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Chief Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are quick to come to mind as transformative figures in law and history. Even so, there are many other women whose names aren’t...

University of California Irvine professor of Asian American Studies Judy Tzu-Chun Wu said Patsy Mink’s bouts with discrimination fueled her advocacy for Title IX against educational bodies that tried to exempt themselves from the civil rights law. “A lot of people associate Title IX with sports, but it’s really about all aspects of education,” Wu said. “It’s about admissions; It’s about scholarships; It’s about having a positive environment for women to be in school.”

Kou Chang is an associate principal intern at Howe and works to get equal representation of teachers and students in the district.

13:54 Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. Amber moved to New York City where, in 2014, she became the first ever black female writer on a network late-night show when she joined the staff of “Late Night with Seth Meyers.” She still works there, writing and appearing on camera - often singing - always hilarious - and in September of 2020, NBC’s streaming platform, Peacock premiered “The Amber Ruffin Show” - a no-guest and, because of the Covid-19 pandemi...

Playwright Rachel Lynett’s “Letters to Kamala” is about firsts. It is, tangentially, about our 49th Vice President, Kamala D. Harris. It is directly about three “first” women who put down the path that led Harris to the vice presidency. It’s about the weight, the sacrifices, the lessons of being first. “Letters to Kamala” also is the first of WAM Theatre’s 2021 First Takes Play Readings series; the first presentation of WAM’s 2021 season — ...