Women and Politics
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The Courage of Ida Wells Barnett
Ida Wells’s Beginnings Ida Bell Wells, daughter of James and Lizzie Wells, was born into slavery during the Civil War on July...
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3.2KFlordia Yearbook Photos: Dress code Gone Wrong?
We need to talk about these digitally altered Florida yearbook pictures because this is an example of dress code policing going horribly...
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1.9K2021 Womanhood
In 2021 is it harder to be a woman than 50 years ago? Well 50 years ago was 1971. That is crazy...
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The Patty Hearst Brain Washing Defense
Authoritarian political cults such as Qanon not only indoctrinate their members with conspiracy theories but have also moved some of those cult...
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3.2KThe Mommy Wars Need to Stop
The mommy wars need to stop. Staying home or going to work are not always choices. Staying at home with my son...
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3.0KWoke Motherhood in 2021
I don’t hide the fact that I am a mother on this website or on the Sexy Politico Podcast, but I don’t...
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Free Reality Winner
In 2017, Reality Winner, a contractor with the NSA, leaked information about Russian interference in the U.S. elections to the media. She...
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“Typhoid Mary”- an Asymptomatic Carrier
In 1907, New York City experienced a typhoid outbreak that may have been caused by an asymptomatic carrier known by the moniker...
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The Martha Mitchell Effect
Martha Beall Mitchell, nicknamed the “Mouth of the South” was the wife of President Nixon’s Attorney Geneal, John N. Mitchell.. Washington D.C....
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Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience
Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character. Margaret Chase Smith, The Journal of the National...