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August 10, 2026June 29, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Exploring Female STEM Pioneers of the 1950s

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July 27, 2026July 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Female STEM Pioneers: Holocaust Survivors Who Changed Science

February 17, 2024May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Helen Keller on Fake News and Social Blindness 

March 25, 2019May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

The Mother of the Green Book Ignored by History

December 21, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Christmas, Written by Women

November 7, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Faces of Diversity in American First-Wave Feminism

October 15, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

When the Cult of Celebrity Devours Meaningful History

September 27, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

LaGuardia’s Sister, Eichmann’s Prisoner, Ravensbrück’s “Mother”

August 2, 2018September 2, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Quoted // Edith Wharton on Gender Equality

June 21, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Marauchie Van Orden: Soldier of the American Revolution

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