Remembering Theatre Girls
Today we are celebrating World Theatre Day and using this opportunity to acknowledge girls’ impact on theatre and their accomplishments on and out the stage.
Recovering the Trobaritz
Did you know there were female troubadours? Discover the poetry and exceptional lives of the trobaritz – female medieval poets.
A Chance to Fight: Girls’ Activism During the American Civil Rights Movement
Robin summarizes several key figures of the American Civil Rights Movement – all of whom were young girls!
Girl Activists: Sarah Parker Remond
too often, Black girlhood centers around their struggles and tragedies – rather than their achievements. This month, we’re highlighting Black girls whose stories are – instead – filled with the more positive side of empowerment.
Artemis and Wild Girls
This post originally appeared as a GirlSpeak podcast episode. In Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, the character of Cathy states “I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free.” This quote illustrates a nostalgia for girlhood, and...Honoring Nellie Bly
100 years after Nellie Bly’s death, we investigate how her activism and writing began in her girlhood.