Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was Italy’s first female physician and a children’s education pioneer. Montessori endured years of male hostility to finally graduate in 1896 with high honors from the University of Rome. Her work with disabled children informed her innovative approach to learning, which emphasized individuality and autonomy, sensory exploration and task-oriented play. Montessori […]
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2004 Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai Feminists for Life of America remembers Kenyan pro-life feminist Wangari Maathai, who died September 25, 2011. An environmental and political activist, In 2004 Maathai was the first African woman to receive a Nobel Prize “for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” In a conversation with Norway’s Dagen newspaper reporter Jostein
Little is known about the life of 19th century suffragist Sarah F. Norton beyond her writings. She was a public speaker, writer for feminist publications and member of the Working Women’s Association who advocated for the education of women and girls, equal opportunity in the workplace and equal pay for women. Together, Sarah Norton and
Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) became a Quaker minister in 1821. Like many of her faith, Mott embraced pacifism and condemned racism. She organized boycotts of slave-harvested goods like cotton and cane sugar, and worked for full integration within numerous groups, winning the trust of Blacks (including fugitive slaves) throughout her native Philadelphia. Mott’s suffragist efforts began