She found it difficult for women to balance all these duties and still make a place for themselves.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

She said that she had made it possible "for many colored women to abandon the washtub for more pleasant and profitable occupations."

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Most people at that time thought it was not important for young women to learn anything more than to read and write.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

For example, in some South Asian and Muslim countries it is estimated that millions of women are missing.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

This makes it a great choice of exercise for people with special needs, like pregnant women,older adults, and persons who are overweight.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

It shows Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.Anthony, leaders in the movement for voting rights for women.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

American Indians used it for a number of women's health conditions, including monthly menstrual pain.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

But life is brighter for the women weavers today than it was seventeen years ago.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

This is because it was against the law in England for women to act onstage.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

Why is it so important for girls and women to be involved in science?

VOA: special.2010.04.01

It would also provide training for local police in preventing violence against women.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

It holds major competitions around the world for men, women and children.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

But it has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.

VOA: special.2009.05.13

It was about women's search for meaning in their lives.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

It was one of the country's best colleges for women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

"It was no place for men and women.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

They never said you can't do it because you're a woman, so it never occurred to me that I couldn't do it" But she says things are starting to look better for women composers.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

"Because I had just gone through it, I knew how that was going to ring true for so many women."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Located in a former storefront, it is next to a recycling center where homeless and indigent men and women bring cans in exchange for money.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

It is also a day of great sadness for the people of Guinea and the women of Guinea who were victims of the violence that day.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"It's certainly an honor. It's one of the most prestigious awards not only just for women but really the most prestigious awards in science around the world."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29