She made news by entering a pro basketball inner sanctum to do her job. Years later, her mother’s physical decline led her to write about aging for The Times and in a book. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Women’s Rights”
Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton Rally Women to Support Hochul
By Gotham Rex on November 3, 2022
Representative Lee Zeldin and Republicans nationally want to “turn back the clock on women’s rights,” Mrs. Clinton said at the Manhattan rally. Source: New York Times
How Iranians in New York Are Helping the Protests Abroad
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2022
“It’s really been a very long process of suffering that has led to this moment,” one activist said. Source: New York Times
Barbara Kruger: A Way With Words
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2022
She created some of the most memorable works of her era. Now the activist-artist is back with two immersive shows, at MoMA and David Zwirner Gallery. Source: New York Times
Pride March in New York Infused With New Sense of Urgency
By Gotham Rex on June 26, 2022
The annual parade included joyous celebration, but the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling and the threat to gay rights cast an undeniable shadow. Source: New York Times
Letitia James and N.Y. Lawmakers Move to Protect Abortion Providers
By Gotham Rex on May 9, 2022
Lawmakers in Albany are considering a range of options to expand abortion rights in New York, as many other states prepare to restrict them. Source: New York Times
Before Roe v. Wade, Merle Hoffman Ran an Abortion Clinic in N.Y.C.
By Gotham Rex on May 6, 2022
Merle Hoffman was on the front lines in the early 1970s, when women would travel to New York for abortions. Source: New York Times
Connecticut Moves to Blunt Impact of Other States’ Anti-Abortion Laws
By Gotham Rex on April 30, 2022
The state is among several acting to strengthen abortion rights protections as a Supreme Court ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade looms. Source: New York Times
Alice von Hildebrand, Conservative Catholic Philosopher, Dies at 98
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2022
She was critical of abortion rights and gay rights, and called on women to change the world by embracing what she called feminine virtues. Source: New York Times
Gloria Allred Represented 3 of the Survivors in the R. Kelly Trial
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2021
Ms. Allred represented three of the six victims whose accounts were at the center of the federal sex trafficking and racketeering case against the singer R. Kelly, as well as two other key witnesses in the trial. Source: New York…
How Cuomo Took Advantage of #MeToo
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2021
When a movement swept the world, the New York governor cast himself as its champion. But even as he signed protections and surrounded himself with feminists, he was committing fresh offenses, according to a new report. Source: New York Times
Hidden for a Century, a Susan B. Anthony Portrait Is Found
By Gotham Rex on February 12, 2021
Last year, David Whitcomb bought a building for $100,000 in Geneva, N.Y. He discovered a trove of photographs tucked away in the attic. Source: New York Times
Cindy Nemser, Advocate for Women Artists, Is Dead at 83
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2021
In the 1970s she called out chauvinism and pushed back against the marginalization of women in the art world, in part by helping to create The Feminist Art Journal. Source: New York Times
Betsy Wade, First Woman to Edit News at The Times, Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on December 3, 2020
In a 45-year Times career, she also became the first woman to lead the Newspaper Guild of New York and fought a sex discrimination case against the paper. Source: New York Times
Florence Howe, ‘Mother of Women’s Studies,’ Dies at 91
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2020
In 1970, she helped found the Feminist Press. It was hailed for making available “a legacy of writings by and about women.” Source: New York Times