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The unwelcome presence of blood awakened me on a dark day in December. I was 12 weeks pregnant with my first baby. I went to work that day in an office where hardly anyone knew of my pregnancy, evening found me in a hospital emergency room, lying on an exam table with my husband by […]

Child Support: Know the Law, Know Your Rights The best scenario is when both parents are happily raising their children together. Sadly, this is too often not the case, and women and children are driven into poverty. According to U.S. Census Bureau, approximately $12 billion is owed to custodial mothers. The reasons are more complicated

For more than two decades, FFL’s telecommuting internships have helped prepare the newest generation of women and men to advocate for the most vulnerable, both on and off campus. And with the (hopefully temporary) new normal of most of us working and learning from home, FFL’s revolutionary remote program is more relevant than ever! We

History is repeating itself. We weren’t the first. That is what Alice Paul told FFL co-founder Pat Goltz when they met. She explained that the suffragists were also feminists for life. Now we learn from National Geographic that we were not the first feminists to work during a pandemic. That’s right: The suffragists almost lost their most cherished dream as the Spanish Flu killed