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 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.

2013

May 2013 Fab Forty-Four
   
   

2012 & 2011

October 2012 Her Words/His Music December 2011 Civil War Female Surgeon
September 2012 A Teaspoonful of Sugar (Fannie Farmer) November 2011 Her Eye in the Hurricane (Joanne Simpson)
August 2012 Cherokee Ms. Chief (Wilma Mankiller) October 2011 Her Head in the Clouds (Joanne Simpson)
July 2012 Born in the USA (Yoshiko Uchida) September 2011 Weather She Qualified
June 2012 Ladies D-Day August 2011 Fab Fem Firefighters
May 2012 Dos Equis (Nettie M. Stevens) July 2011 Feminine Paul Revere
April 2012 Women Linked to Peace June 2011 Of Married Men and Mistresses
March 2012 More than Cookies - The Girl Scouts May 2011 Women's Sofware (the ENIAC)
February 2012 First Lady of the Black Press (Ethyl L. Payne) April 2011 Her Kabuki-Not His
January 2012 Her Military Time March 2011 Veiled Egyptian Protesters
    February 2011 Madames Mayor
    January 2011 Mag Women

2010 & 2009

December 2010 Not So Bad (Frida Kahlo) December 2009 With Woman (Midwives)
November 2010 Lyda oh Lyda - Part II (Lyda Conley) November 2009 Wife/Copilot (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
October 2010 Lyda oh Lyda (Lyda Conley) October 2009 The Lady and the Law School
September 2010 Moroccan Women September 2009 NAACP White Woman Founder
August 2010 Strong Woman's Water (Harriet Russell Strong) August 2009 No Small Step for Women
July 2010 Trumpeting Women July 2009 U.S. Supreme Hearts
June 2010 Her Cell Phone (Hedy Lamarr) June 2009 St. Louie Women
May 2010 Mother's Day May 2009 The Other Babe (Babe Didrikson-Zaharias)
April 2010 Medicine Women April 2009 Women's Work-A Wash
March 2010 Her Bly-Line (Nellie Bly) March 2009 Bewitched, Battered, and Bewildered
February 2010 Her March - His Moment (Coretta Scott King) February 2009 1st American Woman's Bank
January 2010 Her Un-Silent Book (Rachel Carson) January 2009 FLOTUS

 

2008 & 2007

December 2008 Wall Street Women December 2007 Women in Black
November 2008 First, First Ladies November 2007 War and Women's Peace
October 2008 HERst Castle October 2007 The Missing Peace
September 2008 Politically Conventional Women September 2007 Mostly Men, Women, and Children
August 2008 Paris to Beijing August 2007 Her Social Securi-Tea
July 2008 Unwanted & Unwelcomed Aid July 2007 OH SHE - OSHA
June 2008 Start the Presses June 2007 Jane and Gender
May 2008 Yes She Can May 2007 The Oldest Profession
April 2008 The Phyllisharmonic April 2007 Taxes a La Godiva
March 2008 International Women's Day? March 2007 Bags to Bridges
February 2008 Counting Women of Color February 2007 Civil Rights Women
January 2008 Women Airforce Service Pilots January 2007 Madame President

 

2006 & 2005

December 2006 AstroNOmical WOMEN December 2005 Rosie the Radical
November 2006 Queen for a Dole November 2005 Women of Fashion
October 2006 Mrs. O'Leary Cowed October 2005 Poetic Relativity
September 2006 Fields' Ladies Macy September 2005 The Supremes
Summer 2006 Independence Declared July 2005 Suffrage Not Won
May 2006 Three Marys in One May 2005 True To The Corps
April 2006 Of Sweatshops Past April 2005 Black and Bluestockings
March 2006 The Ice Lady March 2005 Celluloid Ladies
February 2006 Abortion Anthology February 2005 SportsWomanship
January 2006 More Wise Men Saw January 2005 Rhythm and Gender

 

2004 & 2003

December 2004 Three Wise Women December 2003 Quilts: Great American Art
November 2004 Female Pharaohs November 2003 Female & Male Menopause
October 2004 Noble/Not Nobel Women October 2003 One Woman/Every Baby
August 2004 Olympic Women September 2003 An Ever-Blossoming Woman
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