In 1848 the First Woman’s Right Convention was held in Seneca Falls, New York, as five women organized a meeting to protest the laws and customs that discriminated against women.  Thus began the crusade for equality and suffrage.  While those determined, courageous women are long gone, a visit to Seneca Falls today will still allow you to come face to face with their images at the Women’s Rights National Park.
You’ll get to “meet” the women via a group of bronze figures created by sculptor Lloyd Lily.  The figures include Elizabeth Cady Stanton (who was one of the authors of the …read more

Danine Spencer, who writes on Women’s Rights at change.org, recently highlighted a documentary about a lively young woman who’s paralyzed, Cody Unser.
Though now recovered, Danine can relate to Cody’s story. She too was once paralyzed and noticed something: There aren’t as many young females with spinal cord injuries or diseases that cause paralysis. Danine quotes research from the Reeve Foundation: only 46% of paralyzed people are women, and just 39% experienced a spinal cord injury. Plus, people under 40 account for only 19.4% of people with paralysis.
So, being a young, paralyzed female can feel isolating. Cody’s story is meant not …read more

In case you’ve never heard of International Women’s Day (IWD), the video above can clue you in. Or you can just keep reading. In some areas, people celebrate IWD just like Mother’s Day with gifts or flowers. And the holiday has been around since the early 1900s.
There’s no one central theme, but groups choose their own focus from year to year. Some themes include:
• women and men united to end violence against women and girls
• women’s voices and influence
• achieving 50:50 in the boardroom by 2020
IWD is being celebrated with 254 events in the UK, 182 events in the US, …read more