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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

November 8, 2025May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

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

November 7, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Faces of Diversity in American First-Wave Feminism

September 27, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

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

January 18, 2018September 27, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Excerpted // Rescue or Death?

August 9, 2017May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

When Sweden Rescued 31,000 Non-Swedes from Nazi Germany

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