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women's clubs
(Encyclopedia) women's clubs, groups that offer social, recreational, and cultural activities for adult females. Particularly strong in the United States, they became an important part of American…women's movement
(Encyclopedia) women's movement: see feminism; woman suffrage.Women's Army Corps
(Encyclopedia) Women's Army Corps: see WAC.Holm, Jeanne Marjorie
(Encyclopedia) Holm, Jeanne Marjorie, 1921–2010, U.S. military officer, the first female general in the U.S. air force, b. Portland, Oreg. Enlisting in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, she…matriarchy
(Encyclopedia) matriarchy, familial and political rule by women. Many contemporary anthropologists reject the claims of J. J. Bachofen and Lewis Morgan that early societies were matriarchal, although…feminism
(Encyclopedia) feminism, movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the…Davis, Paulina Wright
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Paulina Wright, 1813–76, American lecturer and suffragist, b. Bloomfield, N.Y. Born Paulina Kellogg, she was married in 1833 to a merchant, Francis Wright, who died two years…The Women
By: Heather McDonald Director: Michael Mayer Cast: Kevin Bacon, John Dossett Opened: 2/7/2002 at the American Airlines Theatre Bea Arthur on Broadway, Just Between Friends…Women
Individual PointsAll-Around Carly Patterson, USA38.387 Svetlana Khorkina, RUS38.211 Nan Zhang, CHN38.049Bal.Beam Catalina Ponor, ROM9.787 Carly Patterson, USA9.775 Alexandra Georgiana Eremia…The Congress of Women: The Women of Bohemia
by Mrs. Josefa Humpal Zeman Development in Eastern WashingtonAn African ExpeditionThe Women of Bohemia Mrs. Josefa Humpal Zeman is a native of Bohemia. She was born January 9,1870. Her…