Women's History

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Activism and Politics The ABC's In Our Blood shines a light on lesbian activism during the AIDS crisis – but there's more to their story (theconversation.com)

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Books Feminist Bookstores and the Disappearance of Sacred Space by Marie Cartier (feminismandreligion.com)

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Activism and Politics International Women’s Day has a little-known radical history - Vox (www.vox.com)

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Science and Invention Laura Bassi, Enlightenment Scientist - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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

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Art and Music Rich, Famous and Then Forgotten: The Art of Rosa Bonheur (archive.ph)

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Art and Music Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band — CWLU HERSTORY (www.cwluherstory.org)

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Ken Russell's Brilliant Photos of Teddy Girls from 1955 - Flashbak (flashbak.com)

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Art and Music Henriëtte Ronner-Knip | The painter of cats (www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com)

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Art and Music Louise Farrenc: A French Romantic Composer Ahead of Her Time - Handel and Haydn Society (handelandhaydn.org)

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Scarlet Letters: Getting the History of Abortion and Contraception Right - Center for American Progress (www.americanprogress.org)

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Iceland's unsung 'herring girls' - BBC Travel (www.bbc.com)

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Anne Bonny and Mary Read: female pirates (www.independent.co.uk)

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“Lady Death” of the Red Army: Lyudmila Pavlichenko | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans (www.nationalww2museum.org)

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Angry Women — FiLiA (www.filia.org.uk)

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Edmonia Lewis and Her Stamp on American Art | Smithsonian Voices | Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Badass 10 Badass Warrior Women in History - HISTORY (www.history.com)

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

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

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Lady Constance Bulwer-Lytton - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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Would the world be more peaceful if there were more women leaders? — Quartz (qz.com)

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Gibraltar (EUROPE) Vote to decriminalise and allow abortions (www.bbc.com)

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What Does It Mean to Call Helen Keller a Fraud? | JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

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Any Historians ?What is Japan's history of prostituting woman?

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