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Dr. Maya Angelou speaks with Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Friday, April 18, 2008. (Source: Tribune News Service)

The virtue of courage personified: Maya Angelou

Samantha Bunderson March 14, 2017

“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt, But still, like dust, I’ll rise.” This is the first stanza of Maya Angelou’s famous...

Free popcorn is handed out at Weber State University's LUNAFEST short film screenings at Wildcat Theater on March 3. Donations received went to programs such as Safe@Weber. (Emily Crooks / The Signpost)

Lunafest funds women’s non-profits

Jeweliette Cordero March 14, 2017

Weber State’s second annual Lunafest, a short-film festival and fundraiser sponsored by Luna Bars, highlighted women's issues in everyday life. In honor of Women’s History month, Lunafest is...

Margaret Hamilton was the lead software developer for the Apollo Mission, at a time where software engineering was considered an inferior science. (Source: Draper Laboratory / Wikimedia Commons)

Paving the way to the moon: Lead on sister

Leah Higginbotham March 14, 2017

The 1930’s were not, as one can imagine, rife with social progression in the way of women’s rights. While the Great Depression made it difficult for anyone to become gainfully employed, it...

Mary Robinson works with health worker Nadhifa Ibrahim Mohamed in Somalia in 2011. Robinson, Ireland's first female president, speaks at Weber State University on March 17. (Source: Wikimedia Commons / Photo by Jennifer O'Gorman)

Women’s History Month Activities on Weber State Campus

Japheth Pleasant March 14, 2017

Three decades ago, Congress proclaimed that March would be the month to celebrate the contributions and achievements of American women in history, designating this month as Women's History Month. “Women's...

The women who inspire Weber

March 5, 2012

[media-credit name="Aimee Smith" align="alignright" width="200"][/media-credit]Many women throughout history have inspired, fought for and blazed trails for others. These women have been writers, professionals,...

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