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In 2007 Monica H. Green, a historian of medieval women’s medicine, discovered multiple overlaps in all four texts that mention Trota’s work, putting an end to the false narrative that “Trotula” was written by men.
January 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"And as any intelligent person knows what I am the world’s first Co Flyer. Man or woman....I am, and know it, the Most Known Colored person (woman alive) (other than the Jazz singers)" Bessie Coleman 1926
January 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Following a crash she sent the following telegram from her hospital bed to friends, “TELL THEM ALL THAT AS SOON AS I CAN WALK I’M GOING TO FLY! AND MY FAITH IN AVIATION AND THE USEFUL OF IT WILL SERVE IN FULFILLING THE DESTINY OF MY PEOPLE ISN’T SHAKEN AT ALL.”
January 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Despite the lack of resources, cruelty and barriers put in place throughout her life, she created success for herself through her intelligence, assertiveness and ambition.
January 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
She then spent a further two months completing advanced courses in France and Germany.

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January 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM