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Jacksonville, Florida

Grave of Laura Adorkor Kofi

The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.
This first-century bust shows a stern matriarch carved sometime during Roman Emperor Trajan's reign.
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The Forgotten Women Who Shaped the Roman Empire

From a first-century poet to a Roman consul’s wife.
Line Sidonie Talla Mafotsing February 28, 2024
A young woman working out using boxing gloves and a punching bag in 1890.
ancient

The Women Who Overcame Insults and Even Death to Become Athletes

From bow-wielding Amazons to the trash-talking, 18th-century “Mother of Boxing.”
Sarah Durn February 16, 2024
Prestonpans, Scotland

'Athena' Memorial Statue

A monument honoring 81 residents of this Scottish town who were executed for witchcraft in the 16th century.
Gudrid the Far-Traveled even walked to Rome.
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The First Viking Woman to Sail to America Was a Legendary Traveler

Back when the Icelanders called a part of Canada the “land of grapes.”
Frank Jacobs February 9, 2024
Concord, Massachusetts

Grave of Anne Rainsford French

The first woman in the United States to get a driver's license is buried here.
High-altitude archaeologist Constanza Ceruti climbs towards the highest archaeological site on Earth at the top of the 22,110-foot-tall Mount Llullaillaco in Argentina.
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In High Altitude Archaeology, One Woman Isn’t Scared of Heights—Or Mummies

Even when those mummies still have skin, hair, and clothing.
Laura Kiniry February 2, 2024
Nacka, Sweden

Pilt Carin Ersdotter Statue

A sculpture of a woman so beautiful she got arrested for it.
St. Petersburg, Florida

Museum of Motherhood

Hands-on activities, childbirth artifacts, and a library are all part of this tiny, one-room museum that examines motherhood and women’s roles throughout history.
A female astronomer peers through Yerkes Observatory's massive refractor telescope in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
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Uncovering the Forgotten Female Astronomers of Yerkes Observatory

It all started with a photo of Einstein.
April White January 9, 2024
Stanwyck, as Lane, is challenged to perform a perfect flapjack flip in the film.
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The Real Women Behind ‘Christmas in Connecticut’

The 1945 Barbara Stanwyck film is a classic for its charming portrayal of a food writer who can’t cook. It had its basis in real life.
Mayukh Sen December 20, 2023
Two stone tombs on a raised stone platform
New Delhi, India

Razia Sultan Tomb

Delhi's only female ruler is buried in this neglected, forgotten tomb.
Jacopo Guarana’s fresco ‘Concert of the Putte’ (1776-77).
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The Lost Aria Rediscovered in Venice's Ospedaletto After 250 Years

A fresco at the historic refuge leads a musicologist to a composition not heard for centuries—and the determined young women who once performed it.
Marica S. Tacconi December 11, 2023
Beaumont, Texas

Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center

Pay homage to the "Top Woman Athlete of the Twentieth Century."
Suffragette Umbrella Stand
Glasgow, Scotland

Suffragette Umbrella Stand

A discarded umbrella stand from a women's prison is an object of pride at a library that is dedicated to women's culture and achievements.
Farmington, Maine

Nordica Homestead Museum

The birthplace of this Gilded Age celebrity, opera singer, suffragette, and shipwreck survivor has been turned into a museum celebrating her fascinating life.
<em>Comparison</em>, 1892, by British-Dutch artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
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Sentiment Albums Hold the Seeds of Modern Fandom

These socially connected, multimedia 18th-century assemblages were more than the sum of their parts.
Elizabeth Minkel December 4, 2023
Manchester, England

Pankhurst Centre

The former home of one of the U.K.’s most notable families of suffragettes is now a museum dedicated to women’s rights.