If you're wondering why
Today…
is the birthday of Estelle Massey Osborne (1901-1981), the first Black nurse in the U.S. to be awarded* a master’s degree. She successfully integrated the American Nursing Association and was the first Black member of its board, and played a pivotal role in getting the U.S. Navy to lift its ban on nurses of color.
is National Wordsmith Day, which I mark, as always, by edit lines like this* when they say “Osborne was the first to earn a masters.” Because guarantee, others before her had more than earned that degree; she was just the first to be granted one by The Powers That Be. (See also, wage gap.)
Abortion
Cosmo | Biden Has the Power to Change the State of Abortion. He Needs to Use It | Gretchen Borchelt, Jess Jacobs
Jezebel | US States Passed More Anti-Abortion Measures This Week Than In the Last Decade | Ashley Reese
ABC | 28 abortion restrictions signed in 4 days this week: Report | Alexandra Svokos
Common Dreams | Targeting Roe v. Wade, GOP Has Launched 'Unprecedented' Attack on Abortion Rights in 2021 | Jessica Corbett
HuffPost | A Staggering 60+ Abortion Restrictions Have Been Enacted This Year | Lydia O’Connor
The 19th | 2021 could be the year of abortion restrictions | Shefali Luthra
Rewire News Group | 7 States Passed a Record Number of Abortion Restrictions This Week
Rewire News Group | What Could a Biden Administration Achieve for Reproductive Rights?
Rewire News Group | The FDA Opened Abortion Access. Just Not for Everybody. | Paige Alexandria
Washington Post | Pelosi’s archbishop in San Francisco says public figures who support abortion rights should be barred from Communion | Reis Thebault
Arkansas
Rewire News Group | Arkansas Wants Cops Involved in Some Abortions | Kylie Cheung
Idaho
Spokesman-Review | Idaho's 'heartbeat' abortion ban relies on nationwide wave of anti-abortion laws eyeing Supreme Court | Orion Donovan-Smith
Kansas
AP | Top Kansas court upholds law barring 'wrongful birth' suits | John Hanna
Michigan
WLNS-TV | Michigan could ban certain motivations for getting an abortion | Tom Darling
New York
New York Daily News | Anti abortion protesters agree to behave at NYC Planned Parenthood in deal with AG Tish James | Stephen Brown
Texas
AP | Lubbock votes to ban abortion, setting up likely legal fight
Texas Tribune | Lubbock votes to become the state’s largest “sanctuary city for the unborn” | Shannon Najmabadi
Austin Chronicle | Local Legal Leaders Come Out Swinging Against Anti-Abortion Bills | Mary Tuma
LGBTQ
Axios | "I want to choose flight": Families look to leave states banning health care for trans kids | Orion Rummler
LGBTQ Nation | Caitlyn Jenner opposes letting trans girls play school sports. It’s her first campaign issue. | Bil Browning
Jezebel | This Bitch | Harron Walker
Newsweek | Caitlyn Jenner's Past Support for Young Trans Athletes Resurfaces as Her Position Flips | Christina Zhao
More from The Advocate, AP, Business Insider, CBS, CNN, Forbes, Reuters
Los Angeles Blade | When Trans Athletes Win | Zack Ford
NBC | Undoing 4 years of 'damage': LGBTQ advocates on Biden's first 100 days | Jo Yurcaba
MSNBC | Biden told the trans community 'Your president has your back.' We need more. | Katelyn Burns
Florida
The American Independent | Florida's about to pass the first bill restricting LGBTQ rights in over 2 decades | Casey Quinlan
Miami New Times | Florida Just Passed a Transgender Athlete Ban — Here's a Timeline of How That Happened | Alexi C. Cardona
More from Florida Phoenix, Forbes, Miami Herald, Tampa Bay Times, Watermark
Idaho
NPR | Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle | Melissa Block
Iowa
Des Moines Register | Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says she wants to sign a transgender athlete bill this spring | Ian Richardson
Louisiana
Louisiana Illuminator | Billy Nungesser says transgender restrictions will have a ‘negative impact’ on tourism | Julie O'Donoghue
Montana
Missoulian | Gianforte signs bills allowing sex ed opt-out, requiring gender-affirming surgery to change birth certificate | Holly Michels
More from AP
North Carolina
Jezebel | North Carolina Republican Admits Bill Banning Trans Girls from Girls' Sports Tackles a Problem That Doesn't Exist | Esther Wang
Virginia
Changing America | Virginia creates first LGBTQ+ advisory board to 'link' government and community | Alexandra Kelley
More from DiversityInc, Los Angeles Blade
West Virginia
NBC | W. Va. governor unable to cite one example to justify trans athlete ban | Jo Yurcaba
More from The Advocate, Changing America, Newsweek
Pregnancy & Parenting
Forbes | Miscarriages: The Costly Workplace Taboo | Adi Gaskell
Time | If Biden Wants to Help America's Kids, He Should Call for Free Camp | Nick Melvoin
Nevada
Reno Gazette-Journal | One step Nevada can take to address our maternal mortality crisis | Myechia Minter-Jordan
South Carolina
Post and Courier | Commentary: All SC mothers deserve access to high-quality prenatal care | Patricia Moore Henegan
Work & Money
Above The Law | One Goal For All: The U.S. Women’s National Team’s Fight For Equal Pay | Maya Cohen
North Carolina
Public News Service | More NC Employers See Public Health Benefits of Paid Leave | Nadia Ramlagan