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fromJezebel
5 days ago

America Could Learn a Lot from Its 'Bandit Queen' of the Wild West

Pearl Hart, America's female stagecoach robber in the late 19th century, challenged gender norms by pursuing a male-dominated criminal career and protesting her trial as unconstitutional due to women's lack of voting rights.
fromBusiness Insider
8 months ago

The glamorous life of Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, the millionaire socialite whose life inspired HBO's 'The Gilded Age'

Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was a prominent Gilded Age socialite who married a Vanderbilt railroad heir, becoming a significant figure in high society and later in the women's suffrage movement.
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