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Category: Neglected and Forgotten History

August 10, 2024May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Jadwiga Simon-Pietkiewicz: Reviving Forgotten Women Artists

April 5, 2024May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

A History of Messy, Chaotic Stories

March 25, 2019May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

The Mother of the Green Book Ignored by History

February 3, 2019May 27, 2026 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

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”

June 21, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Marauchie Van Orden: Soldier of the American Revolution

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