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  Herstory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herstory is a term which originated as a neologism.
When women in the movement use herstory, their purpose is to emphasize that women's lives, deeds, and participation in human affairs have been neglected or undervalued in standard histories.
During the 1970s and 1980s, second-wave feminists saw the study of history as a male-dominated intellectual enterprise and presented "herstory" as a means of compensation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herstory   (455 words)

  
 About HFFU
HerStory For Futures Unlimited is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote women’s history in early education.
The value of exploring, demonstrating, and practicing the variety of ways people approach their world is important because society benefits from the understanding and use of all its human resources.
HerStory became a community project that had a rippling effect throughout the school district.
www.herstory-hffu.org /about.html   (755 words)

  
 HerStory - The Story of Our Time
We are two women embarking on a coast to coast cycling tour of Canada to connect and strengthen the network of breast cancer survivors and the families and communities affected by the disease.
The goal of HerStory is to collect the stories, words of wisdom and artistic expressions of those living through the experience of breast cancer — survivors, relatives, friends and communities.
Entries into HerStory will be representative of the Canadian fight against breast cancer and a testament to the strength and courage that ties us together as a nation.
www.utsc.utoronto.ca /~dudley/herstory/index.html   (435 words)

  
 Herstory Happenings
They had read the articles that we’d sent them about Herstory from the New York Times, and from local papers and they were excited.
We told her about the other workshops Herstory offers – in Southampton, Sag Harbor, Babylon, Port Jefferson, and, beginning in March, in Riverhead as well.
The Lieutenant will choose a group of eight women she feels will have a genuine interest, and we’ll be allowed to meet with them for 1 _ hours on Friday evenings.
www.herstorywriters.org /happen3c.html   (406 words)

  
 Religion: Quaker Women   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
In contrast with almost every other organized religion, the Society of Friends (Quakers) have allowed women to serve as ministers since the early 1800s.
Herstory 1975 noted the work of Quaker ministers Alma G. Dale in Manitoba, and Eliza Brewer's work with the inmates of Kingston Penitentiary.
In 1977, Herstory noted that the tradition of equality within the Society of Friends, and her strong faith, helped Emily Jennings Stowe during her long fight for recognition as Canada's first female doctor, and in her organization of the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement League in the 1890s.
library.usask.ca /herstory/quaker.html   (93 words)

  
 Conference to tell 'Herstory'
The two first discussed establishing a Herstory observance and organization in 1992, and four years later they founded the task force with a simple mission of providing vehicles to “collect, authenticate, document, archive and celebrate” the lives of women of African descent.
The Women’s Center, a Herstory conference co-sponsor from the beginning, invited the group’s board of directors to use its space to hold meetings.
This year’s Herstory conference (which about 100 people are expected to attend) deals with grandmothers and their histories, as reflected in its theme, “Remembering Grandma’s Hands: Lessons, Trials and Triumphs.” Panelists and audience members will share recollections of women who regarded as keepers of cultural traditions and role models for generations.
www.emory.edu /EMORY_REPORT/erarchive/2002/March/erMarch.18/3_18_02herstory.html   (522 words)

  
 Herstory Month — celebrating women's achievements
During the month of October events across Canada hope to bring Women's Herstory to life (the answer can be found at the bottom of the page).
Even many women do not realize the rich legacy left to them by a multitude of remarkable women who helped pave the way for women everywhere to be able to pursue their dreams and attain their goals.
"Herstory has no end because the field of women's history is still wide open.
www.nupge.ca /news_2005/n19se05b.htm   (673 words)

  
 KWMU - Herstory
KWMU is celebrating with new contributions to Herstory, which consists of eight interviews including Sr.
Mary Jean Ryan of SSM Healthcare, Barbara Turkington of OASIS, Dr. Barbara Harbach of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Sue Clancy of the Junior League and the CORO Leadership for Women program.
Herstory is hosted and co-produced by Wendy Wiese.
kwmu.org /Programs/herstory2006.html   (784 words)

  
 News from the CWLU Herstory Project
Herstory Health Project members Mardge Cohen, Kathy Mallin, Coral Norris and Estelle Carol presented a history of the CWLU's health activism in Chicago on June 12th at Loyola University.
The Women's Graphics Collective began as a workgroup of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and distributed tens of thousands of feminist posters worldwide until it disbanded in the early 1980's Read on...
The CWLU Herstory Project is now reissuing reproductions of 17 selected Women's Graphics Collective posters in its new fundraising campaign.
www.cwluherstory.com /weblog.php   (826 words)

