Just as a woman writer needs a room of her own, so the woman artist needs a space to work and exhibit. In Chicago, Artemisia Gallery, 341 W. Superior St.,...
Skeptics called it a $50,000 publicity stunt. Chauvinists jeered that women belonged in the home, not on the basketball court. Feminists cheered. And sports fans everywhere tuned in as Ann...
It`s been five years since Barbara Honegger made the headlines when she denounced Ronald Reagan`s ''ERA Alternative'' program and starred in a week-long media circus. Now the former Justice Department...
Feminists will put their collective best foot forward when the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) sponsors its 12th annual fundraising Walkathon along the Lincoln Park lakefront...
''Risk! Risk anything!'' Katherine Mansfield wrote in her journal shortly before she died at 34 in 1923. The words sum up the brief, stormy life of the New Zealand-born writer...
''In this society, you don`t talk about heavy periods, painful bowel movements, painful sex: All of that is part of endometriosis,'' noted Mary Lou Ballweg, founder and executive director of...
The 60 cycling enthusiasts in Chicago Women on Wheels come from all rides of life, says Demetria Iazzetto, a founder of the group. We have an attorney, a nurse, teachers,...
The nation continues to celebrate the Constitution`s bicentennial this summer, but this month also marks the anniversary of the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment. The amendment, which failed to...