National Equal Pay Day: Gender Pay Gap Awareness

Today is National Equal Pay Day, which aims to bring awareness of the gender pay gap. It is celebrated each year on a day in March or April. President Biden is marking this day by hosting U.S. Women’s national soccer team members at the White House. History of Women’s Rights Before we jump into National Equal…

International Women’s Day: History, Controversy, Celebration

International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th every year. While some take this to be a lighthearted day to celebrate the wonderful women in the world with flowers, others use it to fight for women’s rights. There are also people who are not huge fans. In fact, there are a lot of controversies surrounding…

Women at Maidan – War in Ukraine

Women have always played important roles in Ukrainian history. Whenever there was a conflict, women took up arms or found other ways to help their country. One of the active groups at Maidan were the Cossacks. They were mostly men but had a female Cossack group as well. Women who wanted to help but couldn’t…