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January 25, 2018June 10, 2018 Victoria Martínez

A President’s Son-in-Law, Nepotism and Treason

January 18, 2018September 27, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Excerpted // Rescue or Death?

January 8, 2018August 2, 2018 Victoria Martínez

The Surprising 17th Century Origins of Radical Feminism

October 24, 2017June 10, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Countess Emilia Plater and the Perpetual Anomaly of the Woman Warrior

October 19, 2017August 2, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Pictured // Woman of the Year

September 16, 2017August 1, 2018 Victoria Martínez

The Serpentine Journey of an Iconic Art Nouveau Jewel

August 30, 2017August 2, 2018 Victoria Martínez

The Lesbian and the Novelist Who Escaped the Gilded Age

August 16, 2017June 10, 2018 Victoria Martínez

The Lady King Who United Medieval Scandinavia

August 9, 2017September 27, 2018 Victoria Martínez

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

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