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Mary Corinna Putnam Jacobi (née Putnam; August 31, 1842 – June 10, 1906) was an English-American physician, teacher, scientist, writer, and suffragist. [1] She was the first woman admitted to study medicine at the University of Paris and the first woman to graduate from a pharmacy college in the United States.
Women in the Crossfire: Understanding and Ending Honor Killing is a book by author, academic, and philosopher Robert Paul Churchill. It was published in 2018 by Oxford University Press and named by Choice as an Outstanding Academic Title the same year. The book explores the deeply rooted social practice of honor killing, analyzing its ...
Jirkowsky was shot and killed by East German border guards during an escape attempt, and at 18 years was one of the youngest victims and the youngest of the 8 women killed at the Berlin wall. [1] Marienetta Jirkowsky's last residence prior to her death in 1980, on Birkenweg 13, Spreenhagen The family grave of Marienetta Jirkowsky, Spreenhagen ...
The 1932 American Jewish Yearbook estimates the total number of Jews in the world at 15,192,218, of whom 9,418,248 resided in Europe. However, the 1947 yearbook states: "Estimates of the world Jewish population have been assembled by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (except for the United States and Canada) and are probably the ...
This explicit shushing is a common thread throughout the Grimms' take on folklore; spells of silence are cast on women more than they are on men, and the characters most valued by male suitors are those who speak infrequently, or don't speak at all. On the other hand, the women in the tales who do speak up are framed as wicked.
The settlement was burned, its inhabitants (including women and children) killed or evicted, and most of the tribe's winter stores destroyed. It is believed that at least 97 Narragansett warriors and 300 to 1,000 non-combatants were killed, though exact figures are unknown. [ 39 ]
The number of journalists and media workers killed in 2024 is up sharply over recent years - 102 were killed in 2023 and 69 were killed in 2022, according to CPJ.
Ellen Greenberg was found dead in 2011 in her Philadelphia apartment with 20 knife wounds and numerous bruises. Authorities ruled her death a suicide. Fourteen years later, the pathologist who ...