Elizabeth Jennings Graham Helped Desegregate New York City Streetcars 100 Years Before Rosa Parks
Elizabeth Jennings Graham was told to get off the trolley and wait for one with “her people” on it. She said she didn’t have people...
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Three Generations Of Ancient Amazon Women Warriors Discovered In A Russian Tomb
This remarkable find was uncovered at a cemetery in the Voronezh region of Russia called Devitsa V. Experts estimate that the burial took place during...
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Meet Charity Adams Earley, The Highest-Ranking African American Female Officer Of World War II
“You don’t know you’re making history when it’s happening,” said Charity Adams Earley, the trailblazing Army battalion commander. “I just wanted to do my job.”...
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Inside The Salacious 19th-Century Murder Of New York Courtesan Helen Jewett, America’s First Tabloid Bombshell
When Helen Jewett was found dead from hatchet wounds to the head inside the brothel where she worked in 1836, the newspapers went wild with...
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Zinaida Portnova: The Teenage Partisan Who Became A Soviet Hero During WWII
Zinaida Portnova was a typical teenager in Belarus, but when the Nazis invaded in 1941, she became a deadly Soviet resistance fighter who would be...
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Cars, Cross-Dressing, And Espionage: Inside The Life Of Star Athlete And Alleged Nazi Spy Violette Morris
The woman with 14-inch biceps made history as an athlete, but Violette Morris was defamed by a sexist government and rumors of Nazi collaboration. In...
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Meet The Donut Dollies, The Unsung Women Who Gave Out Sweet Treats On The Front Lines
Inspired by a simple idea from female volunteers in 1917, the work of the Donut Dollies spanned decades and helped boost the morale of American...
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How Iconic Movie Star And Activist Jean Seberg Was Driven To Suicide By A Covert FBI Program
For nearly a decade, the FBI stalked and slandered Jean Seberg until her suicide in 1979 — and all for supporting civil rights. While some...
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american history, astounding, awe, books, history, literature, People, uplifting, Videos, women, WTFLouisa May Alcott: The Free-Thinking Abolitionist Who Overcame Poverty And Depression To Write ‘Little Women’
Louisa May Alcott infused Little Women with her personal trials and tribulations growing up in an impoverished and unconventional family. Louisa May Alcott’s most famous...
