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November 8, 2025November 8, 2025 Victoria Martínez

Commentary on “The Jewish Pedlar: An Untold Criminal History” by Tony Kushner

August 10, 2024August 10, 2024 Victoria Martínez

Jadwiga Simon-Pietkiewicz: Reviving Forgotten Women Artists

April 5, 2024 Victoria Martínez

A History of Messy, Chaotic Stories

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

March 25, 2019February 17, 2024 Victoria Martínez

The Mother of the Green Book Ignored by History

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 Victoria Martínez

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

January 17, 2019February 25, 2019 Victoria Martínez

Quoted // Matilda Joslyn Gage

October 15, 2018October 11, 2018 Victoria Martínez

When the Cult of Celebrity Devours Meaningful History

June 21, 2018June 29, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Marauchie Van Orden: Soldier of the American Revolution

April 16, 2018September 6, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Forget About Jack, You Don’t Know Matilda (but you should)

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