Mar 1, 2022 | women's history month
It’s Women’s History Month! And every Tuesday this March, we will be honoring the vital, integral contribution of local women to our local communities here all across southcentral New York — by highlighting some of the history surrounding their lives and...
Mar 28, 2021 | News, women's history month
It’s Women’s History Month! And each Tuesday this March, we are honoring the vital, integral contribution of local women to our local communities all across south central New York — by highlighting some of the history surrounding their lives and their stories. This...
Mar 24, 2021 | News, women's history month
Loretta J. Ross is an academic and activist who co-created the theory of Reproductive Justice, which recognizes the integral intersectionality of reproductive rights and racial justice. The theory, developed in the mid-1990s, lead to an ongoing national movement to...
Mar 10, 2021 | News, women's history month
Dr. Helen Rodriguez-Trias, M.D., was born in New York City in 1929, but spent the majority of her early childhood in Puerto Rico. After her family moved back to New York when she was 10, Rodriguez-Trias was faced with racism and discrimination as she grew up a Latina...
Mar 3, 2021 | News, women's history month
In 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a young Black woman and mother of five, visited Johns Hopkins Hospital where they found a malignant tumor on her cervix. A sample of Henrietta Lacks’ cancerous cells was taken and given, without her consent, to a researcher who found that her...
