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03.31.2021 13 minute read

24 Pioneering Women You Didn’t Learn About in School

Murasaki Shikibu (973 or 978–1014 or 1031) is the penname of a Japanese writer and Imperial lady-in-waiting, best known for penning The…

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03.30.2021 11 minute read

Eartha Kitt: Entertainer, Activist, Virtuous Villainess

Photo Credit: Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons   Most widely known as the Catwoman to Adam West’s…

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03.26.2021 6 minute read

Artemesia Gentileschi: The Great Woman Artist You Were Looking For

Image Source: Wikipedia   If you thought all great painters were men, you are not alone. Artemesia Gentileschi was relatively…

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03.12.2021 9 minute read

You Can’t Be What You Can’t See

In 1995, Hillary Clinton famously championed global gender equality at a United Nations Conference in Beijing: “Human rights are women’s…

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02.23.2021 6 minute read

Augusta Savage: Art, Activism, and Blackness in the Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s was an incredible and inspiring time in American history, where brilliant Black…

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02.02.2021 6 minute read

Kara Walker: Taking on Sordid Historical Narratives through Striking Silhouettes

What makes a powerful piece of art? Is it purely aesthetic? Is it the technical skill and precision that goes…

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11.02.2020 14 minute read

A Day in the Life of Dr. Antonette Whitehead

You might have imagined that at this point, there is more robust diversity in medicine, but the old truth that…