Gertrude Bell, Byzantine Archaeology, And The Founding Of Iraq
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Apparently It Was So Scary For Men To Supervise Women Workers In 1944, This “How To” Film Was Made
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The Many Wars Of Florence Nightingale
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Stop Telling Women To Smile
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A Sneak Peek At The New Lego Documentary Reveals Few Females
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Ask For Jane: The True Story Of The Underground Network That Helped Women Get Safe Abortions
As we watch more and more states try to ban abortion, Ask For Jane reminds us what it was like before Roe v Wade. Based on real events,...
The Complicated Legacy Of Famed Anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
There is hardly a name in science more encrusted with bad faith generalizations and well-meaning but ahistorical hagiography than that of an...
Casualty of Marriage: The Tragedy Of Clara Immerwahr, Germany’s First Doctor Of Chemistry
Clara Immerwahr's work earned her Germany’s first ever doctorate in chemistry for a woman in 1900. But that’s only part of this remarkable woman’s story....
Meet Caroline Herschel (1750-1848): History’s First Professional Woman Astronomer
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