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Latest women in history Stories
  • THEY CALLED US GIRLS: Stories of Female Ambition from Suffrage to Mad Men. Image: Cynren Press and Alyssa Shotwell.

    ‘They Called Us Girls’: The Narrowing & Broadening of a Writer

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

    By Jessica MasonMar 5th
     
  • Ida B. Wells Barnett, in a photograph by Mary Garrity from c. 1893. This version has been cropped from the original photographic card to approximately the photo itself (the borders aren't quite straight, so I did the best crop I could manage with the restriction), and has also had dirt and specks removed, and the saturation very slightly tweaked.

    8 Women in History to Feature Onscreen Instead of the Awful People We Keep Seeing

    By Princess WeekesApr 17th
     
  • The cast of the musical Six.

    Your Weekend Listen: The Feminist Tudor Pop Musical Six

    By Vivian KaneJun 28th
     
  • young girl essay sacagawea emma

    Things We Saw Today: The Very Best 5th Grade Essay on Sacagawea You’ll Ever Read

    By Vivian KaneJan 25th
     
  • women of Hidden Figures walking through NASA

    7 Women Inventors & Scientists Who Were Unjustly Overshadowed by Men

    By Stephanie WatsonFeb 26th
     
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    The Powerful Reason Actresses Will Be Wearing Black This Red Carpet Season

    By Charline JaoDec 15th
     
  • Public domain image of Ching Shih from Wikimedia Commons

    Twitter Is Sharing Tales of Badass Women from History Who Should All Have Biopics By Now

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

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

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

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

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

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

    By Jessica LachenalDec 9th
     
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    Learn About How Prostitutes Settled the Wild West on Adam Ruins Everything

    By Charline JaoDec 1st
     
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    Japan Apologizes to South Korean Survivors of WWII Forced Sexual Slavery, “Comfort Women”

    By Jessica LachenalDec 28th
     
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    San Francisco Approves Legislation to Create Memorial for WWII ‘Comfort Women’

    By Jessica LachenalSep 25th
     
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    WTF History Presents Revolutionary War Soldier Anna Maria, AKA the American Mulan

    By Dan Van WinkleJul 23rd
     
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    Film About the African-American Women Who Won the Space Race in Development

    By Charline JaoJul 13th
     
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    Pay Attention To This Gloria Steinem Quote About Black Women Inventing The Feminist Movement

    By Alanna BennettMar 21st
     
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