Women's History

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Literature and Writing How Medieval Women Expressed Their 'Forbidden' Emotions (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Literature and Writing Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing ‹ Literary Hub (lithub.com)

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Art and Music A Zulu wooden spoon in the shape of a woman. From South Africa, 19th century CE, now housed at the Louvre Museum. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Literature and Writing Instead of remarrying, in 1389 a 25 year old young widow became the first woman in medieval France to make a living as a writer (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Prostitution and pornography: A historical view | Nordic Model Now! (nordicmodelnow.org)

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DNA tests are uncovering the true prevelance of incest (web.archive.org)

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First The little-known story of Australia’s convict women - Australian Geographic #WomensHistoryMonfh (www.australiangeographic.com.au)

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Art and Music Die übersehenen Komponistinnen (www.onb.ac.at)

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Badass Annie Oakley : “ I ain’t afraid to love a man I ain’t afraid to shoot him either” (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics The March For Women's Lives in Washington D.C. (1986) (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Badass Meet Tarenorerer: the Aboriginal Female Warrior Who Fought Tasmania’s Colonizers - Atlas Obscura (www.atlasobscura.com)

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Athletics Venus Williams playing her 1st Australian Open (1998) (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Work and Economics Women and Heavy War Work (1919) (www.oldmagazinearticles.com)

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Ancient History Living example of Neolithic Goddess religion

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Book Review: ‘The Enigma Girls,’ by Candace Fleming - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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Olga Murray, Who Changed the Lives of Children in Nepal, Dies at 98 - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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Art and Music Florence Price, African-American composer of 20th century classical music

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Activism and Politics "The Hatpin Peril" Terrorized Men Who Couldn't Handle the 20th-Century Woman | History| Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Badass Josephine Baker, poor girl turned starlet who spied on Nazis during WW2 (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics Girls sent home from McKinley High School for wearing slacks and blue jeans, Chicago, 1946. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Ancient History Looking for books on the non-Christian origins of convents

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Who Was Aina Cederblom? - Atlas Obscura (www.atlasobscura.com)

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Activism and Politics An Iranian women debating a Mullah during a protest on Women’s Day in Tehran (1979) (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Femicide in Italy: A modern phenomenon deeply rooted in country’s cultural past (theconversation.com)

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Medieval women used informal social networks to share health problems and medical advice – just as we do today (theconversation.com)

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