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September 21, 2026September 21, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Exploring Female Holocaust Survivors in Science

September 7, 2026August 15, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Holocaust Health Care: The Role of Women Physicians

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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

September 20, 2025May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

The Legacy of Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth: Craftivism in History

August 10, 2024May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Jadwiga Simon-Pietkiewicz: Reviving Forgotten Women Artists

February 17, 2024May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

Helen Keller on Fake News and Social Blindness 

August 10, 2023May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

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

March 25, 2019May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

The Mother of the Green Book Ignored by History

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