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Science writer Nathalia Holt gave an illustrated talk about women mathematicians and engineers known as “human computers” who were recruited in the 1940s and 1950s to work at the Jet…

Professor Katherine Marino talked about her book, Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement, on the rise and impact of the women’s rights movement in…

Current and former military officials testified before the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee on the role of commanders in sexual assault prosecutions within the armed…

The Gender Wage Gap was one of the middle school second-prize winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Allison Fan and Kaitlyn Li, 8th graders at Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring,…

Republicans, led by Representative Elise Stefanik (NY), offered a procedural motion seeking to extend the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) only until 2020 so a “clean” version, without…

The House debated the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), which expired February 15, 2019.

Kate Bahn of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Genevieve Wood of the Heritage Foundation discussed the gender pay gap.

Katherine Tully-McManus from Capitol Hill discussed the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization being debated on the House floor that week.

Cristina Marcos spoke by phone about an expected vote on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which lapsed in February 2019.

ERA Coalition’s Carol Jenkins discussed efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and what implications it might have. The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the U.S.…

Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) talked about efforts to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.

The House debated a bill that amends a federal labor law to address pay discrimination based on gender. The bill later passed in a vote of 242-187.

Gloria Steinem talked about the new edition of her 1983 book, Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions. Ms. Steinem along with artist and activist Faviana Rodriguez were interviewed by…

A panel of historians discussed the ways white settlers, federal troops, and Native Americans interacted and challenges these groups faced on the Western Frontier. Topics included gender…

Fordham University history Professor Kirsten Swinth talked about her book, "Feminism’s Forgotten Fight: The Unfinished Struggle for Work and Family. She was joined by Congressional Delegate Eleanor…

This program was about women’s struggles to win the vote and about the lead up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Speakers were Dawn Langan Teele, author of Forging the Franchise: The Political…

Anne Sebba provided a history of women in Paris under Nazi occupation during World War II. She spoke at the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in California.

The House Natural Resources subcommittee on Indigenous Peoples of the United States held a hearing on the high rates of missing and murdered indigenous women across the country. Witnesses,…

Author Heather Mac Donald talked about her books and took viewer questions. Ms. Mac Donald is the author of several books, including The Burden of Bad Ideas, The War on Cops, and, most…

The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a hearing on combating sexual assault at military service academies. The hearing focused on an annual Defense Department report on…