  
 Herstory-Women of USU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Welcome to "Herstory," a web site dedicated to highlighting the important roles women play in the mission and vision of Utah State University.
Important milestones provide a herstorical context on the status of women on campus since the founding of Utah Agricultural College in 1890, progressing to when the UAC became Utah State University in 1956, and beginning the 21st century.
"Herstory" is not meant to be an all-inclusive documentation of the accomplishments of USU women, for that would be a daunting task.
www.usu.edu /stuserv/womencen/Herstory/index.htm   (176 words)

  
 Gale - PSM - Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Herstory is the only comprehensive collection of materials produced by and about the women's movement.
The efforts that ultimately saw women in such positions as prime minister, Supreme Court justice, and combat soldier are thoroughly documented here.
Herstory I -- 317 titles covering 1956 through September 1971.
www.gale.com /servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR527&type=4&id=D3280   (218 words)

  
 Lesbian.com - Herstory
Lesbian Herstory Project Really easy to load site made up of a wide array of links to herstorical lesbian information, with specific focus on womyn of color.
Radical activist of the 70s paved the path for lesbians to be able to move through the world of ignorance in the 80s and 90s.
This site offers a herstory of how the park came to be and a site map.
www.lesbian.com /herstory/herstory_intro.html   (390 words)

  
 HERSTORY.TXT
10-15-1994 Women of Achievement and Herstory Arleen Tuchman of Vanderbilt University is writing a biography of Marie Zakrzewska, M.D. (1829-1902) who founded the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Boston in 1862.
They were always there, but historians failed to note them in our histories so that each generation of women has had to reinvent themselves.
She was a water carrier at the Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778, loaded and fired a cannon when her husband collapsed.
www.holysmoke.org /fem/fem0509.htm   (4035 words)

  
 Home
HerStory Freedom Classifieds for parents of 9-11 year olds.
Parents if your daughter wants to start a 5 year diary or 5 year search project on a specific theme, we'll POBox it for you.
These space races will only succeed if everyone's encouraged to connect in being a changemaker.
herstory.tv   (3642 words)

  
 Herstory
Herstory of the "I fight like a girl" t-shirt.
Herstory denies the slur, "you fight [or do anything] like a girl." Herstory says, "you're damn right I do!"
Not long ago, an Australian girl wrote a poem titled, "I fight like a girl." You may have already read it, as it has been widely distributed throughout the Internet.
www.ifightlikeagirl.com /herstory.htm   (349 words)

  
 SHOCK: Shock Launches Comprehensive HERstory Section For The Web
With less than nine weeks remaining before the Shock’s home opener vs. Minnesota on Wednesday, May 24, the team will unveil a season’s worth of HERstory one week and one day at a time.
Today’s serving of Shock HERstory is a recap of Detroit’s inaugural season in which they finished the year 17-13, narrowly missing out on a postseason berth.
In addition to the five-day-a-week schedule of Shock HERstorical information being rolled out, the next two months will also feature chats and Q&A sessions with former players and organizational figures and a host of other miscellaneous tidbits of Shock trivia.
www.wnba.com /shock/news/herstory_060328.html   (253 words)

  
 National Black Herstory Task Force
The Tenth Annual National Black Herstory Conference and Awards Banquet will provide a platform for the examination of various cultures, relationships and traditions within the African Diaspora.
The National Black Herstory Task Force, Inc. is a non-profit educational and cultural organization founded to provide vehicles to collect, research, authenticate, document, archive and celebrate the legacy and lives of women of African descent and their alliances.
Together, with the support of educators, professionals and grassroots members of the community, we shall teach the world community that there cannot be an accurate recording of world history that does not include herstory.
blackherstory.org   (223 words)

  
 Herstory: The Canadian Women's Calendar
Herstory 2007 is about a few of Canada's special women.
Would you like to nominate someone for inclusion in a future edition of Herstory: The Canadian Women's Calendar?
Many previous editions of the calendar have come together with the help and support of our readers.
www.herstorycalendar.ca /index.htm   (400 words)

  
 About Us
The conference theme is: "Telling Herstory: Dance, Film, Music and the Written Word." A combination book fair and luncheon will showcase authors and books written by and about women of African descent.
The mission of the National Black Herstory Task Force, Inc. (NBHTF) is to provide vehicles to chronicle and celebrate the legacy and lives of women of African descent and their alliances worldwide.
The Seventh Annual National Black Herstory Conference is being presented to create cultural links and sensibilities among people of different ethnic groups while focusing on issues of healthcare and lifestyles.
www.blackherstory.org /conference/index.html   (311 words)

