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    Frances Perkins: Labor Secretary for FDR, and the brains behind the New Deal
    Dana Rovang
    • Mar 22
    • 7 min
    Modern (1800 CE to Present)

    Frances Perkins: Labor Secretary for FDR, and the brains behind the New Deal

    While we take for granted the 40-hour work week and generally safe working conditions, not many know about the woman who spearheaded the...
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    Olga of Kyiv: Ingenious Avenger, Leader, and Saint
    Dana Rovang
    • Mar 9
    • 5 min
    Cultural History

    Olga of Kyiv: Ingenious Avenger, Leader, and Saint

    In twelfth-century Europe, most of the stories that have survived were written by monks, and they usually carried a moral lesson. The...
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    Maude Callen: Nurse-Midwife provided medical care to the poorest in her community
    Dana Rovang
    • Feb 15
    • 4 min
    Black History

    Maude Callen: Nurse-Midwife provided medical care to the poorest in her community

    In the mid-twentieth-century American South, Black women had limited access to medical services and maternal care. Many gave birth at...
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    Phillis Wheatley: A Black and enslaved poet who helped shape Revolutionary America
    Dana Rovang
    • Feb 3
    • 8 min
    Africa

    Phillis Wheatley: A Black and enslaved poet who helped shape Revolutionary America

    Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), was a Black and enslaved poet who lived in the American Colonies during the Revolutionary War. Through her...
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    Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Medal of Honor Recipient
    Herbert Wignall
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 3 min
    Women's History

    Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Medal of Honor Recipient

    Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (1832-1919) was born on a farm in Oswego, New York in November 1832. She attended Syracuse Medical College,...
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    Kate Shelley and the Great Train Rescue of 1881
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 22, 2021
    • 2 min
    Women's History

    Kate Shelley and the Great Train Rescue of 1881

    On 6 July 1881, a massive storm in Boone County, Iowa caused a flash flood. The flood washed out the support trestles for the train...
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    CLEOPATRA'S VERY EXPENSIVE DINNER
    Dana Rovang
    • Nov 20, 2021
    • 2 min
    Women's History

    CLEOPATRA'S VERY EXPENSIVE DINNER

    In his Natural History, Roman natural philosopher, Pliny the Elder, described a decadent dinner thrown by Cleopatra for Antony. ...
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    "The Amazing" GRACE HOPPER
    Julia Chen
    • Feb 25, 2015
    • 4 min
    Women's History

    "The Amazing" GRACE HOPPER

    COMPUTER PROGRAMMER, MATHEMATICIAN, & NAVY REAR ADMIRAL Grace Hopper (1906-1992) was a pioneer in computer programming who worked on the...
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    IRENE MORGAN
    Brendan Wolfe
    • Jan 27, 2015
    • 3 min
    Black History

    IRENE MORGAN

    Before Rosa Parks, a Woman Refused to Give Up Her Seat In 1955, Rosa Parks famously refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery,...
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