July 18, 2016 A response to Mike Pence’s claim that ‘Mulan’ is liberal propaganda The US Republican nominee for Vice President said some clearly incorrect things. Herein, I provide evidence as to why he's wrong.
July 18, 2016 in Modern Worthies Susan Finley NASA Engineer for Half a Century Ms. Finley has been working on the US's space program since January 1958, several months before NASA even existed.
July 15, 2016 Female tea workers form union The women working for the Kanan Devan Hills Plantation Company, upset over their low wages and distrustful of the male-dominated unions, formed the Women's Collective.
July 14, 2016 in Modern Worthies Maud Wagner The First American Female Tattoo Artist Wagner was a circus aerialist and contortionist who learned how to tattoo from the man who would become her husband.
Comics Sor Juana Inés de La Cruz (1651-1695) The Phoenix of Mexico This brilliant poet rose from illegitimacy and poverty to become one of the luminaries of her age - until she flew too close to the sun.
July 12, 2016 Woman gives herself a C-section and saves her own baby Both mother and child survived and are fine.
July 8, 2016 in Modern Worthies Wanda Díaz-Merced The Woman Who Listens to the Stars Dr. Merced is an astrophysicist who lost her sight due to illness when she was an undergrad. As part of her doctoral research, she developed sonification technology which translates data to sound instead of the traditional visual plots.
July 7, 2016 The Forgotten ‘Girl Mayors’ of the 1920s In the 1920s, numerous white women became mayors of small American towns--sometimes when they weren't even running for office.
July 5, 2016 in Modern Worthies Virginia Raggi Rome's First Female Mayor Raggi is the first woman to lead Rome in a history that spans almost three millennia.
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