In 1856, decades before the term “greenhouse gas” was coined, Eunice Newton Foote demonstrated the greenhouse effect in her home...
Lost Women of Science The Woman Who Demonstrated the Greenhouse Effect
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Women Behind the Curtain: Voltairine
Voltairine de Cleyre (1866-1912) was an American anarchist, writer, poet, and lecturer. Her radical and compelling works...
Women Behind the Curtain: Flora Tristan
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Women Behind the Curtain: Rose Morgan
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Women Behind the Curtain: Catherine of Siena
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Women Behind the Curtain: Nur Jahan
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Lost Women of Science Dr. Rebecca Crumpler, America’s First Black Female Public Health Pioneer
Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, born in 1831, was the first African American female medical doctor in the U.S. and is considered the...
Women Behind the Curtain: María Orosa
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Women Behind the Curtain: Mary Anning
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