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5,000 Years of Feminine Power and Prestige Are On Display in ‘Revered and Feared’

April 16, 2024

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine

May 28, 2023
Kizzy Corbett – Wikipedia HURDLE MILLS, North Carolina — A Black woman from North Carolina will go down in history for leading the effort to solve the COVID-19 pandemic.

NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM – Featured Virtual Resource

June 2, 2022
June 6, 2022 marks the 78th anniversary of the D-Day invasions of Normandy, France—a key turning point in the Second World War.

An Iowa County Chooses to Be Named for a Black Professor, Not a Slaveowner

June 27, 2021
Johnson County selected Lulu Merle Johnson, a Black educator and historian, as its official eponym, replacing Richard Mentor Johnson, the ninth U.S. vice president.

Looking Beyond the Female Firsts of Science History

May 25, 2021
Two authors ask readers to change their understanding of what science is and who gets to participate