American poet and author Maya Angelou gestures while speaking in a chair during an interview at her home on April 8, 1978.

Press room of the Planet newspaper, Richmond, Virginia, circa 1899.

<p>Nadra Nittle is a veteran journalist who is currently the education reporter for The 19th. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, NBC News, The Atlantic, Business Insider and other outlets. She is the author of <em><a title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506488363/bell-hooks-Spiritual-Vision__;!!CyZMqN24eIU!F6j-6vuVRmHQcxqnrZ31fmXlawiTvEaFucRdTp56Vo8Bu8e5UxAnZPfWppdwKtu6HJYF57lKf8tMuAYh39FUHQ$" href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fortresspress.com/store/product/9781506488363/bell-hooks-Spiritual-Vision__;!!CyZMqN24eIU!F6j-6vuVRmHQcxqnrZ31fmXlawiTvEaFucRdTp56Vo8Bu8e5UxAnZPfWppdwKtu6HJYF57lKf8tMuAYh39FUHQ$">bell hooks' Spiritual Vision</a></em> and other books.</p>


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Nadra Nittle is a veteran journalist who is currently the education reporter for The 19th. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, NBC News, The Atlantic, Business Insider and other outlets. She is the author of bell hooks&#8217; Spiritual Vision and other books.

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Nadra Nittle is a veteran journalist who is currently the education reporter for The 19th. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, NBC News, The Atlantic, Business Insider and other outlets. She is the author of bell hooks' Spiritual Vision and other books.

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<p>From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Amanirenas, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and countless others have played a vital role in history.</p>


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<p>Slavery was widely practiced throughout the ancient world, and in the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, which helped propel the United States into the Civil War.</p>


Slavery

<p>The Civil War was America's bloodiest and most divisive conflict, pitting the Union Army against the Confederate States of America. The war resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 people, with millions more injured and the South left in ruins.</p>


Civil War

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