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Today in women’s history: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” published
March 11, 2013The book, by 21-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, is frequently called the world's first science fiction novel.
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19 arrested in attempt to stop school closings
March 8, 2013The mood was boisterous and upbeat as some 2,000 demonstrators massed outside Philadelphia School District headquarters in an attempt to stop threatened closing of nearly 30 public schools.
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Today in women’s history: International Women’s Day
March 8, 2013March 8, International Women's Day, grew from two sources -- the struggle of working women to form trade unions and the fight for women's right to vote.
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Missouri coalition standing up for immigrant rights
March 8, 2013"We have to do things that welcome immigrants to our state," Vanessa Crawford, executive director of MIRA, told members and activists from all over Missouri.
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Rare disease suddenly arises on Navajo Reservation
March 6, 2013A rare disorder, characterized by some authorities as genetic, has abruptly surfaced on the sprawling Navajo Reservation in the Southwest.
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