As a historian, I am always interested in significant dates — and we are now a century removed from the death of Florence Harding (Nov. 21, 1924), as well as 15 years from the publication of my biography...
Although Project 2025 hails the overturning of Roe v. Wade as “the greatest pro-family win in a generation,” this is only the beginning of the conservative agenda to rid the nation of abortion...
On average, three women are killed by a current or former partner every day in the United States, and nearly two-thirds of those domestic violence homicides were committed with a firearm. The presence...
When I first sat down to write another column, I wasn’t really sure where to start or what to write about. But the truth is, after the events of this past month and week, I cannot seem to think about...
REPORTING BY: CHRISTINA SCANLON ’24, NATALIE BRISLIN ’23, JOE SCHREIBMAN ’23, MAX KELLY ’24, VINCENT KORNACKI ’25, P.J. O'HARA ’24, KENZIE ALLEN ’23, TAYLOROLSON ’25, MARIO D’ELIA ’23,...
Bridget Quinn, author of “She Votes: How U.S. Women Won Suffrage and What Happened Next,” held a virtual discussion open to St. Joe’s students, faculty, and staff on Sept. 17 about the women’s...
Where we should be in 2020
Over the summer when I was hanging out with my friend at her house, her mother asked me if I was applying for internships, what career I was interested in after graduation—you...
The implications of June Medical Services v. Gee
The Supreme Court announced on Oct. 4 that it will hear June Medical Services v. Gee, a case that challenges a 2014 Louisiana law requiring abortion providers...
The impact of Warren’s pregnancy discrimination case
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, 2020 presidential candidate, made headlines recently for standing by her account of the way she was treated when she...
The necessity of a woman's right to abortion
The state of Mississippi passed the Gestational Age Act on March 19, which bans most abortions after 15 weeks—the most restrictive abortion law any of the...
Inspiration from the day’s radical history
I returned to my apartment on International Women’s Day on March 8 and, because my afternoon classes were cancelled before spring break, I indulged in an...
Five ways to advocate for women
“‘I stopped moving my lips and turned cold.’”
These are the words of a woman pseudo-named Grace, the subject of an expose by Babe’s Katie Way on actor and writer...
