March 15th, 2023 Spend the afternoon in Cascade, Montana It’s Mary Fields Day! Mary Fields chose March 15th for her birthday. The Mary Fields Statue Committee will hold a fundraiser March 15th, 2023 to honor Mary. She was a prominent… Read More ›
Womens History
The Women Delegates Serving Montana at the 1972 Constitutional Convention
To preface this message from Great Falls Rising, let’s remember that the role of women in US government was relatively new. In fact, the very first woman to serve in the US Congress was Montana’s own Jeannette Rankin. She was… Read More ›
Celebrating International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day! Today Great Falls Rising celebrates women everywhere not afraid to stand up every day. On the day that Russia invaded Ukraine, Yulia Zhivtsova knew that she needed to do something, observing that “it’s quite a horrible… Read More ›
GFR Zoom Gathering: When Women were ‘Granted’ the Right to Vote
Great Falls Rising invites you to a Zoom gathering to tell you about the final chapter in women’s 72-year struggle to win the vote. After the 19th Amendment was approved by Congress and President Woodrow Wilson, it had to be… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Women Have Protested Nuclear Weapons Throughout History
While many festivities celebrating Women’s History Month have been rightly canceled out of concern for the safety of our communities, we can still acknowledge and commend work that women have done to make this world a safer place. For generations, American… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Elouise Pepion Cobell
Elouise Pepion Cobell, also known as Yellow Bird Woman was a tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar (2009). This challenged the United States’ mismanagement of trust funds belonging to more than 500,000 individual Native… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Alice Paul, Iron Jawed Angel
Alice Paul (1885 – 1977) was an American Quaker campaigner for women’s suffrage. She was born in New Jersey, USA, to a Quaker family, and was educated at Swarthmore College. While in Britain in 1908, she became a member of the suffrage organisation,… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Mary Fields, Montana Legend
Mary Fields (circa 1832–1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star-route (contract) mail carrier in the United States. She was not an employee of the United States Post Office Department, which did not… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Jeannette Rankin: Suffragist, Congresswoman, Pacifist
Jeannette Rankin of Missoula, Montana, was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Unsurprisingly, her election made headlines across the country. People wanted to know who this western upstart was and what this radical change might portend…. Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Mahalia Jackson Prompts Martin Luther King, Jr. to Improvise ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech
If the legendary gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson had been somewhere other than the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963, her place in history would still have been assured purely on the basis of her musical legacy. But… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Two Great Women from Great Falls
In Honor of Women’s History Month, Ken Robison will present “A Dynamic Duo: Two Great Women in Our Great City” at 6 pm Thursday March 25th at Cassiopeia Books. Ken has selected two amazing women who cut a wide swath… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race
If you aren’t aware of women’s contributions to science, I suggest you read the latest book by Walter Issacson: CODE BREAKERS: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race. Jennifer Doudna and her collaborator Emmanuelle Charpentier are… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Efforts by Women Scientists
March is Women’s History Month Women’s History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March… Read More ›
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