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How an 18th-Century Female Physicist Broke Boundaries and Inspired the Generations Who FollowedCristina Roccati graduated from the University of Bologna when few other Italian women earned degrees, and she taught physics ...
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Does This Mysterious Portrait Depict Lady Jane Grey, the Doomed Queen Who Ruled England for Nine Days in 1553?In the summer of 1553, a girl of around 16 was proclaimed the queen of England. Her name was Lady Jane Grey, and she ruled for just nine days before being executed at the Tower of London. Her reign ...
This engraving is the only known portrait of Pocahontas rendered from ... Altogether, she seems closer to an 18th-century European ideal of beauty than a 17th-century Powhatan Indian.
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