Media

"Against Our Will" Front Cover by Susan Brownmiller, 1975

"Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape" conquers the "Washington Post"

November 2, 1975

The October 1975 publication of journalist and activist Susan Brownmiller’s treatise Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape recast public unde

Honor for children's television activist Peggy Charren

September 29, 1995

Frustrated with the educationally anemic cartoons filling her children's afternoons, education advocate and founder of Action for Children's Television (ACT), Peggy Charren began to push television stations and law makers to demand and develop more diverse and stimulating children's programming.

Writer Ruth Gruber born

September 30, 1911

Writer and activist Ruth Gruber was born on September 30, 1911. Gruber earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees by age 19 and a PhD by 20.

Judith Rosenbaum on Anita Diamant's "The Red Tent" Thumbnail

Anita Diamant Publishes "The Red Tent"

October 1, 1997

Anita Diamant's powerful first work of fiction, The Red Tent, was published on October 1, 1997.

Birth of musician, writer, journalist, Eugenia Zukerman

September 25, 1944

The multi-talented performer and writer Eugenia Zukerman was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on September 25, 1944.

Barbara Walters becomes highest-paid journalist

October 4, 1976

On October 4, 1976, Barbara Walters became the first woman co-anchor of a major network evening news program.

Steve Benson on the Birth of Kitty Carlisle Hart Thumbnail

Birth of entertainer Kitty Carlisle Hart

September 3, 1910

Born on September 3, 1910 [some sources say 1911, 1914], Kitty Carlisle Hart began a musical career at a young age and kept performing into her nineties.

National September 11 Museum, April 2012

9/11

September 11, 2001

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks touched and devastated every community in the United States.

"New York Times" reviews Yezierska's "Bread Givers"

September 13, 1925

Anzia Yezierska's best-known novel, Bread Givers, received a glowing review in the New York Times on September 13, 1925.

The title page of volume 1, issue 1, of a new series of the Die Deborah newspaper. The page reads, in German): "Vorwärts, meine Seele, vorwärts mit Macht! Eine deutsch-amerikanishe Wochenschrift Foerderung juedischer Interessen in Gemeinde, Schule und Haus. Als Wochenschrift begündet 1855 von Isaac M. Wise. Herausgegeben von einem Vereine jüdischer Schriftsteller."

German-language "Die Deborah" first published

August 24, 1855

Die Deborah, the most important German-Jewish newspaper in the U.S. in its time, debuted on August 24, 1855.

Thumbnail of Rachel King on Shari Lewis, 2015

Puppeteer and TV star Shari Lewis dies

August 2, 1998

Born in New York City on January 17, 1934, Shari Lewis was attracted to music and performance from a young age.

Amy Loveman helps found "Saturday Review of Literature"

August 2, 1924

Born in 1881, Amy Loveman shaped the literary choices of generations of readers through her work with two important institutions: The Saturday R

Esther Lederer, know as Ann Landers, 1983

Birth of advice-givers Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren

July 4, 1918

Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer and Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips were born seventeen minute

Fanny Brice's Ziegfeld Follies debut

June 20, 1910

In her unfinished autobiography, Fanny Brice wrote, "I lived the way I wanted to live and never did what people said I should do." What Brice wanted

Irna Phillips produces "The Guiding Light" on TV

June 30, 1952

The Guiding Light debuted on CBS television on June 30, 1952.

First syndicated appearance of "Rhymes With Orange"

June 19, 1995

The cartoon strip Rhymes With Orange appeared in syndication for the first time on June 19, 1995.

Lisa Batya Feld on Annie Londonderry Thumbnail

First woman to cycle the globe begins journey

June 25, 1894

Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, known as Annie Londonderry, began a round-the-world bicycle trip. She became the first woman to travel around the globe by bicycle.

Publication of "Jewish and Female"

June 1, 1984

Susan Weidman Schneider's Jewish and Female: Choices and Changes in Our Lives Today was published on June 1, 1984.

Sylvia Porter one of first women honored as "Headliner"

June 5, 1943

When the National Headliners' Club included women in its ranks of prizewinning journalists for the first time in 1943, Sylvia Porter was one

"What is Women's History?"

June 5, 2005

On June 5, 2005, acclaimed historian Gerda Lerner received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Birth of feminist Letty Cottin Pogrebin

June 9, 1939

Letty Cottin Pogrebin, who has become one of the most well-known figures in both the Jewish and secular feminist movements, was born on Jun

Birth of Trude Weiss-Rosmarin, editor and commentator on American Jewish life

June 17, 1908

Born in Germany on June 17, 1908, Trude Weiss-Rosmarin became a major commentator on the nature of American Jewish life.

Birth of multi-talented Ruth Hagy Brod

May 31, 1911

Born in New York City on May 31, 1911, and raised in Chicago, Ruth Hagy Brod had a varied career that took her from the newsroom to Latin America

Birth of opera star Beverly Sills

May 25, 1929

Born on May 25, 1929 as Belle Miriam Silverman, Beverly Sills began singing in public at the age of four, when she appeared on the Uncle Bob's Rain

Death of comedian Gilda Radner at 42

May 20, 1989

Gilda Radner's death from ovarian cancer on May 20, 1989 at age 42 cut short a vital life and comedic career.