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Portrait of Jovita Idar around 1905

Jovita Idar: The Laredo Journalist Who Stood in the Doorway

Jovita Idar used journalism, teaching and nursing to fight for Mexican American and women’s rights in early 1900s Texas.

Drawing of María Remedios del Valle, the “Mother of the Homeland,” Afro-Argentine icon of independence and resilience.

María Remedios del Valle: Afro-Argentine Heroine of Independence

María Remedios del Valle, an Afro-Argentine woman born in Buenos Aires around 1768, emerged as…