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Ice, Ice Lady: The Seven Expeditions Of Arctic Explorer Louise Arner Boyd

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 22, 2020

If the story of Louise Arner Boyd (1887-1972) teaches us anything, it is that how you start a journey need not determine how you end it. Her first expedition ...

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Teacher To A Century: Nadia Boulanger And The Arrival Of Modern Music

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 17, 2020

For four decades sitting at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, if you were a composer of promise seeking to deepen your skill and find your voice, be you ...

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‘I Was The 14th African-American Woman Architect In The U.S.’… Meet Kathryn Tyler Prigmore

Guest ContributorJanuary 16, 2020

By byGeorge - Kathryn Tyler Prigmore was shocked to see herself in a 1985 issue of EBONY, listed as the 14th African-American woman registered to practice arch...

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Love And Butterflies: The Adventures Of Victorian Lepidopterist Margaret Fountaine

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 15, 2020

For a young English woman of respectable lineage, the 19th century offered a clear, well delineated path from birth to death, full of tradition and routine and...

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“Walk In My Boots!” Feminist Plumber Pens Powerful Essay On Being A Woman In Construction Trade

Guest ContributorJanuary 9, 2020

By Judaline Cassidy - Here’s the question men at a construction site never get: Are you qualified? Women get asked this every day of every job. So, allow me...

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Midwife To A Nation: Madame du Coudray And The King’s Commission To Professionalize Childbirth

Dale DeBakcsyJanuary 8, 2020

Midwife. Few words in the history of western medicine can evoke sudden and unequivocal academic tribal sentiment as that single term. To one school...

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Casualty Of Genius: The Sacrifice Of Mileva Maric-Einstein

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 19, 2019

"I need my wife. She resolves all of my mathematical problems." – Albert Einstein Content Note: By the end of this article, you are not going to like Albert...

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Teri Johnson’s Home Fragrance Brand Celebrates The Harlem Renaissance Through The Power Of Scent

wyskDecember 17, 2019

After moving from her native Texas to New York City’s Harlem, Teri Johnson, a travel and lifestyle expert, embarked on an intensive research journey that led h...

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Let It STEM, Let It STEM, Let It STEM: A Holiday Guide To 2019’s Great Women In Science Books

Dale DeBakcsyDecember 11, 2019

2019 has been an incredible year for books about the history of women in STEM. A short two decades ago, it would have been riches beyond telling to have ...

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