At Healthworks, we always celebrate women’s power, and every March is not different … only reinforced!
Decades Divas HWX classes
Enjoy HWX lessons set in music of Your favorite female artists and hymns from the past decades And now as we celebrate the month of women’s history. These classes have become a key element in our clubs every March and we have covered you with a full schedule all month.
Members, please hold these classes like any normal class, just in your app. Remember, the classes open 48 hours earlier. Visitors and friends welcome with a test passage.
International Women’s Day: March 8
Be sure to head to our clubs on Saturday, March 8 as we celebrate the power of women with members, staff and trainers! We will have snacks, chocolate, confirmation cards and more as we upload each other together.
Our dedication to women for nearly 50 years
Since 1977, Healthworks has been devoted to providing safe and empowerment of space for all women and non -binary people. In 1997 this was put on a test and we fought for our right to exist in court and local government, changing the laws in MA and beyond to allow there to be one sex clubs!
Read more about our story and you are fighting here and here.
Ways to celebrate around our clubs
- Auxiliary libraries – The area libraries will host continuing special series and events throughout the month.
- The Boston Women’s Market in Night Brewery -Deen the month of women’s history with a perfect blend of crafts, good vibrations and 15 amazing small businesses belonging to women who bring the coolest handmade goods, art and gifts on Saturday, March 15th from 12-5pm.
- Celebrations of the Women’s History Month of the Science Museum – On Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24, the Museum of Science celebrates women’s contributions to science, culture and society with a special weekend event that includes characterized speakers, live presentations, activities and much more
Important elements, past a gift, in the history of American women
- Dr. Bernice Sandler – Known as the “mentality of Title IX”, Dr. Bernice Sandler fought for women’s rights in education with the Association of Women’s Shares as Chairman of the Federal Compliance Committee on Federal Compliance and beyond.
- Dr. Sally Ride – Dr. Sally Ride was the first American woman in space in 1983. Throughout her life, Ride broke obstacles and worked to ensure that girls and women were encouraged to do the same.
- Harriet Tubman – After escaping from slavery in 1849, Harriet Tubman became the most famous “pipeline” of the underground rail, guiding about 70 enslaved people in freedom and later serving as a spy, detector and nurse during the civil war.
- Helen Keller – Deaf and blind for 19 months, Helen Keller continued to become a very educated and productive American writer, activist and lecturer. Keller fought for those disabilities and women’s vote, labor rights and world peace.
- Jane addams – Jane Addams was a leader in the history of social work, women’s vote and at the forefront of the settlement movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Prosecutor for world peace and was recognized as the founder of the US Social Work profession, Addams became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.
- Jeannette rankin – Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to hold a federal office in the United States. He was elected to the House of US representatives by Montana in 1916 for a term and was then elected again in 1940. Rankin remains the only woman ever elected in Congress by Montana.
- Joan Baez – Joan Baez is an American singer, songwriter and activist with the focus of her music in social justice. In 1963, Baez sang “we will overcome” Washington’s course with Dr. Martin Luther King, younger and quickly became a hymn to the political rights movement.
- Rosa parks – Rosa Parks helped to launch the political rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat A white man in 1955. His actions inspired the boycott of the Montgomery bus led by Martin Luther King Jr. The boycott lasted for more than a year and ended when the Supreme Court ruled that the bus separation was unconstitutional.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg – With love “RBG” by its supporters, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a lawyer who inspired generations. After dealing with sex discrimination, he was forged and became the second woman and the first Jewish woman – to serve in the Supreme Court.
- Serena Williams – Serena Williams is one of the most dominant athletes in history, winning 23 Singles titles (most than any player in the open age). It has a revolution of women’s tennis in the powerful style of play and has overcome sports to make a cultural image, supporting gender equality and racial equality.
- Susan B. Anthony -Susan B. Anthony was a key leader in both female vote and abolition of movements, working as a representative of the American company against slavery, while competing for women’s voting rights. Its legacy led to the 19th amendment in 1920, commonly known as “modification of Susan B. Anthony”.
- Suzan showed Harjo – Suzan has shown that Harjo is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator and lawyer of Native American, who helped the local peoples recover more than a million acres of racial land.
- Sylvia rivera – Sylvia Rivera was an American liberation of homosexuals and activist for transsexual rights, participating in demonstrations with the homosexual liberation front. A 1969 Stonewall Inn uprising veteran spent her life to fight against the exclusion of transsexual from the wider gay rights movement. It is considered one of the key elements that secured “T” in LGBTQ.
