I believe that the rights of women and girls  is  the unfinished business of the 21st century.

“We are not really senseless, and we are not angels, too, But very human beings, human just as much as you. It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublime When you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.”

― Alice Duer Miller, Are Women People?

WOW2  is a   four-times-a-month  sister blog to   This Week in the War on Women. This edition covers trailblazing women and events from  July 25 through July 31.

The next installment of WOW2 will be on August 6, 2022.

The purpose of WOW2 is to learn about and honor women of achievement, including many who’ve been ignored or marginalized in most of the history books, and to mark moments in women’s history. It also serves as a reference archive of women’s history. There are so many more phenomenal women than I ever dreamed of finding, and all too often their stories are almost unknown, even to feminists and scholars.

These trailblazers have a lot to teach us about persistence in the face of overwhelming odds. I hope you will find reclaiming our past as much of an inspiration as I do.

will post shortly,  so be sure  to go there next, and catch  up on the latest dispatches from the frontlines.

Many, many thanks to  libera nos,  intrepid  Assistant Editor of WOW2. Any remaining mistakes are either mine, or uncaught computer glitches in transferring the data from his emails to DK5. And much thanks to  wow2lib,  WOW2’s Librarian Emeritus.

One of the most intelligent creatures in nature, it’s no surprise orangutan mothers would form strong bonds with their young. In the wild, orangutan fathers play no role in childcare, so the mothers have to go above and beyond the call of duty. Of all mammals, orangutans are the slowest to fully develop and gain independence from their mothers.

The first two years of an orangutan's life are spent as a defenseless baby dependent on mom for food and mobility. Throughout their youth, they are extremely dependent on their mothers, often breastfeeding until eight years of age. At age 10, they finally move on and fully embrace independence, giving their mothers a much-needed break.