Amplify is a once a month series written by HerStry columnist, Joycelyn Ghansah. Each month Joycelyn explores one of the lives lesser known from women in history. It is our goal to bring these women’s stories and works to the forefront so that their stories are not forgotten.
Welcome to Amplify InBetween, where you give you samples with a bit of herstory and a little bit of fun.
In this Amplify InBetween WarriHER Edition, we give you facts and resources, and answer the question of what makes a warriHER. Can you be a revolutionary warriHER off the battlefield?
Read MoreHave you ever thought about how great it would be if specific historical figures had met, how they’d probably have been best friends or allies if they had lived in the same country or time? Or maybe you have a list of historical figures who had the same background or goal, and you thought it would be great if you could just put them in a room together and talk with them about saving the world? No? Maybe that’s just me.
Learn about the Revolutionary WarriHERS the Trưng sisters and Laskarina Bouboulina in this edition of Amplify!
Read MoreAnnouncement: Hello! Welcome to the first Amplify InBetween post! What is an InBetween post? It’s a post where we share multiple posts or people at once, in between our main stories.
Since the Revolutionary WarriHERs series is from July to October, we realized we couldn’t share all the Revolutionary WarriHER women that we want; so, we decided to write an InBetween post and share a list of four Revolutionary WarriHERs you should know.
Read MoreWhen I was young, I used to pretend to be Xena, the Warrior Princess. I would wear my mother’s leather jacket, grab the removable stove ring, and run around the apartment screaming Xena-esque dialogue. After ten minutes, my mother would tell me to stop and read a book. Instead of reading, I’d become the great Maa Yaa Asantewaa. She was the queen mother of Ejisu in the Ashanti Empire (modern-day Ghana); she led her people into battle with the British in 1900.
Read MoreThis month for Amplify, I decided to do something a little different. Instead of searching deep through the internet and archival websites for women to highlight, I looked right at the headlines. I had heard the name Anita Hill many times before this past week, but never knew who she really was.
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