A Look at Women Then And Now – April 2010 Newsletter

A Look at Women Then And Now. The month of April brings a serious task to most Americans: organizing, compiling and completing the forms that identify our federal and state tax obligations. As you prepare your tax forms, think back to women in the 1800s and before, who had no money of their own and weren’t allowed to even inherit money or property from their husbands. In fact, at the time of the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, married women WERE their husband’s property!

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Women’s History – Kalon Women March 2010 Issue

 In the 1970s, a small group of committed feminist activists in California began an organization they called the Womens History article March 2010 Digital Magazine_Page_1National Women‘s History Research Project (later called the National Women‘s History Project or NWHP—see www.nwhp.org). Why is this important? Because the participants in this group successfully lobbied Congress for a National Women‘s History Week!

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