  
 About the CWLU Herstory Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Mary Ellen is a veteran feminist artist who is also the Herstory Project treasurer.
Several Herstory Project members saw it and though it was great.
She has generously agreed to share her CWLU interviews with the Herstory Project and some of these are already up on the site.
www.uic.edu /orgs/cwluherstory/_notes/CWLUNew/Newsarchive1.html   (1178 words)

  
 Herstory '96   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Herstory is Stanford's celebration of women: our accomplishments, our history.
Herstory '96 is over, but take a look at what we did--here's a mere sampling, followed by a complete calendar:
Express your views with words and art; paint on Herstory's Expression Board, find out about durrent women's issues and write to your senators and representatives.
www.stanford.edu /group/womenscollective/herstory   (1185 words)

  
 HerStory
Herstory Presents THE UNXPECTED BAND Mini Concert @ZOUK
After the success of her sold-out concert 'Newfound Jealousy - An Acoustic Gem' @ The Esplanade Recital Studio, Shirlyn comes back to Herstory for a night to remember.
Shirlyn has performed at Wala Wala, Balaclava and Muddy Murphy's with her band The UnXpected for the past four years and had the grand opportunity to be the opening act for Jason Mraz @ The Esplanade Concert Hall.
www.forplu.com /partnership/clubherstory/main.htm   (199 words)

  
 Herstory
I would not understand until my adulthood that she was part of making herstory.
However, had I not been made to fill in the blanks and eavesdrop, had I been offered the stories, the truth, then at 26 years old, I believe that my sense of where I came from, and what I am fighting for, would be more clear.
In sharing her herstory, indomitable spirit, and drive to take the feminist path no matter how rough, she has given me a life that is shaping up to be more honest and fulfilling then I could have ever expected.
womynsvoices.ca /en/book/print/8   (20374 words)

  
 Withinsight Herstory
Celebrate the midpoint between winter and spring and clarify your path for the coming year, using forms of divination, illumination, and purification.
Learn the herstory of Brigit, Celtic Triple Goddess, and practice using her cross to guide you at the crossroads of your life.
Discover the power of prophesy through the use of candle magic and ancient runes, as we explore the potential for spring's new growth.
www.womenwithinsight.com /herstory.html   (841 words)

  
 Nellie McClung: "Our Nell"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.
Members of the Herstory Collective, past and present, all have favourite women or topics.
When we need a good quotation, Nellie always comes through.
library.usask.ca /herstory/nellie.html   (402 words)

  
 HerStory Productions
HerStory Productions is dedicated to telling women’s stories through theatre.
Everyone benefits when women and their stories are given voice on stage.
Megan, an ESU Teacher Scholar at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 2004, captivates her audience in this fast paced production that leaves the audience with a solid sense of this engaging and courageous woman known as Fanny Kemble.”
www.herstory-productions.com   (147 words)

  
 Herstory: The Canadian Women's Calendar (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Herstory: The Canadian Women's Calendar (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.columbia.edu)
Readers often write to ask whether a particular woman has been profiled in the pages of Herstory: The Canadian Women’s Calendar.
Inspiring Women: A Celebration Of Herstory is a compilation of 319 "herstories," expanded and updated by long-serving SWCC members Mona Holmlund and Gail Youngberg.
www.herstorycalendar.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /whos_made_Herstory.htm   (139 words)

  
 Sister Series Herstory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Most recently, Sally K. William became the first fl to receive a Ph.D. from the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition.
It is because of this rich tradition of accomplishments and achievements of these African American women that we celebrate "herstory." We must also recognize that history could not be complete without history, because both stories are interdependent living testiments of humanity.
And, so we pay homage to those African American women who braved racism and sexism and bore the brand of oppression so that others might reap the fruits of higher education.
iml.jou.ufl.edu /projects/Spring01/Vinson/Herstory.html   (601 words)

  
 Flickr: Photos tagged with herstory
Find, compare and buy herstory and other products.
You can give your photos a "tag", which is like a keyword.
You can assign as many tags as you wish to each photo.
www.flickr.com /photos/tags/herstory   (80 words)

  
 Take Action on Campus for Women's Herstory Month
During March organize an event on your campus to raise awareness about women's fight for equality throughout herstory, and the future of the feminist movement.
Organize a Women's Herstory 101, and talk about the importance of teaching women's herstory in our schools.
There are endless ways to honor women, think of a new and exciting way to highlight women's herstory month on your campus.
www.now.org /chapters/campus/herstory_actions.html   (531 words)

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