Through May 31, The West Virginia and Regional History Center will be displaying the exhibit “Women Making History: Showcasing the West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection” on the sixth floor of WVU’s downtown library. (The library is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. ...
by Mary McNamara When I was young, my father gave me one piece of advice about choosing a career: Stay away from any occupation with a national “appreciation” day. As a public high school teacher, he believed that those days were a performative substitute for fair wages and ...
As we like to say in West Virginia, thank goodness for Mississippi (and Alabama). Otherwise, the Mountain State would be dead last in everything. As it stands, several recent rankings put West Virginia consistently in the worst five to 10 states for women’s physical and financial ...
by Carolina A. Miranda In the great taxonomy of aunts in popular culture, there are stern aunts, maternal aunts and cruel aunts (like malevolent Aunt Petunia in the “Harry Potter” tales). But these days one particular category of aunt appears to be on the rise: the cool ...
Lawmakers can do more to protect women I fail to understand how our Legislature continues to get it so wrong! The women of West Virginia should be protected from sexual assault in their marriages, not have sane nurses removed from our hospitals. We need you to help us feed our ...
CHARLESTON — The Women’s Bill of Rights, as introduced at the West Virginia Legislature, would codify the definitions of “man” and “woman” while assuring availability of single-sex spaces like restrooms and locker rooms. Democrats in the House of Delegates offered an amendment ...