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This woman realized the sun’s potential long before the rest of the country

Mária Telkes lead the way in solar power development

Jun 14, 2018

This woman realized the sun’s potential long before the rest of the country

Jun 14, 2018

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These women were the toughest performers in the Wild West

Don’t try horse diving at home

Jun 11, 2018

These women were the toughest performers in the Wild West

Jun 11, 2018

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The not-so-sweet story of how Filipino workers tried to take on Big Sugar in Hawaii

How can you win when the media, the public, and big business are against you?

May 30, 2018

The not-so-sweet story of how Filipino workers tried to take on Big Sugar in Hawaii

May 30, 2018

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American women’s obsession with being thin began with this ‘scientist’

Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich were hooked on his diet

May 29, 2018

American women’s obsession with being thin began with this ‘scientist’

May 29, 2018

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This brilliant Chinese scientist learned she was just as capable as men. Then she came to America

Wu Chien-Shiung was 'The First Lady of Physics,' but her work was largely unacknowledged

May 17, 2018

This brilliant Chinese scientist learned she was just as capable as men. Then she came to America

May 17, 2018

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As men took over the video game industry, Brenda Laurel pioneered girls’ games

This VR pioneer had a radical idea — girls’ games shouldn’t be dumbed down versions of boys’ games

May 4, 2018

As men took over the video game industry, Brenda Laurel pioneered girls’ games

May 4, 2018

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This dino-mite lady unearthed some of history’s most important dinosaurs, only to have men steal…

Not until after her death was Mary Anning credited publicly for her crucial role in establishing paleontology

Apr 18, 2018

This dino-mite lady unearthed some of history’s most important dinosaurs, only to have men steal…

Apr 18, 2018

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These horrifying ‘human zoos’ delighted American audiences at the turn of the 20th century

‘Specimens’ were acquired from Africa, Asia, and the Americas by deceptive human traffickers

Mar 20, 2018

These horrifying ‘human zoos’ delighted American audiences at the turn of the 20th century

Mar 20, 2018

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Scientists staged a racist Olympics in 1904 to “prove” white superiority

But the participants of these “Anthropology Days” didn’t play along

Mar 2, 2018

Scientists staged a racist Olympics in 1904 to “prove” white superiority

Mar 2, 2018

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To protect indigenous Alaskans from Japanese bombs, the U.S. gave them… internment and death

The internment of WWII-era Aleuts decimated 10 percent of the population.

Jan 25, 2018

To protect indigenous Alaskans from Japanese bombs, the U.S. gave them… internment and death

Jan 25, 2018

Shoshi Parks

Shoshi Parks

Anthropologist turned freelance writer on history, travel and food/drink. http://www.shoshiparks.net

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