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10 Questionable Pieces of Advice from Emily Post

Emily Post.

10 Questionable Pieces of Advice from Emily Post

The Mystery Model In Gustave Courbet's Most Scandalous Painting

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The Mystery Model In Gustave Courbet's Most Scandalous Painting

Josephine Baker Will Be the First Black Woman Buried in Paris’s Panthéon

Josephine Baker in Hamburg in 1925.

Josephine Baker Will Be the First Black Woman Buried in Paris’s Panthéon

12 Illuminating Facts About Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt, Portrait of the Artist

12 Illuminating Facts About Mary Cassatt

Why Do So Many Female Athletes Compete in Bikini-Style Uniforms?

Kerri Walsh Jennings during a match against Brazil at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

20 Questionable Pieces of Old-Timey Relationship Advice

A portrait of marital bliss.

Meet Opal Lee—the 94-Year-Old Activist Known as the 'Grandmother of Juneteenth'

People walk by the National Museum of African American History and Culture during a 2020 Juneteenth march in Washington, D.C.

11 Facts About the Salem Witch Trials

The Salem witch trials were a troubling time in Colonial America.

San Francisco's Antique Vibrator Museum Chronicles the Fascinating, 150-Year History of Vibrators

An adorable vibrator from around 1910.

Helen Keller Barbie Doll Is Newest in Mattel’s ‘Inspiring Women’ Line

Helen Keller, Barbie-fied.

The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing Clara Barton's Diaries, Correspondences, and Other Rarely Seen Papers

Clara Barton photographed by Charles R. B. Claflin in 1865.

Which Trailblazing Women Should Be Featured on Quarters? The U.S. Mint Wants Your Suggestions

Which historical women deserve a tiny, metallic likeness?

Why She Wrote: A Graphic Novel-Inspired Look at the Lives and Drives of History’s Trailblazing Women Writers

Alice Dunbar Nelson and Jane Austen.

10 Charming Facts About Jane Eyre

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10 Surprising Facts About Charlotte Brontë

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11 Facts About To Kill a Mockingbird

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