Rather than casting women as narrative frills or confining them to narrow stereotypes, these authors created figures who were independent, resilient, warm, complex - and above all, authentic. Their ...

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The Speed Art Museum in Louisville was featured in a New York Times article titled "A Guide to U.S. Museums to See This Year.

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Author Dava Sobel discusses how she discovered the many forgotten female scientists who were mentored by Marie Curie in early ...

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JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a history that excavates the enormous role played by agricultural workers in recent times ...

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Read an excerpt from Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy’s account of overlooked women in the history of Modernism.