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Anna Howard Shaw (1847 - 1919) - Women's History

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Mar 26, 2017

Women's History

Anna Howard Shaw (1847 - 1919) - Women's History

She witnessed the Civil War and World War 1 in the US.

Sacagawea (1788 - 1812) - Women's History

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Mar 23, 2017

Women's History

Sacagawea (1788 - 1812) - Women's History

According to most sources, she gave birth to a daughter in 1812 and died. William Clark then adopted her two children, although the man who

Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson (1912 - 2007) - Women's History

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Mar 22, 2017

Women's History

Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson (1912 - 2007) - Women's History

Her work encouraged preserving the California Redwoods, rather than cutting them all down and turning them into furniture.

Ellen Swallow Richards (1842 - 1911) - Women's History

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Mar 21, 2017

Women's History

Ellen Swallow Richards (1842 - 1911) - Women's History

She developed sewage treatment options, which have saved millions of lives over the years.

Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722 - 1793) - Women's History

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Mar 20, 2017

Women's History

Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722 - 1793) - Women's History

When her father suggested she look at more crops the plantations could grow, her botany knowledge gave her ideas.

Margaret Knight (1838 - 1914) - Women's History

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Mar 19, 2017

Women's History

Margaret Knight (1838 - 1914) - Women's History

Almost all women have to invent something during some point in their lives. Most of those inventions are forgotten, or if they continue to

Abigail Scott Duniway (1834 - 1915) - Women's History

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Mar 16, 2017

Women's History

Abigail Scott Duniway (1834 - 1915) - Women's History

Abigail Scott Duniway's work gave women the right to vote, and hope that in the future women may eventually be valued equal to a man in job

Virginia Dare (1587 - ?) - Women's History

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Mar 15, 2017

Women's History

Virginia Dare (1587 - ?) - Women's History

What happened to Virginia? The pioneering first European North American infant? No one really knows.

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) - Women's History

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Mar 14, 2017

Women's History

Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896) - Women's History

It is relevant today, as any social ill can be recognized as tearing both the individual, and the family, apart. That river.

Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) - Women's History

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Mar 13, 2017

Women's History

Rachel Carson (1907 - 1964) - Women's History

Her interests concerned the both the livelihood of the fisherman, as well as conserving the fish population for future generations.

Margaret Bourke-White (1904 - 1971 - Women's History

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Mar 12, 2017

Women's History

Margaret Bourke-White (1904 - 1971 - Women's History

It was also a life of firsts. Both as a woman, and in some cases, a photographer.

Laura Dewey Bridgeman (1829 - 1889) - Women's History

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Mar 10, 2017

Women's History

Laura Dewey Bridgeman (1829 - 1889) - Women's History

Thanks to Laura Dewey Bridgeman, some people began to recognize that deafblind could be active members of society.

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955) - Women's History

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Mar 9, 2017

Women's History

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 - 1955) - Women's History

She learned everything she could. At the time, like many young women, she balanced art, music, and dance, with the available book learning

Clara Barton (1821 - 1921) - Women's History

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Mar 8, 2017

Women's History

Clara Barton (1821 - 1921) - Women's History

Teaching wasn't enough. She sought to work for the federal government, though women had not been allowed to before that time.

Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884 - 1966) - Women's History

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Mar 7, 2017

Women's History

Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884 - 1966) - Women's History

Her judgeship was not her last. She continued onward through the legal system, including being the first female judge on the Ohio State Sup

Hannah Adams (1755-1831) - Women's History

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Mar 6, 2017

Women's History

Hannah Adams (1755-1831) - Women's History

Her works, and court cases against male authors who wanted to write on the same topic, led to the beginnings of copyright law in the US. How

Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818) - Women's History

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Mar 2, 2017

Women's History

Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818) - Women's History

Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818) tried to make woman equal to men from day one in the United States. She fought against her husband, future sec

Abby Brown

Mar 1, 2017

Women's History

Women's History Month

It isn't uncommon for employers to hire a bunch of people, and then choose who they want to work, not based on skill, or ability, rather on

Abby Brown

Feb 18, 2017

Odds And Ends

Science

Every breath, every movement, every cell growth and regeneration is part of science.

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Feb 17, 2017

Odds And Ends

PTSD

It puts the sufferer right back into that time, situation, and circumstances, as if no time had passed. If the precipitating event occurred