Women's History

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Work and Economics Alexander McQueen & The Patriarchy Problem in Modern Fashion (youtu.be)

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Why is Elizabeth Fry not being celebrated by the Quakers (bicenentary Gaols Act) (kpss.substack.com)

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NYT Book Review: Infiltrating the Ultimate Boys’ Club — With Spycraft (www.nytimes.com)

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Badass Princess Sophia Duleep Kaur Singh

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“Women’s” history

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Badass The women of the Russian Revolution (onthewomanquestion.com)

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Art and Music The power of needlework: how embroidery is helping South African women tell unspeakable stories (theconversation.com)

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Activism and Politics 1988 U.S. Presidential Debate: Statement by Nancy M. Neuman, President, League of Women Voters | League of Women Voters (www.lwv.org)

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Science and Invention Annie Jump Cannon: Star Classifier (skyandtelescope.org)

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Science and Invention Cecilia Payne: Discoverer of the Chemical Makeup of Stars (www.amnh.org)

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Art and Music National Museum of Women in the Arts

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Literature and Writing Women's writing began much earlier than supposed, finds academic (www.theguardian.com)

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Military Phyllis Latour: The secret life of a WW2 heroine revealed (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Runestones from Denmark praising a Viking queen hint at her power (www.cnn.com)

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Badass Qiu Jin, Chinese feminist & revolutionary martyr (amazingwomeninhistory.com)

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Work and Economics Memorial honors 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire deaths that galvanized US labor movement (apnews.com)

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Badass Chicago’s Dorothy Hoffner, 104, dies after setting skydiving record (www.chicagotribune.com)

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Work and Economics Nobel prize in economics: Claudia Goldin’s work is a goldmine for understanding the gender pay gap and women’s empowerment (theconversation.com)

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Science and Invention Meet Sophie Germain, the amateur mathematician who worked on number theory’s toughest problem (massivesci.com)

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Science and Invention Meet Valerie Thomas, the inventor and scientist who launched the longest-running satellite program imaging Earth’s surface (massivesci.com)

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Athletics Simone Biles wins 6th all-around title at worlds to become most decorated gymnast in history | AP News (apnews.com)

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Carla Lonzi and the Female Revolution (artsandculture.google.com)

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Badass One of the first female explorers! (en.wikipedia.org)

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Think women have never had it so good? You should take a look at medieval days (www.theguardian.com)

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First Jane Anger, Her Protection for Women (1589) (digital.library.upenn.edu)

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