WOMEN'S EQUALITY

The Jazz Songbook Re-Imagined: Beegie Adair

Throughout a 60-year career of renowned jazz piano mastery, Beegie Adair's unique style left a lasting impact on classic songs. While...

Aretha Franklin: Rare And Classic Performances By The Queen Of Soul

Very few artists have impacted music like the "Queen of Soul." Here is a showcase of some rare and classic live performances: full of...

Bettie Mae Fikes: The "Voice Of Selma" And Singing For Freedom Ever Since

Known as "the Voice of Selma," Bettie Mae Fikes became a Civil Rights Movement activist at age 15 and never looked back. Her powerful...

The Transformative Power of Smiles

Explore the way a smile transforms our mindsets and assumptions about strangers. Before and After Photos Reveal How Much a Smile Changes...

The Drummers Were (and Are) Women

Across the globe, men often appear to dominate the acoustic art of drumming and drumming performance. Closer inspection, however, reveals...

Odetta: Voice Of The Civil Rights Movement

Enjoy 'The Queen of American Folk Music.' Remembering Odetta, Voice of the Civil Rights Movement - Profile of the legendary...

"I Will Find A Way To Do This! So Be It!" - Octavia E. Butler, W.E.B. DuBois, And Power To Be & Do

Persevere. Strive. Learn. Feel. Perceive. Share. Find your power and use it. Octavia E. Butler's Self-Talk - This link is to the...

Black Tea Houses And Suffragette Tea Houses: The Little-Known Story Of Tea And Civil Rights

Now little-known or forgotten, sharing a cup of tea was an important catalyst for building the friendships, sense of community...

Cholitas Bravas: These Aymara Indigenous Women Are Breaking Stereotypes And Shifting Perceptions

The term ‘Cholita’ long has been a derogatory name for young Indigenous women. Nowadays, Cholitas in Bolivia, proudly wear traditional...

1940s Freedom Riders: The International Sweethearts of Rhythm

The first racially-integrated, all-female jazz band to tour nationally, the International Sweethearts of Rhythm defied Jim Crow between...

Seven Lesser-Known Women Who Broke the Sound Barrier

Meet some ground-breaking women who raised their voices in diverse ways, despite the 'sound barriers' dictating they should not be heard....

Naomi Long Magett: Godmother Of African-American Poetry

Her career as a poet began at age seven. At fifteen, she met Langston Hughes, and published her first book of poetry at age...

The Transformative Black-White Friendship That Ignited A Stereotype-Busting Female Photographer

Almost lost to history, the story of Eluard Luchell McDaniels' powerful impact on budding photographer Consuelo Kanaga is one for the...

The Barrier-Breaking Black Female Photographer You've Likely Never Heard Of. Let's Fix That.

Florestine Perrault Collins was born in 1895, and began taking photographs at age 14. She was the first Black female photographer to own...

Beijing + 25: Glimpses Into The Spirit Of Gender Equality

In 1995, over 40,000 women from across the globe convened at the largest gathering of women ever held -- the United Nations' Fourth...

The First Female Photographer: Anna Atkins' Amazing Photobook!

Anna Atkins (1799-1871) was an English botanist and the first female photographer, using photographic techniques, but not a camera, to...

Passing The Mic To Often Unheard Voices

Amplifying vision-expanding, heart-shaking, head-moving voices that open us to wider and deeper connections with real persons, real...

Baaeétitchish/Wendy Red Star: Recasting Native Images In Art

Baaéetitchish (One Who Is Talented), is Wendy Red Star's Apsáalooke (Crow) name. Her artwork reimagines images of Native peoples by...

A Mother Of Freedom: Amelia Boynton Robinson

Although virtually unknown to most Americans, Amelia Boynton Robinson's life touched on so many aspects of the struggle for civil rights...

Art For The People: The Powerful Work Of Black-American-Mexican Artist, Elizabeth Catlett.

Elizabeth Catlett, the celebrated U.S-born Black artist, sculptor, and activist, lived for 60 years in Mexico, her beloved adopted...