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Every day women have, and are, making history. ​Follow for daily posts.

We started the project in 2017, on a bus home from a Womens March.

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“Have ye come far?”
“Only from America.”

, 21 May 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman - and only the second person - to fly solo and without stops across the Atlantic.

She lands unexpectedly in Ireland. There’s some wonderful images of her here: https://joecampbellart.com/2015/03/12/amelia-earhart-in-ireland-solo-atlantic-crossing-may-21st-1932/

Watch newsreel of her taking off here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-itPeJOyzI

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, 7 May 1429, Jeanne d'Arc leads the French troops into the last day of fighting to lift the Siege of Orleans.

Read more at https://carvehername.org.uk/joan-of-arc-7-may-1429/

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