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Women's Media Center (WMC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit women's organization in the United States founded in 2005 by writers and activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem. [1] Led by President Julie Burton, [ 2 ] WMC's work includes advocacy campaigns, giving out awards, media and leadership training, and the creation of ...
The Ruth Ellis Center honors the life and work of Ruth Ellis and is one of only four agencies in the United States dedicated to homeless LGBT youth and young adults. Among their services are a drop-in center, supportive housing programs, and an integrated Health and Wellness Center that provides medical and mental health care.
Amazon Acres, You Beauty: Stories of Women's Lands, Australia (2017) is a collection of women's stories curated by Sand Hall about the Australian womyn's land Amazon Acres. [ 55 ] Wild Mares: My Lesbian Back-to-the-Land Life (2018) by Dianna Hunter documents the author's experiences on a womyn's land in Wisconsin.
Allison was the first of her family to graduate from high school. [7] In 1967, Allison attended Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College) on a National Merit scholarship. While in college, she joined the women's movement by way of a feminist collective. She credited "militant feminists" for encouraging her decision to write.
The womyn-born womyn policy generated some controversy during the 1980s when pressure was put on the coffeehouse to allow admittance to men, as well as in the 1990s when the policy was contested by transgender women. [6] It was claimed that the policy was discriminatory and created "mental difficulties" for transgender women. [7]
Womyn-born womyn (WBW) is a term developed during second-wave feminism to designate women who were assigned female at birth, were raised as girls, and identify as women (or womyn, a deliberately alternative spelling meant to challenge the centering of male as norm).
The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) at the University of Oregon in the United States supports feminist research, teaching, activism and creativity. Established in 1973, it is a non-profit partnership between the Associated Students of the University of Oregon Women's Center and the University. [1]
Edna Troche Cintrón (October 14, 1954 – September 11, 2001), [1] also known as the Waving Woman, [2] was a Marsh McLennan-employed administrative assistant at the World Trade Center who was killed in the September 11 attacks of 2001.