From a family of 9 children in a sharecropper family, to the clouds above us all. Bessie Coleman made her way through the vicious racism of 1920's America, and learned to touch the sky.
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famous pilots, aviation, strong black women, african american, strong woman
Irena Sendler is a true heroine in World War II. She risked her life numerous times to get 2,500 Jewish children, and many adults, out of the Warsaw Ghetto before they could be sent to the concentration camps. She was captured by the Nazi Gestapo, but would not reveal any information. In 1965 she was named by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among Nations. In 1980, she joined the Polish Solidarity (Solidarność) movement. Irena Sendler was made an honorary citizen of Israel in 1991.
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antifa, anti fascist, heroine, holocaust, strong woman
Celebrate one of the sheroes of science! Astronomer Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin discovered what the stars are made of! Her later observations would be used to determine the path of stellar evolution.
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feminism, feminist, science, women in science, womens history
An homage to Edvard Munch's masterpiece. I was in the cavernous Prague subway around 2 am, at the bottom, and took a photo. After I got home, I added graphics to it, with several custom textures, then changed the shape. After a few filters, it had the look I wanted.
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biker face masks, biker, biker art, horror, skulls