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When asking my mom if she remembered the Polytechnique Mass Femicide, she told me about another: the 1966 murder of 8 Chicago student nurses

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At First, the Guitar Was a "Women's Instrument" (daily.jstor.org)

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Yesterday was the thirty-first anniversary of the Polytechnique femicide

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Miyamoto Yuriko - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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The disabled activist who led a historic 24-day sit-in - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The Forgotten Craze of Women's Endurance Walking (daily.jstor.org)

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Weaving Persian Rugs with Mothers' Lullabies: Carpet Workshop Soundscapes in Rural Kashan - Ajam Media Collective (ajammc.com)

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Trowel blazers-women in Geology and Archeology (trowelblazers.com)

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Chavela Vargas: Lesbian, Legend, Mythmaker (www.advocate.com)

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Philippine 'Comfort Women': Demanding Justice From Japan For WWII Sexual Slavery (www.npr.org)

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More women that disguised themselves as men to go into roles they were denied. (lilymaynard.com)

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Misogynist stereotyping in history, Part I: Those prudish Victorian women – culturallyboundgender (culturallyboundgender.wordpress.com)

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9 Heroic Women of World War I You Should Know | A Mighty Girl (www.amightygirl.com)

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10 Female Revolutionaries That You Probably Didn't Learn About In History class (www.filmsforaction.org)

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Betsy Wade, First Woman to Edit News at The Times, Dies at 91 - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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Reintroducing the Big-Game Huntresses of the Ancient World - Atlas Obscura (www.atlasobscura.com)

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The real Queen's Gambit: A female chess star in a man's world (news.trust.org)

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'[Freedom Quilting Bee] The equals of Klee and Matisse' – the Alabama quilt-makers who shook America | Art | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Russian museum director who exposed Soviets to hidden masterpieces dies at 98 | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Hawa Abdi died on August 5th: The doctor who dreamed of rebuilding Somalia was 73 | Obituary | The Economist (web.archive.org)

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The Teen Who Trekked 1,800 Miles Through Canadian Wilderness Disguised as a Man (www.atlasobscura.com)

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Nemonte Nenquimo: The indigenous leader named 'environmental hero' (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The Unsung Heroes Who Created Canada’s First Women’s Shelters (thetyee.ca)

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New York Radical Women Feminist Collective: An Oral History (www.thecut.com)

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Early women firefighters (www.sdfirefoundation.org)

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