Ahem! Finally We've Arrived
Over the next decade, women will control two thirds of consumer wealth in the United States and be the beneficiaries of the largest transference of wealth in our country’s history. – Claire Behar, Senior Partner […]
2010
Sheriff: Mom Who Refused To Iron Held Hostage By Son
I would rather be held hostage than iron! VILLA RICA, Ga. — Authorities charged a 29-year-old Villa Rica man with aggravated assault and false imprisonment after they allege he held his mother hostage for failing […]
There's an App for that
Feeling safe in your home? Not so fast! […]
Abigail Adams – Ode to a Great Girlfriend
On this Fourth of July, we remember the Girlfriend who started it all: “If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold […]
For the love of children
Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875 – 1955, was born to emancipated slaves in South Carolina. She founded the Daytona Normal and Industrial Institute focused on educating African American girls. Understanding the power of Girlfriends, she founded […]
Are Women People?
Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942) wrote a woman suffrage column for the New York Tribune in 1915 and 1917 called “Are Women People?” She takes on issues and men who criticize women for wanting to vote […]
Who would you trade places with?
Question Posed to Me and My 1000 Girlfriends on Facebook – If you could trade places with one woman for a day and essentially become her, who would it be? You might be surprised by […]
Sometimes, it doesn’t take a village,… it just takes one person
.Since that time the baby had grown into a wild and increasingly uncontrollable child. The parents, Kate and Arthur Keller, had contacted the famous inventor and educator of the deaf, Alexander Graham Bell in Washington, D.C. for help. […]
Cady and Mott’s Declaration of Sentiments – 1850 Seneca Falls Conference
Can you imagine how Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott felt after they had worked so hard for the anti-slavery movement, attended the World Anti-Slavery Conference in London in 1840, but were told they couldn’t […]
Unsigned Announcement for Seneca Falls Convention
A convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious rights of women will be held in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, New York, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 19th and 20th of July, current; […]
France Outlaws Skinny
As France’s parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images affect women. – Wow […]
Be a Part of Something BIG!
“Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform.” —Susan B. Anthony