Have you ever considered how accurate your historical knowledge is? What if there are some main characters missing from your education? How could your societal perceptions be different due to this?
Eileen Blair, Rosalind Franklin and Katherine Johnson are some badass women that should have made it to your history class but more than likely didn't. So today we share the stories of some epic women who were 'erased' from history and importantly we reflect on how and why this affects people in their 20's today.
Adam Grant Hidden figures with Margot Lee Shetterly
Cool Story Podcast on Women Erasure Bri & Bridie
Anna Funder, Looking for Eileen: how George Orwell wrote his wife out of his story Eileen Blair published by The Guardian
Amanda Hooton, A woman’s work: why the story of George Orwell’s forgotten first wife still matters published by the Sydney Morning Herald
Women’s Erasure in History - Lawrence Hall
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