April 26, 2017 Colorized Photos of Soviet Female Snipers from WW2 Newly-colorized photos highlight the female Russian snipers of WW2 - including RP fave Lyudmila Pavlichenko!
April 25, 2017 State of the Project A lot of the work going into RP this month hasn't been super visible. Here's what I've been up to.
April 21, 2017 in Modern Worthies Grace Humiston America's First Female Chief Federal Prosecutor America’s first female chief federal prosecutor not only put herself in harm’s way to end abusive labor practices, she later became a PI and solved murders.
April 18, 2017 Training Former Underage Sex Workers in India for Careers in Law They'll prosecute those who abused them in their childhood.
April 14, 2017 in Modern Worthies The Society of Woman Geographers The 1920s All-Female Exploration Society When they weren't allowed to join the men-only Explorers Club, these intrepid women started their own.
April 13, 2017 African Warrior Queen Amanirenas to get her own movie Once again, someone covered on RP is getting their turn in the sun - this time, it's Amanirenas!
April 11, 2017 in Modern Worthies Susanna Salter America's First Female Mayor Men nominated her to make fun of her. Then she won.
April 10, 2017 in Weird History “Her Eyes Were Murderous.” Sometimes I look at a biography's table of contents and just can't wait to start reading it.
April 10, 2017 in Ask Jason Who says there were no female pirates? An author of historical fiction got called out as "unrealistic" for including female pirates. I set his critic straight.
April 7, 2017 A new women-only cab service is helping women get around in Pakistan Employing and catering only to women, the Pink Taxi service is the first of its kind.