AAUW-Illinois member Barbara Joan Zeitz writes this entertaining and enlightening column on women in history. Read about how women have enriched our world.
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Barbara Joan Zeitz has published two books about trailblazing women. Find both books at: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, countherhistory.wordpress.com, and Bookstore iUniverse.
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2019
| Nov 2019 | Women as Girls and School Integration V – Ruby Bridges |
| Oct 2019 | Women as Girls and School Integration IV – Elizabeth Eckford |
| Sept 2019 | Women as Girls and School Integration III – Autherine Jaunita Lucy |
| August 2019 | Women as Girls and School Integration II – Linda Brown |
| July 2019 | Women as Girls and School Integration I |
| June 2019 | BFF Women Journalists – Part 8 |
| May 2019 | BFF Women Journalists – Part 7 |
| April 2019 | BFF Women Journalists – Part 6 |
| March 2019 | BFF Women Journalists – Part 5 |
| February 2019 | BFF Women Journalists – Part 4 |
| January 2019 | BFF Women Journalists – Part 3 |
2018
| December 2018 | BFF Women Journalists – Part 2 |
| November 2018 | BFF Women Journalists |
| Sept 2018 | White House / Black Reporter |
| Summer 2018 | Mother of Exiles |
| May 2018 | Hamilton’s Mom |
| April 2018 | Who was Marjory? Part II (Marjorie Stoneman Douglas) |
| March 2018 | Who was Marjory? Part I (Marjorie Stoneman Douglas) |
| February 2018 | A Real/Not Reel/Black Superhero (Frances Mary Albrier) |
| January 2018 | A Capital Woman (Felisa Rincón de Gautier) |
2017
| December 2017 | Pocahontas/A #MeToo? |
| November 2017 | Sarah’s Thanksgiving Holiday |
| October 2017 | Women4TheBirds |
| April 2017 | Dental Hygiene Profession Founder |
| March 2017 | Little League Girl |
| February 2017 | Her AARP |
| January 2017 | Her Meet the Press |
2016
| December 2016 | Historic STEMM Women/M.D.s |
| November 2016 | Historic STEMM Women/Meteorologists |
| October 2016 | Historic STEM Women/Mathematicians |
| September 2016 | Historic STEM Women/Engineers |
| August 2016 | Historic STEM Women/Technology |
| July 2016 | Historic STEM Women/Science |
| June 2016 | Juneteenth: What Does it Mean? |
| May 2016 | Memorial Day Women Who Made The Day |
| March 2016 | Planned Fatherhood |
| February 2016 | Margaret’s Black History Museum |
| January 2016 | Her Science/His Ideology |
2015
| December 2015 | Monopoly Is Her Game |
| November 2015 | A Snugli Culture Change |
| October 2015 | Her Filters/Your Coffee |
| September 2015 | Dick and Jane and Zerna |
| May 2015 | GolfHer |
| April 2015 | Y Women’s History?: Because! |
| March 2015 | About Her Business |
| February 2015 | Black Women Lynched, Too |
| January 2015 | A Special Olympic Lady |
2014
| December 2014 | Female Darwin |
| November 2014 | War and Sex – Part II |
| October 2014 | War and Sex – Part I |
| September 2014 | Top GunHers |
| August 2014 | A Major Supreme Court Minor Case |
| July 2014 | An Olive Beech |
| June 2014 | Jack & Jill Journalism |
| May 2014 | Her Penicillin, Too |
| April 2014 | Two Strikes She’s Out |
| March 2014 | So Many Women-So Few Days |
| February 2014 | A Cole Case |
| January 2014 | Lean In 1908 |
2013
| December 2013 | Bell of Arabia |
| November 2013 | A Cornucopia of Women |
| July 2013 | GovernHers |
| June 2013 | House Women |
| May 2013 | Fab Forty-Four |
| February 2013 | A Lytle Woman Lawyer |
| January 2013 | Poetas Puertorriqueñas |
2012 & 2011
| December 2012 | Flag/Professor/Flying Nun | December 2011 | Civil War Female Surgeon |
| November 2012 | Doctor/Nurse | November 2011 | Her Eye in the Hurricane (Joanne Simpson) |
| October 2012 | Her Words/His Music | October 2011 | Her Head in the Clouds (Joanne Simpson) |
| September 2012 | A Teaspoonful of Sugar (Fannie Farmer) | September 2011 | Weather She Qualified |
