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Shoutout to Elizabeth Key Grinstead, one of the first women of African ancestry to sue for freedom and win (today in 1665).

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Shoutout to Nadia Comăneci, the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics this day in 1976.

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Shout-out to Nettie Stevens, an American geneticist who discovered and described sex differences in chromosomes.

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Happy birthday to artist and feminist Frida Kahlo. You were and continue to be magic – no maybes about it.

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HBD to Anna Arnold Hedgeman, civil rights leader and first woman to serve on a NYC mayor’s cabinet!

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Shoutout to the Van Buren sisters, who rode across the country on motorcycles by themselves 100 years ago.

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HBD to Julia Clifford Lathrop, the first woman to ever head a U.S. federal bureau!

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Happy birthday to Crystal Bird Fauset, the first African-American woman to become a state legislator.

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Happy b-day to Pearl Witherington, leader of the British SOE during WWII, a network of elite spies and saboteurs.

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Shoutout to Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space on June 16th, 1963.

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In memory of those killed or injured in Saturday’s Orlando massacre targeting LGBT folk.

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Gigi Hadid is looking sultry, sleek, and slick-backed for the summer.

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Tagged: Photo of the day

Shoutout to Elizabeth Key Grinstead, one of the first women of African ancestry to sue for freedom and win (today in 1665).

Shoutout to Nadia Comăneci, the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics this day in 1976.

Shout-out to Nettie Stevens, an American geneticist who discovered and described sex differences in chromosomes.

Happy birthday to artist and feminist Frida Kahlo. You were and continue to be magic – no maybes about it.

HBD to Anna Arnold Hedgeman, civil rights leader and first woman to serve on a NYC mayor’s cabinet!

Shoutout to the Van Buren sisters, who rode across the country on motorcycles by themselves 100 years ago.

HBD to Julia Clifford Lathrop, the first woman to ever head a U.S. federal bureau!

Happy birthday to Crystal Bird Fauset, the first African-American woman to become a state legislator.

Happy b-day to Pearl Witherington, leader of the British SOE during WWII, a network of elite spies and saboteurs.

Shoutout to Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space on June 16th, 1963.

In memory of those killed or injured in Saturday’s Orlando massacre targeting LGBT folk.

Gigi Hadid is looking sultry, sleek, and slick-backed for the summer.

Random Cleverness

U.S. Teen Drug, Alcohol Use Remains at Low Levels

Artificial Sweetener Use Tied to Less-Healthy Diets

Team Sports Score Big Points for Your Child’s Brain, Study Finds

Denser Urban Neighborhoods Get People Walking

As Daily Steps Rise, Depression Levels Fall

Bribing Kids With Holiday Gifts Popular With Parents, Poll Says

Friendships Are Especially Powerful Late in Life, Poll Says

Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution May Hurt Baby’s Brain

Wintertime Is Prime Time for Head Lice: What Parents Need to Know

U.S. Adult Obesity Rate Fell in 2023, as Use of GLP-1 Meds Rose

In Mouse Studies, New Hope Against a Dangerous Complication of Pregnancy

Too Many U.S. Babies Still Sleep in Positions That Raise SIDS Risk

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