Women’s History Month has historically taken place during March and in 1980 “President Carter issued the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th 1980 as National Women’s History Week.” Though this proclamation was made 43 years ago women still experience a gender gap to this day. The Harris County Robert W. Hainsworth Law Library would like to focus on the important women in the legal field, the achievements they have made throughout history and those they continue to make today.
Read moreMind the Gap and #BreakTheBias during Women's History Month 2022
March is Women’s History Month, and to kick off this month of recognition of women’s achievements and contributions, but also of the barriers that women continue to face, we would like to highlight the latest information on the gender wage gap.
Read moreJane Jacobs: Urban Ecologist and Community Advocate
At heart, Jacobs was an observer. Her keen perception about people and the communities they inhabit informed all of her writing and activism. Jacobs had no formal training as an urban planner or sociologist, but her observations about city life gave her the street cred of a true public intellectual. Jacobs was more than a mouthpiece for a movement, however; she was a boots-on-the-ground, grassroots organizer who encouraged everyday folks to take part in shaping their communities from the bottom up.
Read moreIconic Women in Legal History
Dolores Huerta. Louise Raggio. Lisa Tatum. Sally Ride. These are just a few of the women whose achievements and accomplishments are featured in a new website by the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA). Made possible by generous funding through the Texas Bar Foundation, Iconic Women in Legal History uses videos and interviews with historians, scholars, family members, and in some cases, the women themselves, to introduce these remarkable women and highlight the contributions that they have made to the legal profession, to the struggle and fight for equality and civil rights, and to the history of our country.
Read moreLucy Burns: Fanning the Suffrage Flames
March is Irish-American Heritage Month as well as Women’s History Month. As discussed in our Ex Libris Juris blog post on 3/8/2021, the Women’s History Month theme for 2021 is “Valiant Women of the Vote: Refusing to be Silenced.” In recognition of all these things, today’s post features famous Irish-American suffragist Lucy Burns.
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