October 16, 2024

The War on Mothers

Gil Anidjar

I am my mother’s child. Like every soul on earth, I have been mothered. Whence my writing on, to and from, mothers. We tell ourselves many stories, and many of them have to do with beginnings. The Mayflower, the American...

February 28, 2024

Lucy Diggs Slowe on Black Women, the Role of the University, and Democracy

Amy Yeboah Quarkume

Lucy Diggs Slowe (1885–1937) was one of the most remarkable and accomplished figures in Black women’s higher education. Her story is one of resilience, activism, and relentless determination to overcome barriers. She defied societal limitations to become a pioneering educator...

March 6, 2023

Susan J. Wolfson on Mary Wollstonecraft and A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

It was so exciting, so interesting, so educational, so sobering, so exhilarating to plan, research, and write On Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Sobering because my grandmother, born in the 1890s, was a suffragist; sobering because...

March 6, 2020

Book Excerpt! Peace on Our Terms,by Mona L. Siegel (prologue)

“A stunning retelling of the Great War’s aftermath and how women rose up at the war’s end to demand a different and better world. Siegel’s evocative prose transports us back in time and around the world as women from east,...

January 19, 2019

Roundup: Women’s Issues and Women’s Rights

Today, as advocates participate in the third annual Women’s March to push for legislation and policies that advance human rights, women’s rights, immigration and healthcare reform, and more, we’re featuring a roundup of some of our most recent and relevant...

April 9, 2018

Sexual Violence from the Hunger Games to Campus Rape: A Presentation at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit

Last Friday, author of  Hunting Girls: Sexual Violence from The Hunger Games to Campus Rape, Kelly Oliver gave a compelling presentation about the implications of women and sexual violence at the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Global Summit. Her presentation begins on...

March 27, 2018

Joan Wallach Scott on the Enduring Culture of Masculinity

It’s no accident that conservative forces have mounted an anti-gender campaign, determined to protect their vision of the immutable meanings of the male/female, masculine/feminine relationship. It’s not only heterosexual norms that are at stake, but a whole vision of the...

February 22, 2018

How Women Came to Matter in American Foreign Policy

We recently released a paperback edition of The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy, by Valerie M. Hudson and Patricia Leidl, which originally launched in 2015. Watch the original panel discussion and book launch at the Wilson Center. Remember...

February 21, 2018

How Sex Came to Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy

The United States has made empowering women and girls a cornerstone of our foreign policy, because women’s equality is not just a moral issue, it’s not just a humanitarian issue, it is not just a fairness issue; it is a...