Lena Waithe is a screenwriter, producer, and actress. She made history becoming the first African-American woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 2017 for her work on Master of None.

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Check out this photo where author meets Olympic athlete Alice Coachman, the first black female athlete to win a at the 1948 London -- she’s the subject of Heather’s QUEEN OF THE TRACK

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During her career as a doctor, Jacobs wrote several books, including the remarkable 1899 work on female body The Woman: Her build and her internal organs. Aletta Jacobs 🏛 👉🏼 https://t.co/QkTStdcB2n

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It’s easier to list what genre of comics hasn’t worked on! One of the top modern talents Simone has been awarded the Friends of Lulu's Female Comic Creator's Hall Of Fame, the first ever TRUE BELIEVERS COMIC AWARD & nominated for a GLAAD 2x.

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10% of all profits from our selling exhibition will be donated to ! Runs through March at More info here: https://t.co/D14n8jBdjt … … … … Cartoon by

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We love this portrait of sculptor Aniza McGeehan (1874-1962) by Jessie McGeehan (1872-1962), painted in 1929. Sisters Annie Louise (Aniza), Jessie and Mary came from Rawyards in All three studied at Glasgow School of Art 🎨

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That's the spirit!
Comic by Between Friends

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Keumalahayati (1550s-1600s), or Malahayati, was 1st woman admiral in Indonesia, or perhaps modern world. She led Inong Bale army of women who lost their husbands to the Portuguese, fought the Dutch & killed leader Cornelis de Houtman https://t.co/xrtlsxxbpj

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Let’s celebrate with the Hard Hitting Reporter Lois Lane.

Lois Lane is a Pulitzer-prize winning investigative journalist employed at the Daily Planet, alongside fellow reporter Clark Kent.

She was the first to interview and name the hero known as

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Sarah, ZSL's Archivist, did an online chat session with some KS2 students about Joan Procter, ZSL's former Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians. Find out more about Joan Procter in Sarah's blog https://t.co/FtZy4lwnv6

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Day 5 of features Jane Cooke Wright, cancer researcher and contributor to chemotherapy and tissue culture techniques.

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This let's honor the brilliant leadership of women like Mia Yamamoto—the first openly trans attorney in California history and a lifelong defender of human rights—by standing with our queer, trans, Black, brown & incarcerated siblings. https://t.co/cCz5z0Lre6

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Read about the feminist movement that exploded in the Underground Comix scene of the 1960s and 70s. https://t.co/ZYCjn9CZd0

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THIS IS EVERYTHING!!! 😱
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Comic from this week's featuring Theano of Croton, one of seventeen documented women to play a role in the ancient Greek Pythagorean school of philosophy and mathematics! https://t.co/dU6tbq6ija

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an American politician and activist. At age 29, she became the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.

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