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Infamous Bodies: Early Black Women's Celebrity and the Afterlives of Rights (Duke UP, 2020). Saxton, Martha. Being good: Women's moral values in early America (Macmillan, 2004). Schwalm, Leslie. A Hard Fight for We: Women's Transition from Slavery to Freedom in South Carolina (U of Illinois Press, 1997). Schwartz, Marie Jenkins.
For the first time in the nation's history there were more married women than single women in the female labor force. In 1944, thirty-seven percent of all adult women were reported in the labor force, but nearly fifty percent of all women were actually employed at some time during that year at the height of wartime production. [ 249 ]
The presence of women in science spans the earliest times of the history of science wherein they have made significant contributions. Historians with an interest in gender and science have researched the scientific endeavors and accomplishments of women, the barriers they have faced, and the strategies implemented to have their work peer ...
In the United States in 2015, women made up 10.4% of the incarcerated population in adult prisons and jails. [5] [6] Between 2000 and 2010, the number of males in prison grew by 1.4% per annum, while the number of females grew by 1.9% per annum.
However, since the 1970s, women have made inroads in both professional and volunteer fire departments in multiple countries. In modern times, women have served in a variety of fire service roles including as fire chiefs. Nonetheless, they comprise less than 20% of firefighters even in the countries where they are best represented.
Synchronized swimming made its debut, with only women competing in the competition. [45] The host Americans won gold in both the solo and duet events. [46] Women also made their debut in cycling, competing in the road race. [47] This event was also won by an American, Connie Carpenter. [47]
Work by male songwriters is more often produced, and it was only [in 2015] that an all-female writing team made history by winning the Tony Award for Best Score." [ 70 ] In 2015, for the first time, an all-female writing team of Lisa Kron (Best Book) and Jeanine Tesori and Kron (Best Original Score) [ 71 ] won the Tony Award for Best Score for ...
Film director Julie Dash made history in 1991 with the first theatrically released film which was created by an African-American woman. Julie Dash's Daughters of the Dust (1991) was the first full-length film with general theatrical release written and directed by an African American woman. Since then there have been several African or African ...