Since today is the day that the Medal of Honor was created, I thought I'd post something about the only woman ever to receive it (so far).

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Sylvia Rivera’s Words Exposing Gay Inc’s Oppression of Trans People Still Ring True Today. Happy Birthday Sylvia ( Read more... )

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Hi everyone. I was reading through the comments of the Cleopatra post, and I noticed that there was a lot of discussion of historical women. I'm a major history nerd myself, and have spent countless hours hunting down books on various varieties of badass historical women. So I would like to know, ontd_feminism, who are your favorite historical ( Read more... )