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Ancient Crete Women as Early Suffragettes

In the early 20th century, there were many attempts within newspapers to show that women once had power, such as the women of ancient Crete….

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10 Fashion Fails from the Early 1900s

Every year brings us a slew of fashion fails from across the world, but how about those fashion fails from the past? What crazy fads…

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10 Weird AF Fashion Trends from the Past

If you think the fashion trends of today are pretty wild, you had better take a moment to check out the weird shit they called…

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Famous Woman Explorer Zelia Nuttall and the Aztec Mysteries in 1902

Explorer and archaeologist specializing in the study of the Aztecs, Zelia Nuttall was an incredible woman born in the 1800s. Her views on the Aztecs…

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American Archaeologist Harriet A. Boyd-Hawes

Gournia, a Minoan palace complex, was discovered by the American archaeologist Harriet A. Boyd-Hawes. Notable Women Harriet A. Boyd, the American Archaeologist Who Unearthed Gournia…

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Ancient Egypt’s Queen Hatshepsut was Called a Militant Suffragette

The following article, originally published in 1913, compares the ancient Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut to the suffragettes of the time. Indeed, the queen did have to…

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Women Embalmers in 1908

It was something you would never suspect, but there was an urgency for women embalmers in the past. This was mostly due to the fact…

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80 Year Old Woman Goes to College

Imagine going back to school in your 80s, in the year 1911, as a woman. This one brave soul had a hankering for knowledge and…

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10 Ridiculous Things Men Of The Past Have Said About Women

Women are intellectually inferior to men, vain, melancholic, morbid, and, we have to admit, a little bit nuts. We women might think we rule the…

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A Women’s Bank Opened in New York in 1902

Imagine a bank made just for women. That is what opened up in New York City back in 1902, during a time when all money…

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