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A black and white photo of a white women with her closed. The photo focuses on her eyelashes and her head is titled up to the left.

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[Image description: Statue of Queen Mọ́remí] via Face2FaceAfrica
[Image description: Statue of Queen Mọ́remí] via Face2FaceAfrica

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Members of WASP (from left to right), Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, a B-17 Flying Fortress, at the engine school at Lockbourne AAF, Ohio.
Members of WASP (from left to right), Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn leave their ship, Pistol Packin' Mama, a B-17 Flying Fortress, at the engine school at Lockbourne AAF, Ohio.

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[Image description: a figure clad in red robes and Halloween mask hides in the dark arches of a church] Via Dan Burton on Unsplash
[Image description: a figure clad in red robes and Halloween mask hides in the dark arches of a church] Via Dan Burton on Unsplash

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[Image Description: An image of former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.] via The Quint
[Image Description: An image of former Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.] via The Quint

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Woman in white dress with red trim next to a drawing of a pandemic doctor with a beak mask
Woman in white dress with red trim next to a drawing of a pandemic doctor with a beak mask

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Richard Rothwell's portrait of Mary Shelley, depicting the woman facing the viewer. The woman wears an off the shoulder top and has dark hair and pale skin.
Richard Rothwell's portrait of Mary Shelley, depicting the woman facing the viewer. The woman wears an off the shoulder top and has dark hair and pale skin.

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A girl in a dark room posing with a glowing jack-o-lantern.

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[Image Description: A portrait of Nur Jahan.] via Cultural India
[Image Description: A portrait of Nur Jahan.] via Cultural India

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A woman laying down with a bundle of grapes in her hands with apples and pears laying beside her.

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Patsy Mink stands at a podium to announce the creation of the Congressional Asian American Pacific Congress. Behind her, from left to right, stands Representatives Don Edwards and Norman Mineta, House Delegate Robert Underwood, Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Neil Abercrombie.
Patsy Mink stands at a podium to announce the creation of the Congressional Asian American Pacific Congress. Behind her, from left to right, stands Representatives Don Edwards and Norman Mineta, House Delegate Robert Underwood, Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Neil Abercrombie.

Remembering Patsy Mink, a trailblazer in Asian American politics

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