Life Story: Agathe Saint-Père (1657-ca. 1748)
The life story of a woman born in Quebec who became a successful businesswoman and was labeled a “dangerous woman.”
Life Story: Marie Rouensa (ca. 1677-1725)
The life story of a woman born in Quebec who became a successful businesswoman and was labeled a “dangerous woman.”
Life Story: Teuntje Straatmans (1616-1662)
This is the story of a well-born Dutch woman who became a powerful businessperson in New Netherland.
Scandal in Schenectady
One of New Netherland’s first settlers recounts her earliest memories of life in the colony.
Mohawk Interpreter
One of New Netherland’s first settlers recounts her earliest memories of life in the colony.
Life Story: Sandra Day O’Connor
Life Story: Sandra Day O'Connor Sandra Day O’Connor Being Sworn in a Supreme Court Justice Photograph of Sandra Day O'Connor Being Sworn in a Supreme Court Justice by Chief Justice Warren Burger, Her Husband John O'Connor Looks On, September 25, 1981. Reagan White House Photographs, White House Photographic Collection/National Archives. Sandra Day O’Connor and President Ronald Reagan President Ronald Reagan and His Supreme Court Justice Nominee Sandra Day O’Connor at The White House, July 15, 1981. Reagan White House Photographs, White House Photographic Collection/National Archives. The Four Justices, Nelson Shanks, 2012. Nelson Shanks, The Four Justices, 2012. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Annette P. Cumming
Power Dressing
Power Dressing YSL perfume ad Yves Saint Laurent, Le Rive Gauche perfume ad, 1983. Azzedine Alaïa suit Azzedine Alaïa, black power suit, c. 1985. The Museum at FIT /https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum. Claude Montana suit Claude Montana, pink power suit, c. 1985. The Museum at FIT /https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum. Yves Saint Laurent suit Yves Saint Laurent, satin power suit, 1988. The Museum at FIT /https://www.fitnyc.edu/museum. In the 1970s and 1980s, the participation of middle-class mothers in the labor force increased significantly. While working-class women had always worked, white middle-class women who entered motherhood had been more likely to work part-time or stop working altogether. Colleges and universities removed
Latinas Fighting for Environmental Justice
Latinas Fighting for Environmental Justice Juana Beatríz Gutiérrez and other members of the Mothers of East L.A. at a water conservation press conference Juana Beatríz Gutiérrez and other members of the Mothers of East L.A. at a water conservation press conference, 1992. California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Urban Archives. Lead Tester Kit Lead Tester Kit, 1996. California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Urban Archives. An Invitation for the Women of our Community brochure An Invitation for the Women of our Community brochure. California State University Northridge. University Library. Special Collections & Archives. Urban Archives. An Invitation for the Women
Iran Hostage Crisis
Iran Hostage Crisis Former hostages to Iran Former hostages to Iran, Bruce Laingen (white coat), Kathryn Koob and Ann Swift, walk down the plane steps to touch the United States soil for the first time since their release, January 25, 1981. Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. (1994 - 10/26/2007)/National Archives. Ann Swift Former Iranian hostage, Ann Swift (wearing gray slacks) is greeted by her family as she arrives on U.S. soil for the first time since her release, January 25, 1981. Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. (1994 - 10/26/2007)/National Archives. Kathryn Koob Former hostage Kathryn Koob admires a book of sites of the city
Life Story: Wilma Mankiller
Life Story: Wilma Mankiller Wilma Mankiller Charlie L. Soap, photographer. Wilma Mankiller, full-length portrait / Charlie L. Soap. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2006686215/>. Choctaw Chief Hollis Roberts, and Gov. David Walters, Cherokee Principal Chief, Wilma Mankiller, Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby Jim Beckel, "Choctaw Chief Hollis Roberts, and Gov. David Walters, Cherokee Principal Chief, Wilma Mankiller, Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby," Oklahoma Publishing Company, 1992. Oklahoma Historical Society. This video was created by the New-York Historical Society Teen Leaders in collaboration with the Untold project. Wilma Pearl Mankiller was born on November 18, 1945, at the W. W. Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation.
