History Now Essay Women and the United States Supreme Court Julie Silverbrook Government and Civics If you ask most people about the history of women and the United States Supreme Court, they are likely to point to the historic nomination of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first female justice, in 1981. That is a watershed moment in our... Appears in: 47 | American Women in Leadership Winter 2017
History Now Essay African American Women and the Nineteenth Amendment Sharon Harley Government and Civics Sharon Harley is Associate Professor and former Chair of the African American Studies Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She and historian Rosalyn Terborg-Penn co-edited the pioneer anthology The Afro-American... Appears in: 57 | Black Voices in American Historiography Summer 2020 56 | The Nineteenth Amendment and Beyond Spring 2020