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On 8 March, 1910 Raymonde de Laroche became the world's first licensed female pilot
I don't really have any cool articles about de Laroche besides the Wikipedia page on her, but it is quite good and a shortish read, so very worthwhile. There is also this short article from the...
I don't really have any cool articles about de Laroche besides the Wikipedia page on her, but it is quite good and a shortish read, so very worthwhile. There is also this short article from the University of Houston, complete with a 3-minute audio version.
The week of 8 March is also International Women of Aviation Week, celebrating all the female aviators (people are getting away from using gender-specific words like aviatrix that weren't necessary in English anyway), including Jacqueline Cochran, the wartime head of Women Airforce Service Pilots in the U.S. and who would go on to be the first woman to break the sound barrier; Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman, the first African-American and Native American woman aviator and presumably the first licensed female pilot of mixed race to participate in air races and barnstorming stunt shows across the U.S. and Europe; Leah Hing, the first Chinese-American female pilot and who started her own flight school after the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931; among many other women past and present who are earning their pilot's license.
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Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office
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Iran announces ‘treatment clinic’ for women who defy strict hijab laws
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A new exhibition opening at Denmark's National Museum is exploring the history and legacy of a mysterious female Viking sorceress known as the Völva
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How to build 300,000 airplanes in five years
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How Finland survived a 1,000,000+ Soviet invasion (1939-1940)
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A man plagiarized my work: Women, money, and the nation
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Denmark's first Viking queen was likely more powerful than the king, research finds
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French state schools turn away dozens of girls wearing Muslim abaya dress
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Iran is about to make its hijab laws even stricter
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Strongly influenced by Quakers 175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA
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Recent analysis shows Iberian Copper Age tomb of high-status person in Spain was built for a woman
“This study was undertaken as part of a broader research looking at the interplay between early social complexity and gender inequalities,” study co-author and University of Seville prehistorian...
“This study was undertaken as part of a broader research looking at the interplay between early social complexity and gender inequalities,” study co-author and University of Seville prehistorian Leonardo García Sanjuán tells PopSci. “As part of this research, it became obvious that there is a serious problem in the identification of biological sex in prehistoric skeletons, which are often found in a poor state of preservation.”
Now redubbed the “Ivory Lady,” this woman’s tomb was first discovered in 2008 in Valencia on Spain’s southeastern coast. The find dates back to the Copper Age, when the metal was used for construction, agriculture, and even creating engravings of owls that may have been toys. The grave is also a rare example of single occupancy burial at the time and the tomb was filled with the largest collection of valuable and rare items in the region. These treasures include high-quality flint, ostrich eggshell amber, a rock crystal dagger, and ivory tusks.
All of these trinkets and single tomb initially indicated that the remains must belong to a prominent male, but peptides and DNA don’t lie.
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Hold the line - The short history of women switchboard operators
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Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated ‘hidden hunger’
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New recommendation to ban Muslim headscarves in Danish elementary schools has been met with a backlash in Denmark
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Where Roe went wrong: A sweeping new abortion right built on a shaky legal foundation
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Our ladies of the perpetual high
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💖 The tale of Tiffany 💖
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Women won the right to vote 100 years ago. Why did they start voting differently from men in 1980?
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The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time – a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960
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The extraordinary story of Joy Whitehead - female soldier of the first world war
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Long shot: The story of a Kurdish sniper
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Female warrior long assumed to be a Viking may actually be a Slavic warrior woman who migrated to Denmark from present-day Poland
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Getting dressed in the 18th Century
Getting dressed in the 18th Century - Women Getting dressed in the 18th Century - Men
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A female historian wrote a book. Two male historians went on NPR to talk about it. They never mentioned her name. It’s Sarah Milov.
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Emma Goldman, one of history’s best-known anarchists, was born 150 years ago
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Southern Baptists to confront sexual abuse and role of women in the church
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I'm a Christian doctor and I help women have abortions. Here's how I reconcile that.
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How new role models are inspiring young Muslim women to reimagine their lives
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Emmeline Pankhurst: The Suffragette who used militant tactics to win women the vote
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Two Indian women enter temple after centuries-long ban on women
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The epic rise and fall of the name Heather
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Jehovah’s Witness girl could receive blood against her will during childbirth
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Victoria Woodhull: The first American woman to run for President — 150 years ago
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Boris Johnson's burka jibe: Why do some Muslim women wear the veil?
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Denmark bans the burqa and niqab
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