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‘Nailed It’: The 20 Vietnamese Refugee Women Who Sparked The Multibillion Dollar Nail Salon Industry

wyskMay 7, 2019

Premiering today, May 7, is Nailed It, a new documentary by filmmaker Adele Free Pham that uncovers the history of the Vietnamese nail salon. In every city,...

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Sneak Peek Of Toni Morrison Documentary “The Pieces I Am”

wyskMay 2, 2019

As committed fans of Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison, we are very excited for the new documentary film The Pieces I Am, which chronicles the legendary...

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Hedy Lamarr: The Movie Star Who Invented Bluetooth… In 1942

Dale DeBakcsyMay 1, 2019

A movie star. An avant-garde composer. A radio-controlled torpedo. Wi-Fi. One of the unfortunate truths about our web of modern comforts is tha...

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Lead, TNT, And Rayon: Dr. Alice Hamilton’s Battle Against Industrial Poisons

Dale DeBakcsyApril 24, 2019

The lack of regulation in American industry during the early Twentieth Century is the stuff of horrific legend - from the grotesqueries of the meat industry as...

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Botanist, Artist, Nurse, And Teacher: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Western Legacies

Guest ContributorApril 23, 2019

By Wynne Brown - It was most likely a bitter cold December day in 1869 as the wooden side-wheeled steamer churned through the New York City harbor. Sara Plumme...

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The Two Montessoris: The Rise And Fall And Rebirth Of An Educational Revolution

Dale DeBakcsyApril 18, 2019

Had Maria Montessori died in 1913 at age 43, at the height of her fame and insight, this would be a pretty straightforward article about somebody who saw a pro...

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Dame Daphne Sheldrick And The Half Century Struggle To Save The Elephants Of Kenya

Dale DeBakcsyApril 10, 2019

A mother elephant staggers forward, arrows protruding from her flank and legs, poison coursing through her blood that is attacking her muscles and making every...

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Vulvas: Officially Scarier Than Satan

Guest ContributorApril 10, 2019

A cartoon from the 1800s shows the devil being chased off by a woman lifting her skirts, because vulvas are apparently worse than the source of all evil. By...

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“Queens of Daytime” Explores Women’s Empowerment In The 1950s

wyskApril 9, 2019

Did you know that in the 1950s soap operas were actually owned and operated by detergent companies? As the companies worked to increase their profit margins, t...

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