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Sisters of Influence: A Q & A with Andrea Friederici Ross
I am happy to have Andrea Friederici Ross back here on the Margins to discuss her latest book about forgotten women changing in the world. Sisters of Influence: A Biography of Zina, Amy, and Rose Fay tells the story of three extraordinary sisters who defied the expectations of their Victorian-era childhood and left their mark…
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From the Archives: Florence Nightingale Does the Math
Florence Nightingale is best known for her heroic efforts in the Crimean War(1), where she threw open windows, scrubbed filthy floors and equally filthy men(2), bullied doctors and officers on the spot, fought with the British Army’s military director, and saved lives. She returned home a heroine. Victorian Britain loved to celebrate a…
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Talking About Women’s History: Three Questions and an Answer with Elaine Weiss
Elaine Weiss is a journalist, public speaker and author of three works of narrative women’s history: The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote and Fruits of Victory: The Women’s Land Army of America in the Great War, and, most recently, Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools that Built the Civil Rights Movement. She…
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