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Female writers bag all five prizes at Costa Book Awards for ...

Women authors have scooped all five categories in the Costa Book Awards for the first time in its history. The all-female shortlist for the overall prize of book of the year includes Hilary Mantel, who won the best novel category for Brin [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2013 | Comments : 0

Introduction To Women’s History: Beyond Famous Names

Women’s History is more than the sum of its outstanding players: Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, Helen Keller, Amelia Earhart, et al. These women enjoy a firm place in society’s collective consciousness. As cult [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2012 | Comments : 0

Women’s Political Struggle in Nepal: a Shared History of Sou...

Nepal is a small, landlocked Himalayan State, placed between India and China. Its population of over 18 million is predominantly rural. Since its unification 200 years ago, Nepal has been a monarchy. In the 18th century, the warrior king [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

The Life Story of Jessica Alba

Jessica Alba was nine years old when the family finally settled down in California. During her growing years, Jessica Alba was marred with health problems. Twice she suffered collapsed lungs, had pneumonia several times a ye [...]

Posted On : Jul, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Rekha’s story on big screens

Her career started off in 1970s where she was a mere glam doll and not recognized for her acting abilities. The actress decided to make it big in Bollywood despite her South Indian features and her real turn in her career came in 1976, th [...]

Posted On : May, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Womenomics: A brief history of women in the workplace

The economic story of the last 50 years has been the entrance of the female half of the population into the workplace. Women started working out of necessity; they stayed when jobs became careers. They were hired in a hunt for "dive [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

The U.S. Women's Open at Oakmont promises to be one of the t...

Perhaps the best confrontation to watch this week at the U.S. Women's Open outside Pittsburgh is not among the players but rather the competitors collectively against the course. Remember, the last time the men played an Open at Oakm [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Woman Abuse - one woman's story

In 1990 Traci was Executive Director of an independent living center in Ontario, Canada. She was an articulate woman, a leader among people with disabilities in her community. Friends and co-workers noticed that she was often exhausted, b [...]

Posted On : Jul, 05 2007 | Comments : 0

Women in World History

The Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create Women in World History. The project is in development and will be completed by June 2006. Wor [...]