Former Senator Birch Bayh, the father of Title IX, died on March 14, 2019, marking the end of an era. His life shows us how people can break free from prejudices of their generation yet simultaneously remain trapped by them…
Part of the fun of researching Title IX history is seeing the chain of women's activism linking so many "foremother" feminists in politics with bad-ass female public servants of today, backed by the wider women's movement. Progress is never simple; they lobbied,…
Here's the thing about Title IX: Everybody I interview has a Title IX story. Some of the stories contradict each other. There are those that present clear pictures of the past, and others are a little blurry around the edges…
An aging federal building in Portland, Ore. that was rehabilitated to model modern environmental ethics honors a woman, coincidentally named Edith Green, who is best known for rehabbing federal laws to treat women ethically. Rep. Edith Louise Starrett Green (D-OR), a…
Pop quiz: Who said, "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Go ahead, google it. You'll find lots of sources all over the Web and social media agreeing that the quote came from poet and writer Maya…