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Lizzie Maggie the inventor of Monopoly

Lizzie Magie: The True Inventor of Monopoly Was Forgotten

Lizzie Magie was the true inventor of Monopoly, but her contribution has been largely ignored. She created The Landlord’s Game to raise awareness for the dangers of monopolies.

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October 1, 2020

Sojourner Truth: She Was Born a Slave. Then She Sued – And Won

Her speech, Ain’t I A Woman, is still considered one of the most important and most quoted speeches in the history of the US. Quite an accomplishment for someone who never learned to read or write. A prominent feminist and abolitionist, she was the first Black woman to win a trial against a white man.

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September 28, 2020

Cécile Rol-Tanguy: The Communist Resistance Fighter Who Liberated Paris

In May 1940, Cécile Rol-Tanguy’s father was imprisoned by the Vichy regime. Her partner, Henri, was off fighting, far away from Paris. Her daughter, Françoise,

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September 23, 2020

Artemisia Gentileschi: The Renaissance Artist Who Sued Her Rapist… And Won

The first woman to get accepted into the Florence Academy of Art during the Renaissance was almost completely forgotten in art history. When she is

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September 21, 2020

Dona Gracia: The Millionaire That Wanted to Set Up a Jewish Country, 500 Years Before Hertzl

Gracia Mendes Nasi Beatrice de Luna (Dona Gracia) dreamed of a Jewish state, years before Hetrzl. She acted against authorities to protect Jews from Inquisition and settle European Jews.

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September 16, 2020
An early ad for the jocksbra

The Sports Bra: They Liked to Run But Couldn’t Find The Right Bra. So They Invented One

Lisa Lindahl, Polly Smith, and Hinda Miller wanted to find a way to run without back pain. The invention is what we know now as the sports bra.

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September 15, 2020

Sarah ‘Fanny’ Durack: Australia Didn’t Want To Send Her to the Olympics. So She Raised Her Own Funds and Won the Gold Medal

Australia may have been one of the first countries to grant women the right to vote, but that doesn’t mean that women had full equality.

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September 14, 2020

The Trung Sisters: The Sisters That Defended Vietnam from the Chinese

When Jesus was a year old, someone just as extraordinary was born far away – the eldest Trung sister. Around 1 AD, Trung Trac was

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September 8, 2020

She Was Told Women Couldn’t Shoot, So She Became The World’s Best Sniper

When she was a teenager, Lyudmila Pavlichenko heard her neighbor’s son say that women can’t shoot – and she got angry. She decided that she

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September 7, 2020

Juliette Greco: She Was Imprisoned by the Gestapo And Became One of France’s Most Famous Singers

Juliette Gréco didn’t get off to a promising start. She was born as a product of rape – a fact which her mother kept reminding

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August 31, 2020

Carol Baltosiewich: The Church Declared AIDS a Punishment From God, So She Treated AIDS Patients

When the Catholic Church explained that AIDS was a punishment for being gay, and Church officials called AIDS patients perverts, one Catholic nurse from Illinois

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August 28, 2020

Barbe-Nicole Clicquot: Widowed at 27, She Founded the Most Prestigious Champagne Brand in the World

She was widowed at the age of 27, as a mother to a 3-year-old daughter. Napoleon’s wars occupied the world, and importing goods from France

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August 16, 2020
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