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Joye Hummel, first woman hired to write Wonder Woman comics, dies at 97 (archive.is)

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Changing the Face of Medicine | Dorothy Reed Mendenhall (cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov)

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Billie Joe Armstrong Recalls How Feminist Punks Spitboy Changed Hardcore (www.rollingstone.com)

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Free course with the OU - The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK (www.open.edu)

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Women's History: Marta's soccer dominance is unmatched (sports.yahoo.com)

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45,000-year-old female skull offers ‘oldest modern human genome’ (www.sciencefocus.com)

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Lesbians vs. Pedophiles: A Recent History - Anna Slatz for 4W (4w.pub)

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First The short life of Morocco's first female pilot who was assassinated at age 19 (face2faceafrica.com)

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First First female barrister to be commemorated with London blue plaque (www.legalcheek.com)

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Rebel Spirits: Boudicca and Zenobia Go to War with Ancient Rome (youtu.be)

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The lost age of women-only hotels (www.nationalgeographic.com)

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Kati Kariko Helped Shield the World From the Coronavirus - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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How Foreign Women Have Been Tokenized Since Ancient Roman Times (hyperallergic.com)

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Smuggler, fighter, courier, spy: How Jewish women defied the Nazis in Poland (www.timesofisrael.com)

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Photos show in prewar Okinawa, women earned for their families (www.asahi.com)

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Elizabeth Hargrave - Women & NB Game Designers (www.elizhargrave.com)

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Two visionaries: Marie Curie forged a friendship with dancer Loïe Fuller | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)

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5,700-year-old chewing gum still contains human DNA from prehistoric woman (www.studyfinds.org)

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Myrtis, the Ancient Athens Plague Victim, Has Message for Covid Era (greekreporter.com)

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Ancient Egypt: Takabuti's 'violent' death by axe-wielding maniac exposed after 2,600 years (www.express.co.uk)

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Donna Stein: The American curator who assembled a treasure trove of international art now gathering dust in Tehran (www.amny.com)

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Work by Enslaved or Female Artisans Can ‘Hide in Plain Sight’ (www.nytimes.com)

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Japan Times 1946: Women of Japan make first visit to polls (www.japantimes.co.jp)

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Feminist, immigrant, icon: how Carla Zampatti built her fashion legacy (www.theguardian.com)

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India’s first female cricket commentator Chandra Nayudu passes away (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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