This Month Marks the 175th Anniversary of the
Women’s Rights Convention at Seneca Falls
“Away with your man-visions.
Women propose to reject
them all, and begin to dream
dreams for themselves.”
–Susan B. Anthony
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Welcome to WOW2, a four-times-a-month
sister blog to This Week in the War On Women
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“Feminism isn’t about making women
stronger. Women are already strong,
it’s about changing the way the world
perceives that strength.”
–G. D. Anderson,
Australian feminist writer
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“Live she must, and earn wages— that
is the iron law of capitalism, the whip
which keeps driving her month after
month…But those who know her are
aware that this is destroying her …”
–Lily Braun, German author,
advocate for women’s economic
independence and legal protections
for single mothers and children
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The purpose of WOW2 is to learn about and honor women of achievement, including many who’ve been ignored or marginalized in most of the history books, and to mark events in women’s history.
These trailblazers have a lot to teach us about persistence in the face of overwhelming odds. I hope you will find reclaiming our past as much of an inspiration as I do.
THIS WEEK IN THE WAR ON WOMEN
will post shortly, so be sure to go there next, and
catch up on the latest dispatches from the frontlines.