| August 2012 | Cherokee Ms. Chief (Wilma Mankiller) | August 2011 | Fab Fem Firefighters |
| July 2012 | Born in the USA (Yoshiko Uchida) | July 2011 | Feminine Paul Revere |
| June 2012 | Ladies D-Day | June 2011 | Of Married Men and Mistresses |
| May 2012 | Dos Equis (Nettie M. Stevens) | May 2011 | Women’s Sofware (the ENIAC) |
| April 2012 | Women Linked to Peace | April 2011 | Her Kabuki-Not His |
| March 2012 | More than Cookies – The Girl Scouts | March 2011 | Veiled Egyptian Protesters |
| February 2012 | First Lady of the Black Press (Ethyl L. Payne) | February 2011 | Madames Mayor |
| January 2012 | Her Military Time | January 2011 | Mag Women |
2010 & 2009
| December 2010 | Not So Bad (Frida Kahlo) | December 2009 | With Woman (Midwives) |
| November 2010 | Lyda oh Lyda – Part II (Lyda Conley) | November 2009 | Wife/Copilot (Anne Morrow Lindbergh) |
| October 2010 | Lyda oh Lyda (Lyda Conley) | October 2009 | The Lady and the Law School |
| September 2010 | Moroccan Women | September 2009 | NAACP White Woman Founder |
| August 2010 | Strong Woman’s Water (Harriet Russell Strong) | August 2009 | No Small Step for Women |
| July 2010 | Trumpeting Women | July 2009 | U.S. Supreme Hearts |
| June 2010 | Her Cell Phone (Hedy Lamarr) | June 2009 | St. Louie Women |
| May 2010 | Mother’s Day | May 2009 | The Other Babe (Babe Didrikson-Zaharias) |
| April 2010 | Medicine Women | April 2009 | Women’s Work-A Wash |
| March 2010 | Her Bly-Line (Nellie Bly) | March 2009 | Bewitched, Battered, and Bewildered |
| February 2010 | Her March – His Moment (Coretta Scott King) | February 2009 | 1st American Woman’s Bank |
| January 2010 | Her Un-Silent Book (Rachel Carson) | January 2009 | FLOTUS |
2008 & 2007
| December 2008 | Wall Street Women | December 2007 | Women in Black |
| November 2008 | First, First Ladies | November 2007 | War and Women’s Peace |
| October 2008 | HERst Castle | October 2007 | The Missing Peace |
| September 2008 | Politically Conventional Women | September 2007 | Mostly Men, Women, and Children |
| August 2008 | Paris to Beijing | August 2007 | Her Social Securi-Tea |
| July 2008 | Unwanted & Unwelcomed Aid | July 2007 | OH SHE – OSHA |
| June 2008 | Start the Presses | June 2007 | Jane and Gender |
| May 2008 | Yes She Can | May 2007 | The Oldest Profession |
| April 2008 | The Phyllisharmonic | April 2007 | Taxes a La Godiva |
| March 2008 | International Women’s Day? | March 2007 | Bags to Bridges |
| February 2008 | Counting Women of Color | February 2007 | Civil Rights Women |
| January 2008 | Women Airforce Service Pilots | January 2007 | Madame President |
2006 & 2005
| December 2006 | AstroNOmical WOMEN | December 2005 | Rosie the Radical |
| November 2006 | Queen for a Dole | November 2005 | Women of Fashion |
| October 2006 | Mrs. O’Leary Cowed | October 2005 | Poetic Relativity |
| September 2006 | Fields’ Ladies Macy | September 2005 | The Supremes |
| Summer 2006 | Independence Declared | July 2005 | Suffrage Not Won |
| May 2006 | Three Marys in One | May 2005 | True To The Corps |
| April 2006 | Of Sweatshops Past | April 2005 | Black and Bluestockings |
| March 2006 | The Ice Lady | March 2005 | Celluloid Ladies |
| February 2006 | Abortion Anthology | February 2005 | SportsWomanship |
| January 2006 | More Wise Men Saw | January 2005 | Rhythm and Gender |
2004 & 2003
| December 2004 | Three Wise Women | December 2003 | Quilts: Great American Art |
| November 2004 | Female Pharaohs | November 2003 | Female & Male Menopause |
| October 2004 | Noble/Not Nobel Women | October 2003 | One Woman/Every Baby |
| August 2004 | Olympic Women | September 2003 | An Ever-Blossoming Woman |
| July 2004 | Prisons/Politics/Women | ||
| May 2004 | Salem Witch Trials | ||
| April 2004 | Women’s Right to Write | ||
| March 2004 | Deadbeat Parents | ||
| February 2004 | Gender in the Court | ||
| January 2004 | Age & Sex Discrimination |