KINGWOOD — Born in 1856 in Pennsylvania but raised in Terra Alta, Dr. Harriet B. Jones was the first female licensed physician in West Virginia. She was […]
Tag: women's history month
Women in history
There’s a tongue-in-cheek joke that occasionally circulates on the internet: What did Watson and Crick discover? Rosalind Franklin’s notes. Franklin’s work in physical chemistry and X-ray diffraction […]
A look at the life of Agnes Greer
The washcloth and the desk plaque. Doesn’t get any more fundamental, or elemental, than that – but it’s also slightly ahead of the narrative. First, some backstory: […]
Finally time to certify the Equal Rights Amendment
by Jean H. Baker This month, the one that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, Americans celebrate women’s history. The theme in […]
