year 1977

From Wikipedia: Thelma Garcia Buchholdt (August 1, 1934 November 5, 2007) was a Filipino American community activist, politician, historian, public…

Tags: Alaska, Boys and Girls Club, Culture, Filipino-American, Historical Society, Women