In Women’s History Month, it is time to celebrate the contributions of some courageous individuals.
Philadephia Inquirer March 15, 2010
For the first time in history, women make up more than half the American workforce. They already constitute almost 60 percent of college students and a solid majority of degree-earners in the last couple of decades. Yet in most high school history courses, women remain woefully underrepresented.
Some claim this simply reflects reality: Women played a less visible role in past generations, they say — a regrettable result of their oppression by a male-dominated society — but what can be done about it now?