# se2 blackhistorymonth womenshistorymonth

Harriet Tubman, a 5ft tall former slave, freed thousands via the Underground Railroad, spied & raided southern assets during the Civil War. Her Combahee River Raid was the 1st US military mission planned & executed by a woman.
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2022-02-22

Day 75: Mary Ellen Pleasant, self-made millionaire of the Gold Rush, used her ability to pass as white to work the underground railroad & finance raids. Post-war she terrified white society & sued California for her civil rights.

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2022-02-08

Day 47, Audre Lorde, brilliant writer, poet, insightful philosopher & activist. She was and remains a towering influence on intersectional feminist theory, social justice and LGBTQ+ activism.

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2022-02-06

Day 83 Ynés Mexia, at age 55 she began her career in botany, traveling extensively throughout Central & South America to catalog and collect samples, regularly sleeping rough & going it alone, something she was told women couldn't do. -R

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2021-03-03

Fe Del Mundo began her 70+ years in medicine by studying @ Harvard before it officially admitted women. Returning to the Philippines during WWII, she would revolutionize medical access & immunization, found a hospital & devise bamboo field incubators. Day 82

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2021-03-02