Women’s History Month: Looking Back on How Far We’ve Come and the Hill That Lies Ahead
Ms. Magazine | 06.03.2026 22:22Milestones: Dr. Jennifer Piscopo‘s bookThe Impact of Gender Quotas is published (2012); Alice Paul led the Women’s Suffrage Parade in D.C. (1913); Florence Prag Kahn became the first Jewish woman member of Congress (1925); Frances Perkins became the first woman to serve as a Cabinet secretary (1933); the first Women’s History Week takes place (1981); and the inaugural International Women’s Day was held (1914).
