Women's History

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First How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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Books Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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Ancient History Celtic Women Ruled Iron Age Britain, 2,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals | IFLScience (www.iflscience.com)

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Art and Music 2025 Museum Exhibitions Featuring Historic Women Artists (artherstory.net)

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Work and Economics The history of women cyclists – an uphill climb to equality (theconversation.com)

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Science and Invention Sister Mary Kenneth Keller (PhD, 1965): The first PhD in computer science in the US – Computer Sciences – UW–Madison (www.cs.wisc.edu)

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Athletics Ancient female athletes!

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Education Just bought several women's biographies

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Art and Music Medieval women exhibition challenges stereotypes of religious sisters | Global Sisters Report (www.globalsistersreport.org)

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Social media ‘soft girls’ depend on men for money – but Sweden once used state ‘influencers’ to urge women to get jobs (theconversation.com)

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From tuxedos to tattoos, Eleanor Medhurst’s Unsuitable traces a hidden history of lesbian fashion (theconversation.com)

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Ancient History 'Vulva stone' and coin jewelry among remarkable treasures discovered at Viking burial site in Norway | Live Science (www.livescience.com)

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Activism and Politics The Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society (U.S. National Park Service) (www.nps.gov)

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Ancient History Max Dashu’s Suppressed Histories Archives Website (suppressedhistories.net)

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Martha Hughes Cannon: The nation's first female state senator – Deseret News (www.deseret.com)

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Badass Pearl Young, the first woman to work in a technical role at NASA, overcame barriers and ‘raised hell’ − her legacy continues today (theconversation.com)

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Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial | Women | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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December 6: Today we say their names (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Ancient History Earliest known 'Jesus is God' inscription found in a 1800 year old mosaic in Israel dedicated to 5 women deemed greatest discovery since the Dead Sea Scrolls!

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Badass Golden Orchid Society! Chinese women who rejected Patriarchy and lived together instead!

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Badass Madeleine Riffaud, ‘the Girl Who Saved Paris,’ Dies at 100 (www.nytimes.com)

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Women's Contribution to Civilization is not recognized or publicized

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Ancient inscription on statue carved by 'King Midas' tribe finally deciphered | Daily Mail Online (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Abida Sultaan: India's 'rebel' Muslim princess who shot tigers and drove a Rolls-Royce (www.bbc.com)

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How a Woman brought about Thanksgiving (youtu.be)

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