The New Agenda welcomes back Alison Freidlin, a mom and a teacher who has researched and developed a Women’s History curriculum.  She previously contributed this article reviewing children’s books on women’s history.  She presents her own opinions, not necessarily those of The New Agenda.
In Shining Days, actor Patricia Duran brings to life G.B. Shaw's often-uncredit collaborator, Florence Farr Emery.
Do women support each other in the world of theatre? A recent article in the New York Times suggests that female creative directors show bias towards scripts written by men and are less …

Last November, I wrote a piece for this blog titled “Feminist” – Take it back, or Leave it back???. The piece drew over 100 comments with varying points of view and suggestions for alternative names. At the time, the rationale for the piece was a poll commissioned by Tina Brown of The Daily Beast which found:
Only 20% of women are willing to use the word “feminist” about themselves. Only 17% of all voters said they would welcome their daughters using that label.
I wrote a piece for The Huffington Post in …

Sec. Clinton and Sen. Gillibrand
Change.org blogger Jen Nadeau has published an interesting interview with U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. Here’s an excerpt of my favorite parts:
…I have been blessed with strong feminist role models. My grandmother, for example, was very involved in politics in Albany and organized other women to serve the community. She inspired me to become active in politics and work on the grassroots level to elect candidates who shared our priorities.
As a young lawyer, working in New York City, I was also inspired by then-First Lady Hillary …

What Every Woman Should Know is a bi-weekly column on Women’s History.
Corazon Aquino (CBS)
Corazon Aquino, who in 1986 became the Philippines first female head of state during waves of protest after the assassination of her husband, died Saturday. She was 76 years old. Aquino was a beloved icon to many around the world, including many feminists who saw her as a bellwether symbol of what was to come for women. However, despite her record and her global popularity, she continues to be one of a handful of anomalies with regard …

If this gallery shows what reporters & bloggers dredged up to write about in July, how much worse will things be during the congressional recess and presidential vacations of August?
Let’s start with the “Mouthpiece Theater” video by Washington Post columnists Dana Milbank and Chris Ciliza (whom we treated as a credible journalist earlier this week).  WaPo employees on the official WaPo website and WaPo YouTube channel effectively called our Secretary of State a mad bitch.  As satirie of the Obama-Gates-Crowley happy hour, the columnists joked about what would be appropriate beers for various politicians.  Milbank said that he wouldn’t tell who would get Mad Bitch beer, and then the video …