You Are In: USINFO > Products > Webchats

American Women: Their Contributions to U.S. Society

Susan Ware © AP/WWP

Susan Ware Date: 08 March 2006 Time: 9:00 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) View Webchat Transcript

In recent years more and more societies all over the world have begun to recognize the vital contributions of women to commerce, their communities, and civic life. Join historian Susan Ware on International Women's Day for a webchat on influential American women. Whether it be Afghan women voting in a presidential election or women starting micro-businesses in Ethiopia, the worldwide trend toward greater equality is clear. During the webchat, Ware will respond to questions on women’s crucial role in the United States and in other societies.

Guest Biography: Susan Ware, a historian and former professor of history at New York University, is a noted expert on 20th century American women. She was a consultant to the Department of State's online publication Women of Influence and served as editor of the fifth volume of Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University. Ware is the author of several books on women and the New Deal. Her most recent book is It’s One O’clock and Here Is Mary Margaret McBride: A Radio Biography. She also chaired of the Library of Congress’ Scholars Advisory Committee for the publication American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States, a 420-page resource guide, and wrote the introduction to the volume.