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Powerful “Harriet” Film Trailer Offers First Look At Cynthia Erivo As American Hero Harriet Tubman

wyskJuly 23, 2019

Focus Features has just released the first trailer for "Harriet", the highly-anticipated biopic based on the inspiring life of American freedom fighter, hero, ...

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The Queen Of Trees: Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai And The Rise Of The Green Belt Movement

Dale DeBakcsyJuly 17, 2019

Imagine a patch of land brimming with rich topsoil. Within that dark brown earth lies the core of a civilization - its ability to feed itself. Prot...

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Trapped in a Velvet Prison: The Private Musical Genius of Fanny Mendelssohn

Dale DeBakcsyJuly 10, 2019

Mendelssohn. Thirty years ago, that name carried two associations: as the surname of Moses Mendelssohn, the philosopher who brought a modernized Judaism int...

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Amy McGrath, Lt. Col, US Marine Corps (Ret.), Announces Senate Run, On A Mission To Unseat Mitch McConnell

wyskJuly 9, 2019

Retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath, the first woman Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat, just dropped this video announcing her campaign for U.S. Sen...

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Nobel Prize Laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard And The Mysteries Of Embryo Development

Dale DeBakcsyJune 26, 2019

How is it that, starting from a single fertilized egg, employing only mechanical processes, you can form a kangaroo, a housefly, or a human? It is one of the m...

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Barbara Strozzi, Master Of The 17th Century Love Song

Dale DeBakcsyJune 19, 2019

Between the monophonic spirituality of Hildegard of Bingen and the lush, human lyricism of Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) there lie five centuries, a Renaissance,...

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Ask For Jane: The True Story Of The Underground Network That Helped Women Get Safe Abortions

wyskJune 13, 2019

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, Ask for Jane tells ...

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The Women’s Space Program That Wasn’t: The Story Of The Mercury 13

Dale DeBakcsyJune 12, 2019

The story of the Mercury 13, as it is usually told, features 13 heroes, 2 villains, and a throng of supportive roles stretched between them in the grey. ...

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Today Is National Doughnut Day… Meet The Women Integral To Its History

wyskJune 7, 2019

Meet Helen Purviance and Margaret Sheldon, the original Salvation Army "Doughnut Lassies," whose service provided invaluable comfort to WWI soldiers....

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