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‘The Gilded Age’ Just Took a Shocking Turn

By D.R. Medlen Dec 11th
I Hope ‘The Gilded Age’ Gives Us More of This Historical Figure

By D.R. Medlen Nov 28th
This Is Exactly Why Fantasy ‘Historical Accuracy’ Doesn’t Justify Violence Against Women

By D.R. Medlen Sep 7th
Joyce Carol Oates Had the Most Bizarre Take on the Titanic Sub

By Siobhan Ball Jun 26th
The Watering Down of AP African American History Is an Attack on Living Memory

By Alyssa Shotwell Mar 17th
The Mary Sue Book Club, February 2023: Women and Our Secrets

By Alyssa Shotwell Feb 3rd
‘They Called Us Girls’: The Narrowing & Broadening of a Writer

By Kathleen Courtenay Stone Mar 7th
The Woman Who Invented Superhero Secret Identities: Baroness Emma Orczy

By Jessica Mason Mar 5th
8 Women in History to Feature Onscreen Instead of the Awful People We Keep Seeing

By Princess Weekes Apr 17th
Your Weekend Listen: The Feminist Tudor Pop Musical Six

By Vivian Kane Jun 28th
Things We Saw Today: The Very Best 5th Grade Essay on Sacagawea You’ll Ever Read

By Vivian Kane Jan 25th
7 Women Inventors & Scientists Who Were Unjustly Overshadowed by Men

By Dan Van Winkle Feb 26th
The Powerful Reason Actresses Will Be Wearing Black This Red Carpet Season

By Charline Jao Dec 15th
Twitter Is Sharing Tales of Badass Women from History Who Should All Have Biopics By Now

By Marykate Jasper Dec 3rd
Alyssa Milano Starts Survivor Hashtag #MeToo to Show the Prevalence of Sexual Violence

By Charline Jao Oct 16th
Science Confirms What the Vikings Repeatedly Told Us: Women Were Warriors, Too

By Marykate Jasper Sep 12th
Today’s Google Doodle Honors Scientist Eva Ekeblad, to Whom We Owe Vodka and Other Potato-Based Miracles

By Charline Jao Jul 10th
First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon Ran Again Today, 50 Years After Being Attacked on the Course

By Vivian Kane Apr 17th
A Short Animated History on Why Cleopatra Is More Than a Sexy Femme Fatale

By Charline Jao Feb 3rd
Things We Saw Today: Confuse Yourself With This Westworld Mystery Question Supercut

By Jessica Lachenal Dec 9th