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Maria Sibylla Merian: 17th Century Artist, Entomologist, Explorer And Proto-Ecologist

Dale DeBakcsyApril 4, 2018

Biology took a while to figure itself out. For centuries, it was a mish-mash of Aristotelian sentiments and cabinets of Unnatural Curiosities whose only organi...

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10 Empowering Quotes From Gloria Steinem To Celebrate Her Birthday

wyskMarch 25, 2018

Happy Birthday to the mother of modern feminism....

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‘The Women Who Made New York’, A Beautifully Illustrated Book Featuring The Biographies Of Trailblazers Who Helped To Build New York City

wyskMarch 23, 2018

This past summer a dear friend gave me a copy of an amazing book called The Women Who Made New York. Inside, the author Julie Scelfo signed the book with a love...

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Apparently It Was So Difficult For Men To Supervise Women Workers In 1944, They Made This Educational Film

wyskMarch 22, 2018

For Women’s History Month, the History Channel has shared this 1944 training film from the U.S. Office of Education, because apparently, it was difficult to sup...

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Celebrating Women’s History Month With The Satrun Sisters ‘Women In History’ Poster Series

wyskMarch 20, 2018

"There are so many strong women throughout history who have helped shape our world and they all deserve to be recognized."...

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The Totally Improbable, Completely True Life Of Betsi Cadwaladr (1789-1860), Welsh War Nurse

wyskMarch 14, 2018

On a winter's night in 1854, two steel-willed women regarded each other with mutual dislike across a desk located on a scrap of misery-soaked land. Two more di...

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TV’s Original Amazon Warrior, Lynda Carter, Narrates ‘Epic Warrior Women’ Series On History’s Most Iconic Female Fighters

wyskMarch 13, 2018

On her Facebook page, Lynda Carter recently posted, “Don’t miss Epic Warrior Women!” And when Wonder Woman talks, we listen. So next Monday, March 19, we will b...

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Thanks To Juliette Gordon Low The First-Ever Girl Scouts Meeting Happened Today, 106 Years Ago

wyskMarch 12, 2018

“I’ve got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and we’re going to start it tonight!”...

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Grace Hopper And The Democratization Of Computer Programming

Dale DeBakcsyMarch 7, 2018

In a room across the hall from where I teach, a group of a dozen kids between the ages of nine and thirteen are learning how to program in Python, grasping the ...

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