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Clodagh Finn: The women who helped win independence led lives of quiet desperation in the new Ireland
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1232+ words) Some members of Cumann na mBan who carried out vital work to help Ireland gain independence. I have been haunted by her words all week. In 1956, Mary MacCarthy, a former Cumann na mBan member from Bantry, Co Cork, wrote a…...
EA-Clinton Institute VideoCast: Ireland and The Making of America??? The Story of Irish Women
4+ week, 2+ day ago (127+ words) immigrants settle and thrive. From the stereotype of “Bridget the maid” to the reality of women’s ambition,...
Maria Mozart, Katharine Wright, and 5 more super-cool unsung sisters of famous men
3+ week, 1+ day ago (828+ words) Several famous historical men had sisters who were remarkable in their own right. History is full of famous men whose names we all recognize. What’s less well known is that many of them had sisters who were every bit as…...
People of the Archive - Karin Pütt
1+ week, 6+ day ago (137+ words) Interviews with people of the archive and memory statements of historic places in Syria are displayed in this playlist, produced by the Syrian Heritage Archive project at the Museum for Islamic Art at Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Karin Pütt lived…...
Special Sidmouth event to celebrate a remarkable woman in science
1+ week, 4+ day ago (287+ words) A remarkable life is being celebrated with a special event at an observatory. The Norman Lockyer Observatory on Salcombe Hill will host an open afternoon on Saturday, September 19, to honour Mary Browne- an astronomer, social activist, and one of the…...
Koppes: Hot times in Little Dublin in the 1959s
3+ week, 5+ day ago (379+ words) It was 94 degrees outside with a suffocating humidity that makes breathing difficult when I typed these words on a laptop in the comfort of my air-conditioned house while enjoying a cool glass of iced tea. Seventy-five years ago, as a…...
Olive Linge and the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, in Durham
2+ week, 1+ day ago (938+ words) IN 2017, a clean-up of overgrowth was undertaken on the approach to Willington library and it revealed a stone that had been hidden for several decades. It is a dark unprepossessing stone, not really worth a second glance. It juts about…...
The Woman Who Stitched Our Star
2+ week, 5+ day ago (588+ words) The Lone Star flag, which has flown over every triumph and every trial of our Republic for nearly one hundred and eighty years, was designed and hand-sewn by a committee of seven women, chaired by a remarkable citizen named Susannah…...
Durgawati Devi (Durga Bhabhi), Biography, Role in Freedom Struggle
2+ week, 5+ day ago (413+ words) Home > General Studies > Durgawati Devi Durgawati Devi (Durga Bhabhi) was an Indian revolutionary who helped Bhagat Singh escape, supported the HSRA, joined armed resistance, and contributed to India’s freedom struggle. By Shakshi Kant - Aug 25, 2026, 11:09 IST Durgawati Devi (Durga Bhabhi) was…...
‘We Were Always Here’: Ireland’s first permanent LGBTQ museum exhibition opens in Cork
2+ week, 6+ day ago (562+ words) Ireland’s first-ever permanent LGBTQ museum exhibition has opened in Cork. The exhibition, “We Were Always Here”, opened on Wednesday at the Cork Public Museum in Fitzgerald Park and is a collaboration with the Cork LGBT Archive and features both a…...