In school, when students learn about black history, they hear the stories of Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman, and then are taught about many...
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Undiscovered Black History Heroes
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Forgotten Women: Jane Cooke Wright
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally, amounting to nearly 1 in every 6 deaths . Finding new ways to treat cancer has been...
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Forgotten Women: Alice Ball
We’ve all had a moment, standing near some blatantly sick person, where we desperately hope that we aren’t going to get sick ourselves...
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Forgotten Women: Yvonne Brill
When we look to the stars, it’s not often that satellites are the first things that we think of. Over 2000 of them currently orbit the...
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Forgotten Women: Alice Paul and Lucy Burns
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote in New York. There are a number of phrases I’ve noticed are used when...
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Forgotten Women: Rosalind Franklin
As a woman in science, almost nothing both scares and angers me more than Rosalind Franklin’s stolen legacy. Perhaps you’ve heard her name...