The only human to have ever won 2 Nobel Prizes in two Sciences: Marie Curie :)
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The only human to have ever won 2 Nobel Prizes in two Sciences: Marie Curie :)
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Queen Liliuokalani, the first and last queen of Hawaii, was an interesting gal. Here are some facts:
- her name was originally Lydia Kamakaeha. Liliuokalani is the name she assumed when she took the throne.
- in 1862, Liliuokalani married John Owen Dominis, son of a Boston sea captain and an official in the Hawaiian government
- They lived with his widowed mother at Washington Place, today the official residence of Hawaii’s Governor.
- In 1874 her brother David Kalakaua was chosen king, and in 1891, on the death of a second brother, W.P. Leleiohoku, Liliuokalani became the first queen.
- she had experience acting as Princess Regent during King Kalakaua’s nine-month world trip in 1881, and his visit to the United States in 1890
- On July 12, 1898, the Hawaiian islands were officially annexed by the United States.
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Regimes fall everyday. I tend not to weep over that, I’m Russian.
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For those not in the know, Night Witches were Russian lady bombers who bombed the shit out of german lines in WW2. The thing is though, they had the oldest, noisiest, crappest planes in the entire world. The engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid-flight to restart the props. the planes were also so noisy that to stop germans from hearing them coming and starting up their anti aircraft guns, they’d climb up to a certain height, coast down to german positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair, and get the fuck out of dodge.
Their leader flew over 200 missions and was never captured.
How the fuck is this not taught in every single history class ever.
HARD KIZZORE.
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At first glance this 1905 evening gown designed by Lucile and entitled ‘A Protest’ appears to be just a pretty dress, if not with a slightly unusual name and color combination. The whole truth is far more interesting.
I wrote a while back about the Victorian practice of using different colors or gemstones to spell out messages in jewelry. This dress uses the same practice on a larger scale.
The color combination of (g)reen, (w)hite and (v)iolet would have sent a very specific message to any one in the know.
Specifically: (G)ive (W)omen the (V)ote.
This is a suffragette ball gown!
Lucile was the professional name of Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon.
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Raven Darkholme | Mystique | 34 | Shapeshifting | Rebecca Romijn | Brotherhood | OPEN
Even for a member of the Brotherhood, Mystique’s hatred for human kind is extreme. Even as a child she was afraid to go out in public, for fear of being hunted down and hurt by the humans around her. She insists that Raven is her slave name, and refers to herself only as Mystique. She has an unshakable loyalty to Magneto and his cause, her adoration of the man whofirst told her she need not be ashamed of who she is can easily be seen as love. Mystique is crafty, brilliant and a powerful martial artist who can use her shapeshifting gifts to be anyone, or get into anywhere. With such a cunning enemy, can the X-men trust anyone?
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One of my new favorite Real Life BAMF Women: Leymah Gbowee
She is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s peace movement that brought an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. She was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
She staged protests that included the threat of a curse and a sex strike: “The [sex] strike lasted, on and off, for a few months. It had little or no practical effect, but it was extremely valuable in getting us media attention.”[37] In a highly risky move, the women finally occupied a field that had been used for soccer; it was beside Tubman Boulevard, the route Charles Taylor traveled twice a day, to and from Capitol Hill.[38] To make themselves more recognizable as a group, all of the women wore T-shirts that were white, signifying peace, with the WIPNET logo and white hair ties.[38] Taylor finally granted a hearing for the women on April 23, 2003. With more than 2,000 women massed outside his executive mansion, Gbowee was the person designated to make their case to him.[39] Gbowee positioned her face to be seen by Taylor but directed her words to Grace Minor, the president of the senate and the only female government official present:
We are tired of war. We are tired of running. We are tired of begging for bulgur wheat. We are tired of our children being raped. We are now taking this stand, to secure the future of our children. Because we believe, as custodians of society, tomorrow our children will ask us, “Mama, what was your role during the crisis?”
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