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May 21, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

The Unusual Union That Led to the World’s First Feminist Government

April 16, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

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

April 3, 2018August 2, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Pictured // Hisssss…tory

March 8, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

On International Women’s Day, Women in History Who Pressed for Progress

January 25, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

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

January 18, 2018September 27, 2018 Victoria Martínez

Excerpted // Rescue or Death?

January 8, 2018May 27, 2026 Victoria Martínez

The Surprising 17th Century Origins of Radical Feminism

October 24, 2017May 27, 2026 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

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