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The Headscarves That Saved the Waves: Lillian Bilocca
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Continue reading →: The Headscarves That Saved the Waves: Lillian Bilocca“Give my love and the crew’s love to the wives and families.” The Ross Cleveland vanished ten seconds after this message was broadcast. It triggered a safety campaign led by Lillian Biloccoa, no matter what it took. This is the story of The Headscarf Revolutionaries and their fight for safety…
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The Fearless Woman Who Cycled the World: Dervla Murphy
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Continue reading →: The Fearless Woman Who Cycled the World: Dervla MurphyShe was 10 when her mother gifted her a bicycle and an atlas and, within a few days, she was arranging a voyage to India. On that very bicycle, she travelled to countries few people are familiar with. She was alone with a handgun in her pocket, a rare occurrence,…
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The Brilliant First Lady of Charity: Eliza Hamilton
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Continue reading →: The Brilliant First Lady of Charity: Eliza HamiltonShe lived longer as a widow than she did before her husband’s fatal duel with Aaron Burr. This widowed life was one of significant work with those most in need. We remember her as the wife of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. She was patient yet fiercely loyal to him, but…
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The Vision of the Greatest Librarian: Belle da Costa Greene
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Continue reading →: The Vision of the Greatest Librarian: Belle da Costa GreeneThe words ‘famous’ and ‘librarian’ rarely appear in the same sentence. But Belle da Costa Greene was both. She purchased far too many wonderful books to name. Under the dusty amber-hued glow of Manhattan’s Morgan Library, she became the custodian of the world’s greatest treasures. She was the visionary who…
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The Delightful Birth of Hot Pants: Dame Quant
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Continue reading →: The Delightful Birth of Hot Pants: Dame QuantHer impact on the Swinging Sixties altered the course of fashion forever. Her inventiveness also made a distinct contribution to the lives of young women. Dame Mary Quant was at the vanguard of design, pioneering unique fashion trends. But as one of fashion’s most influential figures, she knew the controversy…
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How Baseball’s Champion of Black Rights Won: Effa Manley
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Continue reading →: How Baseball’s Champion of Black Rights Won: Effa ManleyShe stands in the Polo Grounds watching a Negro World Series game between the Kansas City Monarchs and her team, the Newark Eagles. Long before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s ‘colour barrier’, black baseball players competed in the Negro Leagues. And at the centre of this world, Effa Manley,…
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The Outstanding Queen of the Desert: Lady Hester Stanhope
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Continue reading →: The Outstanding Queen of the Desert: Lady Hester StanhopeShe gave up a privileged socialite lifestyle to forge an empire in the Middle East. She defied all conventions. Ambitious, empathetic, kooky, opinionated and uncompromising, you could not ignore her. She was the headstrong beauty turned bohemian adventurer who left England for a life of adventure and sex in paradise.…
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The Sweet Honey for the Iron Lady: Irom Chanu Sharmila
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Continue reading →: The Sweet Honey for the Iron Lady: Irom Chanu SharmilaFor one woman, 16 years of her life were notable not for what she did, but for what she did not do: eat. In 2016, journalists from all across the world watched with anticipation. Irom Sharmila looked at the smear of honey in her hand. Her was strained with misery…
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Escape from the White House to Freedom: Ona Judge
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Continue reading →: Escape from the White House to Freedom: Ona JudgeShe seized freedom from President Washington’s home while George and Martha were eating dinner. She had just learned of some frightening news. And so she fled, with Washington hot on her heels. He implored her to return to her life of captivity. But Ona Judge’s negotiations fell on deaf ears.…
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The Gleeful Camp of Comic Book Royalty: Ramona Fradon
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Continue reading →: The Gleeful Camp of Comic Book Royalty: Ramona FradonShe drew Aquaman playing in a band with an octopus. Such was her way. While many modern Aquaman stories attempt to be ‘cool’, Ramona Fradon’s Aquaman exudes a gleeful camp vibe that is nothing if not infectious. She holds the savvy of a woman who has survived some of the…
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reminds me of Toto and Toula Blankett
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