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Jun 8, 2018
Miss America 1968: When civil rights and feminist activists converged
Miss Black America was born to tell the country that black is beautiful
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May 17, 2018
This brilliant Chinese scientist was taught she was just as capable as men. Then she came to America
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May 17, 2018
You can thank the first female film director for the fact that movies actually have a plot
Alice Guy-Blaché went from being a secretary to being a visionary of cinema
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Apr 25, 2018
After her first book, a critic argued that maybe not all feminists were ‘dogs’
Men used Germaine…
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Mar 28, 2018
Bombshell actress vs conservative politician: How a 1969 debate revealed deep questions about the state of women’s lib
Clare Boothe Luce and Raquel Welch revealed feminism’s contradictions as a movement…
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Mar 25, 2018
1992: The Year of the Woman
We’ve been down this road before and women are still fighting for equal representation in politics
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Mar 22, 2018
That time Norman Mailer brought his sexism to a debate and enraged women writers everywhere
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Mar 9, 2018
The sexual objectification of flight attendants in the 1960s
Stewardesses in the ‘60s and ‘70s were treated like runway models, perfectly coiffed and ready to serve
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Feb 17, 2018
The history of gendered children’s toy marketing
Barbie was based on a weird German sex doll
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Feb 10, 2018
Phyllis Diller: The zany housewife-turned-comedian
She inspired a generation of funny women with her self-deprecating humor, irreverence, and cackling laugh
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