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Tell us about your foremothers

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The New Woman & Her Bicycle: Why Did Victorian Men Fear Women on Bikes? (amazingwomeninhistory.com)

posted by Basementcat666

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What is the Dominant Emotion in 400 years of Women's Diaries? (SEE COMMENTS) (www.youtube.com)

posted by RadicalRamblings

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Literature and Writing Hrotsvitha the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first female historian, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write theatrical pieces in the Latin West, and the first German female poet...

posted by Femina

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Military 1736 - article about two women disguised as men in both France and England (images.vexxed.org)

posted by Metal_detector

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Art and Music When a child prodigy composer matured into a noblewoman, her legacy got complicated (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1

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Reliving ‘The Land’ - Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival founder Lisa Vogel relives history in ‘We Can Live Like This…’ - Dallas Voice (dallasvoice.com)

posted by ArtemisCitrine

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Activism and Politics Emmeline Pankhurst died 96 years ago today

posted by somegenerichandle

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Activism and Politics The History of Women's Public Toilets in Britain - Historic UK (www.historic-uk.com)

posted by FemmeEtal

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Prostitution and pornography: A historical view | Nordic Model Now! (nordicmodelnow.org)

posted by NordicModelNow

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Activism and Politics The March For Women's Lives in Washington D.C. (1986) (images.vexxed.org)

posted by Unicorn

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Paula Murphy, Once ‘the Fastest Woman on Wheels,’ Dies at 95 - The New York Times (www.nytimes.com)

posted by WatcherattheGates

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Art and Music The power of needlework: how embroidery is helping South African women tell unspeakable stories (theconversation.com)

posted by m0RT_1

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Science and Invention Annie Jump Cannon: Star Classifier (skyandtelescope.org)

posted by firebird

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Athletics Tennis rivals Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova fought cancer together - Washington Post (remove-js.com)

posted by ThisReality

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Art and Music Forgotten Female Artists of the Renaissance - Sofonisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, and Artemisia Gentileschi - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English (www.arte.tv)

posted by arete

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Sworn Sisters and Marriage Resisters - Carolyn Gage (carolyngage.weebly.com)

posted by arete

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Activism and Politics The day Philly’s radical lesbians took on City Hall | Philadelphia Inquirer (www.inquirer.com)

posted by HildegardVonBees

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Art and Music The Artist Paints Herself (www.laphamsquarterly.org)

posted by firebird

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Art and Music Quartet by Leah Broad review – Britain’s great female composers | Music books | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

posted by bluestocking

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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Black suffragist and poet (NYT) (www.nytimes.com)

posted by WatcherattheGates

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Activism and Politics Hidden women of history: Théroigne de Méricourt, feminist revolutionary (theconversation.com)

posted by bluestocking

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Art and Music Julia Reichert, Oscar-winning godmother of documentaries, dies | WYSO (www.wyso.org)

posted by bluestocking

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Why The Teddy Bear Was Banned in 1907 (www.nyu.edu)

posted by Lilith

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Daughters of Bilitis - JSTOR Daily (daily.jstor.org)

posted by bluestocking

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Science and Invention Mathematical Treasure: Émilie du Châtelet’s Principes Mathématiques (www.maa.org)

posted by firebird

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