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12 Children’s Books Gift Ideas for 2022

By Alyssa Shotwell Nov 15th
Is ‘A League of Their Own’ Based on a True Story?

By D.R. Medlen Jul 29th
Let’s Talk About the Badass Women of ‘Vikings: Valhalla’

By Julia Glassman Mar 3rd
Here are the Vikings: Valhalla Characters Based on Real Vikings

By Julia Glassman Feb 25th
Writing STEMMinist Romance Novels: Celebrating Feminism in the STEMM Fields

By Elizabeth Everett Feb 11th
Karen Hallion’s She Series Book Features Inspiring Women and Fantastic Art

By Lyra Hale Jul 14th
Where’s My TV Show About La Maupin, the Bisexual Fencing Opera Singer?

By Jessica Mason Nov 5th
Twenty-Four Classic Female Authors Are Finally Getting Published Under Their Real Names

By Princess Weekes Aug 13th
8 Women in History to Feature Onscreen Instead of the Awful People We Keep Seeing

By Princess Weekes Apr 17th
Preview: Noisemakers Breaks Down Hedy Lamarr’s Scientific Work With Fantastic Art by Winifred Searle

By Princess Weekes Feb 3rd
Meet the Chinese Cersei Lannister: Dowager Empress Cixi

By Jessica Mason Nov 17th
The Best Depictions of the Tudor Women in Television and Film

By Princess Weekes Mar 28th
Queen Tomyris of Massagetae, Slayer of Great Men & Inspiration for Red Sonja

By Princess Weekes Feb 21st
You’ll Never Believe Some of the Women The New York Times Has “Overlooked”

By Teresa Jusino Mar 8th
Bygone Badass Broads Author Mackenzi Lee Talks About Giving Women Back Their Personhood and Their Place in History

By Marykate Jasper Mar 8th
The First African American Mail Carrier Also Fought Wolves and Bears, and Shot a Man in the Behind

By Princess Weekes Feb 14th
Drunk History Spotlights Nichelle Nichols, the “First Black Woman in Space for Fake”

By Teresa Jusino Feb 7th
The Case of Elizabeth Key Grinstead, the First Freed Black Woman, Shows the Origin of Racism in the U.S.

By Princess Weekes Feb 2nd
The Mother of African-American Journalism, Frances Harper

By Princess Weekes Feb 1st
Google Honors Literary Icon Virginia Woolf on Her 136th Birthday—Too Bad Her Home Country Doesn’t

By Teresa Jusino Jan 25th