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Women in history
Stories about women in history from the Daytely blog.
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Women in history
Helen Keller’s birthday and a life of communication and advocacy
Helen Keller was born on 27 June 1880. She became a writer and activist whose work reached disability rights, suffrage, labor and peace.
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Kalpana Chawla’s birthday and a journey beyond boundaries
Born in Karnal on 17 March 1962, Kalpana Chawla became an aerospace engineer and flew two Space Shuttle missions.
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Malala Yousafzai’s birthday and a date devoted to education
Malala Yousafzai was born on 12 July 1997. The date became Malala Day after her United Nations speech calling for every child’s education.
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Katherine Johnson’s birthday and the mathematics behind a journey
Born on 26 August 1918, Katherine Johnson calculated flight paths that helped carry US space missions safely from launch to return.
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Frida Kahlo’s birthday and the art of telling your own story
Born on 6 July 1907, Frida Kahlo made a distinctive visual language from identity, place, politics and her own embodied experience.
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Florence Nightingale’s birthday and International Nurses Day
Florence Nightingale was born on 12 May 1820, the date now used to recognize nurses and the work of nursing worldwide.
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Rosa Parks’ birthday and the quiet force of courage
Rosa Parks was born on 4 February 1913. Her long record of organizing gives a famous bus journey its essential context.
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International Women’s Day: the story behind 8 March
The date grew from labour and voting-rights movements and remains a day for celebrating progress while confronting inequality.
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Ada Lovelace’s birthday and the imagination behind computing
Born on 10 December 1815, Ada Lovelace joined mathematical discipline with a remarkable vision of what a machine might do.
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