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Mexican farmers find rare female statue in citrus grove (abcnews.go.com)

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Victorian Oppression of Women Through Psychiatry (www.theatlantic.com)

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Lin Farley Marched the First March and Gave 'Sexual Harassment' a Name (thevelvetchronicle.com)

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Who Am I? 12 Notable Women in American Medical History (infocus.nlm.nih.gov)

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Naginata a weapon that was popular among female warriors in Japan! (tvtropes.org)

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Stockholm Syndrome was invented by a psychiatrist to discredit a woman who criticized him after he almost got her killed (Reddit) (old.reddit.com)

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A Medieval Nun Led This Newly Unearthed Buddhist Monastery in Eastern India (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Mercury 13: Women of the Mercury Era (mercury13.com)

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Barbara Blake-Hannah: how Britain’s first black female TV reporter was forced off our screens | Television industry | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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The True Story of Semiramis, Legendary Queen of Babylon (www.nationalgeographic.com)

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The Way Americans Remember the Blackwell Sisters Shortchanges Their Legacy |History | Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Archaeologists in Turkey Unearth 2,500-Year-Old Temple of Aphrodite |Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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First "11 Women Who Did Groundbreaking Things That Men Got The Credit For" - HuffPost (www.huffpost.com)

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Women Artists Reflect on How They Helped Shape SoHo |At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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How steak became manly and salads became feminine (theconversation.com)

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Desegregating the Girl Scouts - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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Today In Aviation History: Bessica Raiche, Sept. 16, 1910 (jdasolutions.aero)

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History that seems to be ignored by mainstream

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Said It: Feminist News, Culture, and Politics - 1999-2017 (web.archive.org)

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Women at Work during World War I – The Public Domain Review (publicdomainreview.org)

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Awesome site to learn about female historical figures! :D (www.rejectedprincesses.com)

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BBC Radio 4 - Chinese Characters - Wu Zetian: China’s kick-ass female Emperor (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Where Are The Women? (www.npr.org)

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January blues: How the women of the Jazz Age are finally getting their dues | The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)

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“Hysterical” and “loony” || The Guardian: The feminization of Madness is crazy (archive.is)

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