First hand recollection of women's experiences in WW2. 

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Sources:

- Moorehead, Caroline. “The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich Review – for 'Filth' Read Truth.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 2 Aug. 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/02/unwomanly-face-of-war-svetlana-alexievich-review.

- Aleksievich, Svetlana. Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II; Trans. by Richard Pevear. RANDOM House, 2017.

Spooktober special - Part 3 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out.

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Sources:

- Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

Spooktober special - Part 2 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out.

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Sources:

- Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

Spooktober special. Part 1 of 3 on Jack the Ripper's victims.  Who were the woman behind the infamous crimes? Let's take a trip to the darkest parts of London and find out. 

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Sources:

- Rubenhold, Hallie. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. Black Swan, 2020.

Vengeance, sainthood, taxes and a one bad-ass Queen. 

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Sources:

- The Rus' Primary Chronicle. Translated by Leonid Makhnovets, Dnipro Publishing, 1990.

- Hruševsʹkyj Mychajlo Serhijovyč. History of Ukraine - Rus'. Translated by Marta Daria Olynyk et al., Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, 2010.

- Plokhy, Serhii. The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine. Basic Books, 2021.

- Subtelny , Orest. Ukraine: A History. 4th ed., University of Toronto Press, 2009.

Homosexuality now re-criminalized faced brutal repression.  Stalin's death brought gradual and limited freedoms that unfortunately omitted attitudes and laws on gay life.   

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Sources:

- Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.

- Guskov, Kirill. “Gay Life in Stalin's Gulag.” OpenDemocracy, 11 Dec. 2018, www.opendemocracy.net/en/odr/gay-life-in-stalins-gulag/.

Homosexuality criminalized and re-criminalized and what happened in between. 

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Sources:

- Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Queer life in post-revolutionary Russia. 

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Sources:

- Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.

- History.com Editors. “Russian Revolution.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 9 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/topics/russia/russian-revolution.

Life of gay men and women in tsarist Russia on the cusp of revolution. 

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Sources:

- Healey, Dan. Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: the Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent. University of Chicago Press, 2004.

A revolutionary writer, Loraine brought a queer and feminist perspective to her tireless civil rights campaign.

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Sources:

- Ingle, Zachary. “‘White Fear’ and the Studio System: A Re-Evaluation of Hansberry's Original Screenplay of ‘A Raisin in the Sun.’” Literature/Film Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, 2009, pp. 184–193.

- Lipari, Lisbeth. “LORRAINE HANSBERRY: (May 19, 1930–January 12, 1965).” Writers of the Black Chicago Renaissance, edited by STEVEN C. TRACY, University of Illinois Press, 2011, pp. 193–217.

- Sehgal, Parul. “The Brief, Brilliant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 14 Apr. 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/books/review-radical-vision-lorraine-hansberry-biography-soyica-diggs-colbert.html.

- “Lorraine Hansberry Quotes.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 18 May 2020, www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/lorraine-hansberry-quotes/14401/.

- Fonseca, Sarah. “The Double Life of Lorraine Hansberry (Out Magazine, September 1999).” Medium, Medium, 23 Oct. 2020, girlsinmitsouko.medium.com/the-double-life-of-lorraine-hansberry-out-magazine-september-1999-a60c1d471d49.

- Whitney, Joel. “Lorraine Hansberry Was an Unapologetic Radical.” Jacobin, jacobinmag.com/2020/12/lorraine-hansberry-raisin-in-the-sun-playwright.

- “Lorraine Hansberry Biography.” Chicago Public Library, www.chipublib.org/lorraine-hansberry-biography/.

- “American RadioWorks - Say It Plain, Say It Loud.” APM Reports - Investigations and Documentaries from American Public Media, americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/lhansberry.html.