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Eva Perón
Biographer Describes Eva Perón’s Legacy in Argentinian Politics

  By Megan O'Toole • July 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this news broadcast from 1996, Professor Marysa Navarro of Dartmouth College discusses the influence that the First Lady of Argentina, Eva Perón, had on her people. Navarro describes how the 1996 movie “Evita,” starring Madonna as Perón, paints the former First Lady in a negative light–a simple “caricature”–who began … Continue reading

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Eva Perón
Eva Perón’s Final Speech to Argentina

  By Megan O'Toole • July 10, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this speech from 1951, the beloved first lady of Argentina, Eva Perón, made her final address to her nation’s people. Perón uses this moment to specifically call out support for the poor people of Argentina and she praises them for being proactive. She also credits her capable husband, Juan … Continue reading

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Bosnian War
[Trigger Warning] Why This Bosnian Woman Kept Her Child Conceived By Rape

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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In this interview, a Bosnian woman named Leila explains her decision to keep the child she became pregnant with after being raped in captivity. During the Bosnian War, the Army of the Republika Srpska is believed to have raped over 50,000 Bosnian Muslim women. After the war, the International Criminal Tribunal for … Continue reading

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Emmeline Pankhurst
Emily Blunt Reads Emmeline Pankhurst’s Famous Speech From 1913

  By Phoebe Goldenberg • July 2, 2014 Uncategorized
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Listen to actress Emily Blunt read Emmeline Pankhurst’s famous “Kill Me Or Give Me My Freedom” speech at the People Event in London in September of 2012. Pankhurst, the leader of the women’s suffrage movement in Britain, originally delivered the speech in 1913 in an attempt to mobilize women in the … Continue reading

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Armenian Genocide
The Horrors That Women Experienced during the Armenian Genocide

  By Heath Harckham • July 1, 2014 Uncategorized
The Horrors of the Armenian Genocide

Maria, 104 years old at the time of this interview, describes the inhumane treatment that Armenians like herself were subject to during the oft-forgotten genocide against Armenians in Turkey in the early 20th century. The Turkish government still officially denies the existence of the genocide.

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Amelia Earhart
Noonan & Earhart in Saipan?

  By Sarah Dejak • June 27, 2014 Uncategorized
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World War II veterans stationed in Saipan, as well as Japanese medical workers and local island villagers, reflect on their various experiences coming into contact with Amelia Earhart or her lost plane, the Electra. Marine and Army veterans explain various events proving that Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were … Continue reading

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Princess Diana
Princess Diana’s Marriage & Friendship to Royal Butler

  By Virginia Choi • June 17, 2014 Uncategorized
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Former royal butler Paul Burrell speaks on Princess Diana’s marriage and discusses his own “unique” friendship with her: “Towards the end of the princess’s life, I became…everything. I became her policeman, her dresser, her valet, her butler, her driver, her confidante, her friend and the list goes on. And there … Continue reading

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Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou’s Humbling Sense of Humor

  By Virginia Choi • May 28, 2014 Uncategorized
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Maya Angelou story recalled by Frederick Buechner talks about the time when he was at a religious occasion at Trinity Church on Wall Street in New York City when the author told him how the extravagant religious procession made her want to laugh into a barrel. Angelou passed away on May 28, 2014.