Women's History

Tell us about your foremothers

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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Feminism (www.bbc.co.uk)

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She was immortalized by Joni Mitchell - and if you love comics, she touched your life (www.cnn.com)

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Ancient History Excellent RadFem podcast episode with Max Dashu on what came before ancient Greek myths got Patriarchalized

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Barbara Joans, Anthropologist Who Studied Women Biker Culture, Dies at 89 - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

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Education An amazing resource for discovering women from history! Explore away! (thenewhistoria.org)

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Activism and Politics Susan Brownmiller’s Radical Life (thenewhistoria.org)

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For 600 years the Voynich manuscript has remained a mystery. Now we think it’s partly about sex (theconversation.com)

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Why so few witches were executed in Wales in the middle ages (theconversation.com)

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Books Radical Feminism and the Wizard of Oz (msmagazine.com)

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Science and Invention The Matilda Project: An Initiative to Raise Awareness of Inequality and Gender Bias towards Women in Science. (www.thematildaproject.com)

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The All-Woman Secret Society That Paved the Way for Modern Feminism | History| Smithsonian Magazine (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Activism and Politics When a Woman Voted No: Jeannette Rankin -Documentary - YouTube (www.youtube.com)

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Women’s self defense manual (1900) (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Activism and Politics Flag Bearer for Women’s Rights Standing Near White House (1917) (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Literature and Writing John Shakespeare’s “Spiritual Testament” Is Not John Shakespeare’s | Shakespeare Quarterly | Oxford Academic (academic.oup.com)

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Activism and Politics Art & Women's Suffrage — Google Arts & Culture (artsandculture.google.com)

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Ancient History ‘Truth behind the myths’: Amazon warrior women of Greek legend may really have existed | Archaeology | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

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Scotland apologised in 2023 for historic forced adoptions – but this happened throughout the UK (theconversation.com)

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Art and Music She Started With a 39-Cent Camera. She Ended Up in Magazines. [Ruth Orkin] (www.nytimes.com)

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The History of Abortifacients (www.jezebel.com)

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First Lisa Lane might have been the inspiration for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit: A former chess phenom who died in February, age 90. (slate.com)

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Literature and Writing How Medieval Women Expressed Their 'Forbidden' Emotions (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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Literature and Writing Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing ‹ Literary Hub (lithub.com)

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Art and Music A Zulu wooden spoon in the shape of a woman. From South Africa, 19th century CE, now housed at the Louvre Museum. (uploads.ovarit.com)

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Literature and Writing Instead of remarrying, in 1389 a 25 year old young widow became the first woman in medieval France to make a living as a writer (uploads.ovarit.com)

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