CountHerHistory
An enlightening column on women in history
by AAUW-Illinois member Barbara Joan Zeitz
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| 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 |
