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  • by Karen Powroznik on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 12:55pm
    On June 26, 2015 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right to same-sex marriage is protected under the U.S. Constitution. By legalizing gay marriage, this historical decision recognizes that the...
  • by Alison Dahl Crossley on Monday, November 16, 2015 - 12:12pm
    Women surgeons face intense pressure, challenges and empowerment—much like surgery itself. They also face the obstacles of dealing in what is primarily a male-dominated field. Claudia Mueller, M.D.,...
  • by Annelise Heinz on Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 12:47pm
    When Clayman faculty research fellow Ana Minian went to the Mexican state of Michoacán to interview community members of towns with high rates of outmigration to the United States, she noticed...
  • by Alison Dahl Crossley on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 11:33am
    We all know the popular stereotypes of what happens to adults as they advance in age: they become less competent, are often seen as less “feminine” or less “masculine” to the point of being...
  • by Adrienne Rose Johnson on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 11:47am
    More than three hundred years after its creation, a forgotten music treasure exclusively set for women’s voices was performed at the Clayman Institute Spring Artist’s Salon by a group of Stanford...
  • by Pam Miracle on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 - 6:07pm
    An angry woman stands on a platform and yells to the crowd surrounding her, “Why does any woman take less wages than a man for the same work? Only because we can’t get anything better...Do you really...
  • by Adrienne Rose Johnson on Sunday, May 3, 2015 - 7:14pm
    “Methinks I see them stand shivering on the brink of the dreadful gulf,” John “Damnation” Murray preached in 1788, describing sinners with “their hearts throbbing—their eyeballs rolling—their teeth...
  • by Gender News staff on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 - 11:07am
    Where race and gender meet, there emerges challenge, triumph, leadership, and change. While often overlooked, black women continue to be at the forefront of progress and social innovation, from their...
  • by Staff on Sunday, November 2, 2014 - 5:57pm
    In 1974, the Center for Research on Women (CROW) opened its doors on the Stanford campus. Over the next four decades, CROW, now the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, tackled ground-breaking...
  • by Annelise Heinz on Monday, October 20, 2014 - 3:11pm
    Many have spoken on the necessity of alliances across social divisions, but renowned historian, Paula Giddings...

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