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NYC LGBT
fromTime Out New York
7 hours ago

A new NYC walking tour is telling the stories of the city's most badass women

A new walking tour in New York City highlights women who shaped history through politics, civil rights, and the arts, including suffragist Mabel Ping-Hua Lee who fought for voting rights despite being denied citizenship.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 day ago

Required Reading

Women's strikes, graffiti activism, and museum repatriation efforts represent diverse forms of contemporary protest and cultural reckoning across multiple global contexts.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
3 days ago

Women of the Rosenstrasse protest challenged the Nazi regime for their detained Jewish husbands' freedom - and won

Non-Jewish German women protested on Rosenstrasse in February 1943 to demand the release of their arrested Jewish husbands, successfully challenging Nazi persecution during the Holocaust.
Women
fromIrish Independent
6 days ago

'It's marvelling how much power a host of women can conjure. It's part of why they burned us at the stakes' - meet the Irish women advocating for other women

Gender parity won't be achieved until 2148, with persistent barriers including legal recognition gaps for lesbian parents, confidence deficits in young girls, and male dominance in academic leadership positions.
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