Women's History

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Books Frances Power Cobbe: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Feminist Philosopher (ndpr.nd.edu)

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Art and Music The Sofonisba exhibition brings another female artist into the spotlight (artdaily.com)

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The Story Of Queen Nzinga, The African Leader Who Fought Off Slave Traders (allthatsinteresting.com)

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Retrobituaries: Queen Christina, Who Ruled as a King (www.mentalfloss.com)

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Science and Invention EK Janaki Ammal: The 'nomad' flower scientist India forgot - BBC News (www.bbc.com)

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Art and Music Michaelina Wautier and ‘The Five Senses’ | Museum of Fine Arts Boston (mfa.org)

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The Witches' Pardon - Seriously... - BBC Radio 4 (Audio) (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Art and Music Camille Claudel's Journey From Provocative Sculptor To Asylum Patient (allthatsinteresting.com)

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Activism and Politics First rape crisis centres in the US - Witness History - BBC Sounds (Audio) (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Art and Music Discovering a Feminist Icon: Kathleen Hanna

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Ancient History Ancient Greek Female Artists: The Feminine Aesthetic in Antiquity (greekreporter.com)

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Science and Invention Vaginal Speculum for Applying Leeches | Science Museum Group Collection (collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk)

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Science and Invention The Bizarre History of Trying to Design Cars for Women (www.vice.com)

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Activism and Politics The secret feminist history of the US Supreme Court (qz.com)

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Helen McCabe, Incomparable Friend — Sidecar (newleftreview.org)

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Art and Music Women's Waulking Songs

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Science and Invention The Woman who got us to the Moon (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics How the Women of Los Angeles Protected Their Rights to Drive - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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Art and Music Rosa Bonheur: “As far as males go, I only like the bulls I paint” | National Gallery (www.youtube.com)

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Art and Music Angelica Kauffman | An Overview of Her Artistic Accomplishments (artherstory.net)

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Books The Dancing Goddesses – About the Author (elizabethwaylandbarber.com)

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First Pioneers: Louisa Martindale (1872-1966) FRCOG 1933 – Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Heritage Blog (rcogheritage.wordpress.com)

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Science and Invention Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language, has passed away at 100 (www.theregister.com)

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Activism and Politics The Great Suffrage Parade of 1913 (U.S. National Park Service) (www.nps.gov)

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Discovery of fatherhood

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