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A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit

Alice Augusta Ball, who came up with The Ball Method, a treatment for leprosy that didn’t come with unmanageable side effects. by Mark M. Lambert,...

Meet the ladies of Throttle Legendz: Chicago’s all-female motorcycle club

The Ladies of Throttle Legendz Motorcycle Club in Chicago is an all-female motorcycle club (Photo Credit: Teisha “Isis” Carter). by Marshelle Sanders, For The Chicago...

Guest Editorial: Women’s History Month 2024

“We’ve come a long way, baby” is a phrase that was popular years ago. It was a Virginia Slims cigarette ad that targeted women...

Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’

by Brandy Thomas Wells, Oklahoma State University Nutrition is among the most critical issues of our time. Diet-related illnesses are shortening life spans and the...

The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change

Women listen during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images by Vicki Crawford, Morehouse College Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first...

How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the 19th-century temperance movement

Frances Willard stands behind her mother, at left, and Anna B. Gordon, who worked as a secretary and lived in the Willard household. Library...

Community Calendar 3-25-15

Women’s History Month Program MARCH 28—The McKeesport Regional History and Heritage Center will host its 3rd Annual Women’s History Month Program at 2 p.m. at...

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