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Activism and Politics Social Welfare History Project Rankin, Jeannette (1880–1973) (socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu)

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Badass Let's share stories about women from our families

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Bone Fragment in Storage Belonged to Ancient Alaska Woman (www.archaeology.org)

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Work and Economics Opinion | I Got My Name From Connie Chung. So Did They. - The New York Times (archive.ph)

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Ancient History DNA from 25,000-year-old tooth pendant reveals woman who wore it | New Scientist (www.newscientist.com)

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First Queen Camilla first ever divorced woman to be crowned?

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Holocaust survivor from Florida to celebrate 100th birthday by throwing first pitch at Yankees-Rays game (archive.is)

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Activism and Politics MINK! — My Mom Fought For Title IX, but It Almost Didn’t Happen | Op-Docs | WE Survive Abuse (www.wesurviveabuse.com)

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This woman invented the 'ebook', but no one paid attention to her and the credit went to a man

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Athletics Former 3-time U.S. Olympic medalist Tori Bowie dead at the age of 32 (news.yahoo.com)

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Military BBC World Service: The Night Witches of World War Two

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The Magdalene Laundries | Criminal (thisiscriminal.com)

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Science and Invention Evolving Origins. Charles Darwin's correspondents [a number of them women] (archive.is)

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Activism and Politics How the T Got Stuck to the LGB - by Eva Kurilova (www.thedistancemag.com)

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Activism and Politics A lesbian couple in the gay liberation front rally, early 1970s. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics London Lesbians in Leather on their way to pride, 1988. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics New York Pride, 1984. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Badass The Janes 1960s underground abortion network | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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Overlooked No More: Elizabeth Wagner Reed, Who Resurrected Legacies of Women in Science - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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How the Victorians Faked Tiny Waists (without fainting!) (youtu.be)

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Books Margery Williams Bianco, author of 'The Velveteen Rabbit' (archive.is)

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Art and Music Sofonisba Anguissola at Rijksmuseum Twenthe (artherstory.net)

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Badass Teddy Girls: The Style Subculture That Time Forgot (www.anothermag.com)

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First The forgotten history of America’s first public women’s prison in Indiana (19thnews.org)

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Badass A Victorian Magazine Asked Spinsters Why They Were Single, And The Answers Were Incredibly Savage (www.ranker.com)

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