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March 8th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight on #InternationalWomensDay2025:
"Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian feminist and political leader who was the leading advocate of women’s rights in her country during the first half of the 20th century." #IWD
March 9th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:
"Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and labor leader. She worked tirelessly to ensure farmworkers received US labor rights and co-founded the National Farmworkers Association with Cesar Chavez." #SiSiPuede
March 10th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:
"Empress Wu Zetian (Empress Consort Wu, Wu Hou, Wu Mei Niang, Mei-Niang, and Wu Zhao, l. 624-705 CE, r. 690-704 CE) was the only female emperor of Imperial China. She reigned during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE) and was one of the most effective and controversial monarchs in China's history."
March 11th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:
Lise Meitner: a physicist who never lost her humanity.
"Lise Meitner was an Austrian-Swedish physicist best remembered for her contributions that led to the discoveries of nuclear fission and the element protactinium. Nicknamed the German Marie Curie by Albert Einstein, Lise Meitner became the second woman in the world to receive a doctorate in physics in 1905. In 1997, chemical element 109 meitnerium was named in her honor."
March 12th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:
"May Ziadeh: Palestinian-Lebanese author and women’s rights advocate Marie Elias Ziade, also known as May, was a pioneer in the empowerment and education of women.
Born in Palestine in 1886, Ziadeh went on to found one of the most renowned literary salons in the region, initially from her own home but later becoming a major meeting place for intellectuals, journalists, critics and philosophers.
Female characters often featured in her literary works, most often crafted as leading figures with strong personalities. Her work also tackled sensitive and complex topics, from the patriarchy to social issues and freedom."
3 Poems by May Ziadeh translated by Rose DeMaris
https://losangelesreview.org/3-poems-translated-rose-demaris/
March 13th #WomensHistoryMonth spotlight:
"The pirate queen Grace O'Malley (c. 1577-1597), known also as Gráinne Mhaol, is a mostly romantic figure in Irish folklore, but in reality she was a fearless leader, canny diplomat, and long-time thorn in the side of the British ruling class."
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