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New research shows men and women of Roman Herculaneum had different diets (phys.org)

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The Messy History of Emily Dickinson's Black Cake Recipe (www.atlasobscura.com)

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Women’s Olympic Games in Ancient Greece (www.historydisclosure.com)

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‘We owe them a huge amount’: march to honour Greenham Common women | Greenham Common | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Nina Gordon and Louise Post- Women of Rock Oral History Project Interview (full) (www.youtube.com)

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How one physician-scientist saved the U.S. from a birth-defects catastrophe (www.uchicagomedicine.org)

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The Wild Ride: Remembering Sally Miller Gearhart - AfterEllen (afterellen.com)

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Archaeologists find 'lost' monastery ruled by Queen of Mercia (phys.org)

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First Before Vaccines, Variolation Was Seriously Trendy | JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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A short history of women working with cars - AMM Collision (www.ammcollision.com)

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‘They deserve a place in history’: music teacher makes map of female composers | Classical music | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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15 Women Who Made an Impact on the Medical World (www.newsweek.com)

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1927: Queen Soraya Tarzi [Time Magazine, 100 Women of the Year]

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The art exhibition empowering women in Afghanistan to fight for their rights (2020) (www.independent.co.uk)

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When England taxed bachelors to address its declining birth rate (great info about marriage for women in the past) (scroll.in)

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The Taliban's bravest opponents [2001] (www.salon.com)

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Cultural Erasure of Women: How Women are Remembered in History (www.polemics-magazine.com)

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Climber Annie Smith Peck Shocked the World—By Wearing Pants (www.adventure-journal.com)

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Women's History: Now With Fewer Women!

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Why prehistoric women were probably hunters too | The Independent (www.independent.co.uk)

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New graphic novel reveals Black women’s hidden role in slave revolts (www.nbcnews.com)

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How these little-known black female WWII heroes lifted morale (nypost.com)

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Athlete Ila Mitra missed the 1940 Olympics, but became an indomitable peasant leader - The Hindu (www.thehindu.com)

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Paula Caplan, who challenged psychiatric stereotypes about women, has passed (archive.is)

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DAME ETHEL SMYTH (1858-1944) (www.ethelsmyth.org)

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