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Big Thinkers: Eleanor Flexner

Officers of Women's League, Newport, R.I., c.1899
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Do you follow The New York Times  Overlooked project? It's a regularly-updated section of obituaries of individuals whose deaths originally went unreported by the Times. Many of them are obituaries of women. Eleanor Flexner, who died in 1995, is the subject of a recent obituary. I found her inclusion fascinating because not only had Flexner … Continue reading Big Thinkers: Eleanor Flexner

Big Thinkers: Dr. Daina Ramey Berry

Daina Ramey Berry, Photo: Marsha Miller
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Dr. Daina Ramey Berry is the Chair of the History Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Her new book, written with Kali Nicole Gross, is "A Black Women's History of the United States," which looks at the American narrative through the eyes of eleven black women who had a significant impact on the history of the … Continue reading Big Thinkers: Dr. Daina Ramey Berry