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The Problem With “Taking Back The Rainbow”
This Pride Month, some conservative leaders and commentators have begun promoting a campaign to “take back the rainbow,” while several Republican-led states, including Indiana, have declared June “Nuclear Family Month.” Supporters describe these efforts as a way to celebrate traditional families and reclaim cultural symbols they believe have been appropriated. As a progressive Christian (Holy… →
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Jael: The Woman Who Ended the Battle
National Women’s History Month Series The enemy general thought he had finally found safety. The battle had turned against him. His army had been scattered, his soldiers fleeing across the countryside. Exhausted and desperate, he ran until he reached the tent of a woman who welcomed him inside. She offered him milk to drink.She covered… →
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Huldah: The Woman Who Spoke and a King Listened
National Women’s History Series The most powerful religious document in the nation had just been discovered. Hidden for generations inside the Temple, the ancient scroll carried warnings so severe that the king tore his robes when he heard its words read aloud. If the scroll was authentic, the entire nation had been living in violation… →
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Brigid of Kildare: The Woman Who Lit Ireland’s Sacred Flame
National Women’s History Month Series: St. Patrick’s Day In Ireland, some stories are older than the churches that now stand across its hills. Long before monasteries rose from the countryside, the Irish people honored a powerful figure associated with fire, poetry, healing, and the return of spring. Her name was Brigid. When Christianity began spreading… →
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Boudica: The Woman Who Made Rome Tremble
National Women’s History Month Series The first city burned before the Romans understood what was happening. Flames rose over temples and government buildings as thousands of warriors swept through the streets. The Roman colony of Camulodunum, once a proud symbol of imperial power, collapsed into chaos and fire. Then another city burned. Then another. Across… →
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Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Changed a War
National Women’s History Month Series The flames rose higher as the crowd gathered in the square. At the center of the platform stood a nineteen year old girl in chains. Soldiers surrounded her. Clergy read aloud the charges against her. The crowd had been told she was a heretic, a fraud, a danger to the… →
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Tamar: The Woman Who Refused to Disappear
National Women’s History Month Series They were ready to burn her. The accusation had spread quickly. A woman had shamed the household of Judah, one of the patriarchs of Israel. Justice, they said, demanded punishment. Tamar was brought forward to face the sentence. She did not protest.She did not beg for mercy. Instead, she sent… →
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The Women Who Were Called Witches
National Women’s History Month Series: Friday the 13th Edition Imagine living in a place where a single accusation could cost you your life. No modern court.No reliable evidence.No way to prove you were telling the truth. All it took was someone pointing a finger and whispering a single word. Witch. Once the word was spoken,… →
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Artemisia: The Woman Who Commanded the Sea
Artemisia I of Caria commanded ships in the Persian fleet during the famous Battle of Salamis, becoming one of the most formidable female military leaders in ancient history. →
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Rizpah: The Woman Who Refused to Look Away
(National Women’s History Month Series) The bodies were left on the hillside.Exposed to the sun.Left for the birds and wild animals to consume. In the ancient world this was not only punishment. It was humiliation. But one woman refused to allow it. Her name was Rizpah. Her story appears only briefly in the Hebrew Bible… →