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September 20, 2025 Victoria Martínez

The Legacy of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth: Craftivism in History

February 17, 2024February 17, 2024 Victoria Martínez

Helen Keller on Fake News and Social Blindness 

August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 Victoria Martínez

The Slow Death of the “Princess Qajar” Meme and How to (Maybe) Kill It Once and for All

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Victoria Martínez

The New Tropes of Women’s History are as Damaging as the Old

October 11, 2018 Victoria Martínez

International Day of the Girl Child 2018

October 19, 2017August 2, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Pictured // Woman of the Year

September 27, 2017September 7, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Beyond Inspiring: History’s Female PhD Pioneers

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