Week 4—Sunday, March 22nd-Saturday, March 28th—of our Women Making History series for 2009 has come to an end (um, ok…it ended a few days ago…but you feel where I’m going with this ) and although we’re staring the last day of March, aka Women’s History Month, in the face, we’ve decided to take this daily feature on till the end of the week. Yep. We’re running the series into the first week of April.

As GDK mentioned in her lateset Letter from the Editor, we have a lot in store for you lovely readers, including some big changes in the coming weeks and due to an amazing response on the series, we will be bringing you many more Women Making History features on inspiring ladies throughout the year!

For now, stay tuned throughout this week for more features!

Below is the Week 4 round-up:

The Ladies of Week 4:

• Sunday, March 22nd: Gloria Steinem

• Monday, March 23rd: Joanna Douglas

• Tuesday, March 24th: Samia Grand Pierre of HighSnobette

• Wednesday, March 25th: Esther Kim

• Thursday, March 26th: Jenny of Yours Truly Brand

• Friday, March 27th: Erin Magee of MadeMe

• Saturday, March 28th: Madeleine Vionnet—”Queen of the Bias Cut”

…aaaand in case you missed any week one, two, or three features, we’ve rounded those up after the jump!

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Back in May, we wrote about a Wonder Woman-inspired collection Diane von Furstenberg designed for this upcoming holiday season.  To commemorate the launch of her collection, DVF has authored  “Be the Wonder Woman You Can Be, Featuring the Adventures of Diva, Viva & Fifa,”? a comic book illustrated by Konstantin Kakanias.

“I am Diva, Viva and Fifa altogether, I am DVF,”? von Furstenberg said. “It’s not so much that I identify with each of them, though. The idea is that if you feel insecure, look at yourself in the mirror, and through the reflection remember to be the Wonder Woman you can be. That’s my message.”?

The comic includes “essays by Gloria Steinem and Les Daniels about the original Wonder Woman, a reprint of the superheroine’s first adventure, as well as several of the first covers.”  The comic will sell for $25 and proceeds will benefit Vital Voices, a non-profit that empowers women.  As a giant Wonder Woman fan, I can’t wait to get my hands on one of these! They’ll definitely be collector’s items and the icing is that it helps out a great cause.

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This upcoming election may be the most important one in our lifetime, with  issues such as equal pay and Roe vs. Wade at the forefront of national discussion.  And with Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin running for office, women are beginning to confuse her as an icon of feminism, which is defined as “”the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.” Contradictory, no?

Well the real icon of feminism, Gloria Steinem, sits down with writer Suheir Hammad and talks about the misconceptions of feminism, not being a breeder, women in the workplace, and of course, Sarah “the Flintstones were real” Palin.

“Having someone who looks like you and behaves like them — who looks like a friend but behaves like an adversary—is worse than having no one.”

Make sure you read up an all the issues that are being discussed this election that can affect our rights as women, as well as our daughters and granddaughters!

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