http://womenshistory.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Women's History GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-07-04T08:58:48Z Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:58:48 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/05/fashions-400-years-ago.htm What was the fashionable European woman and her more ordinary sisters wearing in the seventeenth century? Find out here....read more ... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/05/fashions-400-years-ago.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:27:07 +0000 2008-07-05T06:27:07Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/04/american-women-patriots-2.htm Artist's Image of Betsy Ross © 1999-2008 www.clipart.com In honor of America's Independence Day, I'm highlighting some women who've been identified with American patriotism: Betsy Ross: She made the first American flag --... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/04/american-women-patriots-2.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:58:48 +0000 2008-07-04T08:58:48Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/03/maria-tallchief.htm Maria Tallchief Getty Images / Mark Mainz Maria Tallchief was a pioneer in ballet, as both an American dancer and a Native American dancer. At the Ballet Russe she attracted the attention... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/03/maria-tallchief.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:44:36 +0000 2008-07-03T00:44:36Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/02/wordless-wednesday-1917-white-house-protest.htm Courtesy Library of Congress See more Wordless Wednesday images Wordless Wednesday around About.com More about this story: Militant Suffragists Split Over Strategy Brutal Treatment of Women Suffragists at Occoquan Workhouse ... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/07/02/wordless-wednesday-1917-white-house-protest.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:30:58 +0000 2008-07-02T00:30:58Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/30/three-ediths.htm Three interrelated Ediths in medieval history: Edith of England was the daughter of King Edward the Elder of England, and was married to Otto I of Germany....read more Half-sister of Edith of... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/30/three-ediths.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:24:00 +0000 2008-06-30T00:24:00Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/28/the-casket-letters.htm Queen of Scotland since she was a few days old, Mary returned to Scotland from France when her first husband died. She married her handsome and dashing cousin, and when... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/28/the-casket-letters.htm Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:47:10 +0000 2008-06-28T14:47:10Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/26/abortion-in-the-ancient-and-premodern-world.htm While modern technology is quite new in historical terms, the practice of abortion and menstrual "regulation" is ancient. Traditional methods have been handed down for hundreds of generations and herbal... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/26/abortion-in-the-ancient-and-premodern-world.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:29:05 +0000 2008-06-26T00:29:05Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/26/peace-words.htm Women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize weigh in on human rights, peace, personal life, and women: Aung San Suu Kyi Quotes Jane Addams Quotes Wangari Maathai Quotes ... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/26/peace-words.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:25:12 +0000 2008-06-26T00:25:12Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/25/wordless-wednesday-olympics-1984-highlight.htm Getty Images / Steve Powell See more Wordless Wednesday images Wordless Wednesday around About.com... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/25/wordless-wednesday-olympics-1984-highlight.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:05:17 +0000 2008-06-25T00:05:17Z http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/24/antioch-college-alumnae.htm Hearing about the closing of Yellow Spring's Antioch College, and attempts by the Alumni Association to bring it back to life as a 4-year, liberal arts school, I'm reminded that... http://womenshistory.about.com/b/2008/06/24/antioch-college-alumnae.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:40:20 +0000 2008-06-24T14:40:20Z