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American Women's History Initiative
When Amelia Earhart and the ‘Queen of Diamonds’ Raced to Become the First Woman to Fly…
Shoshi Parks
History…
How the Memory of a Song Reunited Two Women Separated by the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
In 1933, the pioneering Black linguist Lorenzo Dow Turner met an elderly Gullah Geechee woman named Amelia Dawley in a remote coastal village south of Savannah, Georgia. While Turner recorded, Dawley sang a song…
How the Women of the North Platte Canteen Fed Six Million Soldiers During World War II
One of the most inspiring wartime volunteer efforts in United States history began with a mix-up.…
From the Governor’s Mansion to the White House and Beyond, Rosalynn Carter Was a Tireless…
Meilan Solly
Associate…