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A brick colonial home with a green door and a green-shuttered window
Boston, Massachusetts

Lewis and Harriet Hayden House

Former home of an abolitionist couple who escaped slavery and established the most active Underground Railroad stop in Boston.
New York, New York

‘The Gilded Lady’

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.
Michael Cleary claimed the human Bridget had been abducted when walking through a nearby "fairy fort," like this one in County Roscommon.
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Podcast: The "Changeling" Murder of Bridget Cleary

In March 1895, a husband murdered his wife after accusing her of being replaced by an evil fairy.
The Podcast Team September 12, 2023
victorian

Uncovering Edinburgh’s Hidden Victorian History—One Doorway at a Time

A new project delves into the stories of forgotten Edinburgh residents and the places they called home.
Sukhada Tatke September 6, 2023
Agra, India

Statue of Jhalkaribai

Dedicated to the life of a brave woman soldier.
A bronze fast of a female face atop a pedestal with a lighthouse in the background
New York, New York

Girl Puzzle Monument

An art installation commemorates journalist Nellie Bly's undercover reporting inside a New York asylum.
Washington, D.C.

Alma Thomas House

For over 70 years, this house was home to a pioneering Black artist and educator.
Spencerport, New York

Fairfield Cemetery

It is one of the few places in Rochester that has both Union and Confederate soldiers buried and honored.
An Indigenous Mexican healer, known as a <em>curandera</em>, performs a ritual at El Rancho de Las Golondrinas, a living history museum in New Mexico.
witchcraft

Podcast: Witches and Ritual Around the Globe

Explore the mysteries of Mexico's Indigenous healers and Denmark's gruesome witch burnings with Condé Nast Traveler's Women Who Travel Podcast.
The Podcast Team July 3, 2023
Mapping Diversity shows the birthplaces of the women who live on as street names in major European cities. “Male” street names outnumber “female" ones 10 to one.
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The Most Popular Person in European Street Names Is a Woman

Can you guess who it is?
Frank Jacobs, Big Think June 16, 2023
Two women pose wearing their intricate <em>mporo</em> necklaces.
kickass women

Inside Kenya’s Women-Only Village Where Traditional Beaded Necklaces Are Symbols of Power

The women of Umoja no longer need a man to make their mporo marriage necklaces.
Nora Wallaya June 13, 2023
bronze statue of a woman with a samurai sword and fan in a kimono
Kyoto, Japan

Statue of Izumo-no-Okuni

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.
San Francisco, California

Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."
In 1938, Elzada Clover (first row, second from left) and Lois Jotter (first row, second from right) were the first non-Indigenous women to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
science

The Historic Grand Canyon Adventure Two Women Had For Science

Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter braved rapids and steep cliffs to catalog numerous plant species.
Sarah Durn May 29, 2023
All illustrations: John Mata for Atlas Obscura
military history

Puzzle Monday: War Heroes Crossword

AO Puzzles May 1, 2023
This tribute to Manuela Beltrán stands in Socorro. It has long been believed that Beltrán, a town merchant, tore up a Spanish edict in the town square, sparking the Colombian Comuneros Revolt of 1781.
history

Manuela Beltrán Is a Colombian Hero. What If She Never Existed?

Historians have found little evidence of the revolutionary icon.
Juliana Castro Varón April 28, 2023
Chemist and physicist Marie Curie works in the lab with her husband Pierre in 1896. Curie would go on to win two Nobel prizes for her groundbreaking research on radioactivity.
radioactive

Marie Curie As You’ve Never Met Her Before

The world’s first two-time Nobel Laureate was a nerd’s nerd who broke the law for knowledge.
Sarah Durn April 20, 2023
Interor central view towards ground floor
Toronto, Ontario

Lillian H. Smith Toronto Public Library

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.