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Gender

Some of the women of the Philadelphia Fire Department by one of their airport vehicles
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

If voters approve, Philly will boot gendered references like ‘fireman’ from the city’s official governing documents

The move would stop assuming the mayor and school superintendent will always be a man.

1 year ago

Simone Leigh, in red, stands in front of her
Arts & Entertainment

Female artists dominate the Venice Biennale for 1st time

For the first time in its 127-year history, the world’s oldest and most important contemporary art fair features a majority of female and gender non-conforming artists.

1 year ago

People are gathered around a table with art supplies.
Health

ARTZ event to recognize the impact of COVID on caregivers with loved ones with dementia

ARTZ is a nonprofit providing support for caregivers with loved ones dealing with dementia. COVID has amplified the need to offer support.

1 year ago

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Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist is published by W.W. Norton and Company. Photo by Catherine Marin.
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Frans de Waal on gender roles and primates

In studying a society of male dominated monkeys and comparing them to a female-led group of monkeys, primatologist Frans de Waal challenges human assumptions about gender.

Air Date: April 14, 2022 10:00 am

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Jaye Wilson is founder of the New Jersey-based Melinated Moms.
Health

A push to close the racial gap in maternal mortality rates in N.J.

First observed in 2016, Black Maternal Health Week is recognized from April 11-17 to call “attention and action” to “improving Black maternal health,” according to the CDC.

1 year ago

From left, Nichole 'Nykke' Straws, Abibat Durosimi and Marsha (last name withheld) hold fruit that is the size of their fibroids. The portraits were made for Hidden Fruit, an educational campaign launched by The White Dress Project and GladRags to highlight the experience of Black women dealing with fibroids.
NPR
Health

Facing invasive treatments for uterine fibroids, Black women advocate for better care

Black women are more likely to get the noncancerous growths, at a younger age, and have higher rates of hysterectomy. A growing movement calls for more compassionate care.

1 year ago

Tampa Tarpons manager Rachel Balkovec watches from the top steps of the dugout, while making her debut as a minor league manager of the Tarpons, a Single-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, before a baseball game against the Lakeland Flying Tigers, Friday, April 8, 2022, in Lakeland, Fla. Balkovec is the first female to manage a professional baseball team.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Rachel Balkovec, the 1st woman to manage an MLB-affiliated team, debuts with a win

Crowds cheered as the first woman to manage an MLB-affiliated team took home a victory for the New York Yankees-affiliated Tampa Tarpons on Friday.

1 year ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson glances at members of the media during her meeting with Sen Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Courts & Law

Confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirming the value of Black womanhood

Columnist Solomon Jones sees the Black women who nurtured him in the experience of Judge Jackson’s fight for confirmation.

1 year ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch
Community

A pair of firsts: Philly police commissioner Danielle Outlaw joins Obama-era AG Loretta Lynch in virtual chat

The hour-long chat marked the end of Women’s History Month.

1 year ago

Dr. Anna O. Marley stands in front of a painting hung on a wall at PAFA.
Arts & Entertainment

From the vaults to the walls at PAFA, women artists are front and center

The exhibition sheds light on the sacrifices and achievements by women artists throughout history to the present day.

1 year ago

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. (David J. Phillip/AP)
NPR
Community

NFL is requiring teams to hire women or minorities as coaches for 2022 season

The National Football League set forth new diversity and inclusion efforts for the 2022 season at its annual owners meeting.

1 year ago

The Museum of American Revolution recently purchased this newspaper clip of Wheatley’s published letter and it is on display now. (Courtesy of Museum of American Revolution)
Arts & Entertainment
The Philadelphia Tribune

Phillis Wheatley letter is the highlight of Women’s History Month at the Museum of the American Revolution

The Museum of the American Revolution is making sure the stories of women’s roles in the American Revolution are told loud and proud.

1 year ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen here on Feb. 24, signed a bill into law Monday that restricts the education of LGBTQ topics in the state's public schools.
NPR
Education

Florida’s governor signs controversial law opponents dubbed ‘Don’t Say Gay’

The law says public school teachers may not instruct on sexual orientation or gender identity in grades kindergarten through third grade.

1 year ago

Signs reading
NPR
Courts & Law

While red states restrict abortion, blue states are voting to protect access

As several red states pass restrictive laws on abortion, progressive legislatures are passing their own policies aiming to protect the right to the procedure.

1 year ago

Philadelphia Fire Department officers and firefighters (Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Dismissed as ‘quota hires’ but now called ‘boss’: Philly’s Black women firefighters tell their stories

To earn department respect as a woman, they work twice as hard.

1 year ago

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