**CALLING ALL TEACHERS**

The new schools workshops are now available to download for free at https://t.co/skBMgRR9bu inspired by the TV series. Bring these stories and new progressive expressions of power to life in your classroom!

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... It was a perilous 10,000-mile journey during which she battled heatstroke in 100 degree heat and crashed in Zimbabwe. At one stage she was reported dead!

Image: Lady Mary Heath by Seán Branigan

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"Fearless and glamorous in the mid-1920s, a young woman from became one of the most famous women in the world".

Record-breaking aviator and athlete / Campaigner for women's rights.

Episode 1/6 Tonight on at 8.30pm.

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3/10 An illustration of a tawny owl, by (1823–1909), from plate 12 of Birds from Moidart and elsewhere (1895). Courtesy of

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Effie and Sophie were prepared for their journey the next day. Early on a frosty morning in April 1854, Ruskin escorted the two sisters to King’s Cross station, remaining silent the whole time until the train finally departed.#HerStory https://t.co/XOm4MP1HYf

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Presentation at the Temple, before 1583, by (Italian, 1552-1614). Private collection? Source, https://t.co/HRLjH9jv7S

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TOMORROW: join historian Pat O’Rourke who'll guide you around the sacred sites of Faughart, from St.Brigid’s Shrine to the ancient Hill of Faughart, Brigid’s Well & old Faughart Graveyard, as part of the Light Festival. https://t.co/PaRfbBa6gN Image cred: Dee McKernan

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Una Watters, one of the nom. by Alexa Bauer as part of the Who’s Your Heroine? project. Una worked tirelessly as an artist; she sketched, was involved in illustration, calligraphy & design. Read https://t.co/8aQIqZsLpn

Art: Rebecca Sodergard.

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Brenda the Brave, one of the nom. on behalf of her son Fionn Barry, as part of the Who’s Your Heroine? project. Brenda set up a website called Fight for Fionn & organised lots of fundraisers for him. Read https://t.co/TXkuKEC3w3

Art: Kenya Dempsey

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Dr Susan Crawford, one of the nom. as part of the Who’s Your Heroine? project, by Chloe Rogers from Co. Clare, ‘ran & walked the entire Wild Atlantic Way to raise Autism Awareness.’ Read https://t.co/ZPV08fUrhO

Art: Sophie Scally & Nadine Reily.

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Captain Elaine Egan, pilot, is one of our nominated by her daughter Aoife, as part of ’s Who’s Your Heroine? project. Read https://t.co/WWfEaL11eI

Art by: Aoife Rice.

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article about Eve Kahn's new book Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist Mary Rogers Williams (),
https://t.co/4dHk88OjwR

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Susan Fenimore Cooper was one of the 1st American environmentalists and one of the 1st American women to write essays on nature. Her most famous work, "Rural Hours" (1850), is a seasonal journal chronicling the biodiversity around Otsego County, New York.

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New book announcement: Forever Seeing New Beauties: The Forgotten Impressionist 1857-1907, by Eve Kahn, published by the university press, https://t.co/MGYt8pi4vs.

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The maiden voyage of the Royal Ship Galtrix! Ready to set sail in ?

Special thanks to CharlesIV for the expert advice in the twitch stream last night!

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Vase of flowers with a red peony (Vaso di fiori con peonia rossa), n.d., by (#TheodoraCaccia, Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Museo Civico, Moncalvo; source, https://t.co/JZuzj9v9qk

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Portrait of a Lady, Three-Quarter Length, Wearing a White Silk Chemise & a Gold Embroidered Blue Dress, 167x, by (Dutch, 1648–1692). Private collection; source, https://t.co/6qYNy7viDZ

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13 Jan 1943 19-year-old Ukrainian anti-Nazi resistance fighter Juliana Matveevna Gromova was executed by German forces. She endured days of brutal torture but refused to disclose the names of any of her comrades

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Pomegranate & Menelaus Blue Morpho Butterfly, 1702-3, by (1647-1717), who died In Dec '19 this work was voted into the https://t.co/Fqe4YOJS4S. Held at , https://t.co/G2GRiNWQU1

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