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3 Things Most People Don't Know About Women's History Month
It's not about equality or women's rights
Linda Caroll
Mar 6
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How The Half Hanged Witch of Hadley Inspired The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood dedicated the book to her. Here's why.
Linda Caroll
Oct 24, 2022
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Real Dating Ads From the 1880s. You Couldn’t Make These Up if You Tried
Money, being domesticated, 27 was an old maid, and a weird mechanic fetish
Linda Caroll
Oct 17, 2022
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5 Brilliant And Talented Women Who Inspired Disney’s Cruelest Villains
What do 3 old women, a drag queen and a Hollywood hell-raiser have in common? They all became Disney villains.
Linda Caroll
Oct 10, 2022
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The Netflix Marilyn Movie Is An Insult and Abomination
No, she didn't have an abortion or a threesome. It's all lies. Fiction.
Linda Caroll
Oct 3, 2022
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Three Women Who Fought For Equal Pay
Some people think women have wage equality. They're wrong. We never have and we still don't.
Linda Caroll
Mar 20
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How "Jackass Annie" Ran Away From Home And Saved Her Own Life
The touching and true story of a woman, a horse and a little doggie who made a 7000 mile journey of a lifetime and lived to tell the tale.
Linda Caroll
Feb 13
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They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
The tragic story of President John F. Kennedy’s little sister
Linda Caroll
Aug 29, 2022
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Did Virginia Woolf Survive Incest?
She was mentally ill because she was allowed an education, a doctor told her father. Books were the problem. No more books.
Linda Caroll
Feb 6
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People Hated Mary Shelley So Much You’d Think She Was The Horrible Monster
Frankenstein was written by a pregnant teenage runaway
Linda Caroll
Sep 26, 2022
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Victorian Rules for Sex, Marriage and Being A Good Wife
Why can’t you ask a question? Why is your husband cheating? Hush! Ladies don’t ask questions.
Linda Caroll
Dec 12, 2022
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The Million Dollar Mermaid Was Once Arrested For Indecency
She was a world champion and movie star, but at the end of her career her greatest pride was freeing women from police measuring their skirts on the…
Linda Caroll
Feb 27
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