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13-Year-Old Artist Pays Tribute To RBG, Creates Digital Collage Portrait Using Eight Of Her Acrylic Paintings

wyskSeptember 25, 2020

Today, September 25, 2020, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15, 1933 - September 18, 2020), a true American hero, lies in state at the U.S...

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Gertrude Bell, Byzantine Archaeology, And The Founding Of Iraq

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 23, 2020

The art of Strenuous Living is one we usually associate with the generation of nervous over-achievers who grew up after the US Civil War, during the age that s...

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47 Years Ago Today: Billie Jean King Defeated Bobby Riggs In Battle Of The Sexes

wyskSeptember 20, 2020

More than 50 million Americans tuned in to watch, making it the most viewed U.S. tennis match of all time. More importantly, King's victory made it a game-changer for women’s tennis....

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Her Story: The Amazing Life Of Reva Stern Stetten Gornbein Who Turns 100 Today

Guest ContributorSeptember 10, 2020

What can one woman accomplish in 100 years? A full life, well-lived if you are Reva Stern Stetten Gornbein (b. September 10, 1920). Her path has been a kaleido...

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Where Sex Begins: The Chromosomal Investigations Of Nettie Stevens

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 9, 2020

If you were to ask an ancient Greek how it is determined that a baby is born a boy or a girl, they would have had some interesting and very compelling theories...

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Apparently It Was So Scary For Men To Supervise Women Workers In 1944, This “How To” Film Was Made

wyskSeptember 7, 2020

"Women scare me. At least they do in a factory." - 'Joe', Factory Line Supervisor, 1944, speaking of the problems he’s having supervising women workers To keep ...

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The Many Wars Of Florence Nightingale

Dale DeBakcsySeptember 2, 2020

Though we think of her as the Lady With the Lamp, tirelessly patrolling the sick wards of the Crimean War offering solace and healing to soldiers who had been ...

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NASA Astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps Set To Make History As Part Of First Operational Boeing Crew Mission To ISS

wyskSeptember 1, 2020

NASA has assigned astronaut Dr. Jeanette Epps to NASA’s Boeing Starliner-1 mission, the first operational crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraf...

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The Modern Amphitrite: The Many Nautical Revolutions Of Janet Taylor

Dale DeBakcsyAugust 27, 2020

The nineteenth century saw Great Britain expanding vociferously into new markets, extending its influence, for better or worse, into every corner of the globe ...

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