CountHerHistory

An enlightening column on women in history by AAUW-Illinois member Barbara Joan Zeitz
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Barbara Joan Zeitz has published a new book!
A Thesaurus of Women: From Cherry Blossoms to Cell Phones
A Thesaurus of Women seeks to provide expansive information in a minimal amount of time in respect to our busy lifestyles.
From politics to athletics, from Wall Street to Hollywood, women have been vital, if unrecognized, pioneers and innovators throughout history. Learn some of their stories in A Thesaurus of Women From Cherry Blossoms to Cell Phones.
Available through Women and Children First, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookstore Universe.
April 2012 Women Linked to Peace
March 2012 More than Cookies - The Girl Scouts
February 2012 First Lady of the Black Press (Ethyl L. Payne)
January 2012 Her Military Time
December 2011 Civil War Female Surgeon
November 2011 Her Eye in the Hurricane (Joanne Simpson)
October 2011 Her Head in the Clouds (Joanne Simpson)
September 2011 Weather She Qualified
August 2011 Fab Fem Firefighters
July 2011 Feminine Paul Revere
June 2011 Of Married Men and Mistresses
May 2011 Women's Sofware (the ENIAC)
April 2011 Her Kabuki-Not His
March 2011 Veiled Egyptian Protesters
February 2011 Madames Mayor
January 2011 Mag Women
December 2010 Not So Bad (Frida Kahlo)
November 2010 Lyda oh Lyda - Part II (Lyda Conley)
October 2010 Lyda oh Lyda (Lyda Conley)
September 2010 Moroccan Women
August 2010 Strong Woman's Water (Harriet Russell Strong)
July 2010 Trumpeting Women
June 2010 Her Cell Phone (Hedy Lamarr)
May 2010 Mother's Day
April 2010 Medicine Women
March 2010 Her Bly-Line (Nellie Bly)
February 2010 Her March - His Moment (Coretta Scott King)
January 2010 Her Un-Silent Book (Rachel Carson)
December 2009 With Woman (Midwives)
November 2009 Wife/Copilot (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
October 2009 The Lady and the Law School
September 2009 NAACP White Woman Founder
August 2009 No Small Step for Women
July 2009 U.S. Supreme Hearts
June 2009 St. Louie Women
May 2009 The Other Babe (Babe Didrikson-Zaharias)
April 2009 Women's Work-A Wash
March 2009 Bewitched, Battered, and Bewildered
February 2009 1st American Woman's Bank
January 2009 FLOTUS
December 2008 Wall Street Women
November 2008 First, First Ladies
October 2008 HERst Castle
September 2008 Politically Conventional Women
August 2008 Paris to Beijing
July 2008 Unwanted & Unwelcomed Aid
June 2008 Start the Presses
May 2008 Yes She Can
April 2008 The Phyllisharmonic
March 2008 International Women's Day?
February 2008 Counting Women of Color
January 2008 Women Airforce Service Pilots
December 2007 Women in Black
November 2007 War and Women's Peace
October 2007 The Missing Peace
September 2007 Mostly Men, Women, and Children
August 2007 Her Social Securi-Tea
July 2007 OH SHE - OSHA
June 2007 Jane and Gender
May 2007 The Oldest Profession
April 2007 Taxes a La Godiva
March 2007 Bags to Bridges
February 2007 Civil Rights Women
January 2007 Madame President
December 2006 AstroNOmical WOMEN
November 2006 Queen for a Dole
October 2006 Mrs. O'Leary Cowed
September 2006 Fields' Ladies Macy
Summer 2006 Independence Declared
May 2006 Three Marys in One
April 2006 Of Sweatshops Past
March 2006 The Ice Lady
February 2006 Abortion Anthology
January 2006 More Wise Men Saw
December 2005 Rosie the Radical
November 2005 Women of Fashion
October 2005 Poetic Relativity
September 2005 The Supremes
July 2005 Suffrage Not Won
May 2005 True To The Corps
April 2005 Black and Bluestockings
March 2005 Celluloid Ladies
February 2005 SportsWomanship
January 2005 Rhythm and Gender
December 2004 Three Wise Women
November 2004 Female Pharaohs
October 2004 Noble/Not Nobel Women
August 2004 Olympic Women
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
December 2003 Quilts: Great American Art
November 2003 Female & Male Menopause
October 2003 One Woman/Every Baby
September 2003 An Ever-Blossoming Woman