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Harriet the swimmer beat a man and taught women, with her Alice

Justine May 7, 2023

They were passionate about teaching women how to care for their own and others’ physical health—not to be sexually attractive to men, but to benefit themselves and build their own muscular strength. With that strength, I imagine they would…

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A monument of Harriet Tubman now replaces a statue of Christopher Columbus in Newark

Anindita Das Mar 13, 2023

The new Harriet Tubman monument, titled 'Shadow of a Face' by architect Nina Cooke John, is in Newark, New…

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Harriet Warner on ‘Dangerous Liaisons’: ‘I had to be sure there was something new to say’

Anindita Das Jan 7, 2023

Since its publication in 1782, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ epistolary novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons), has been adapted for stage, print, opera, television and film including Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons (1988)…

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Worth Watching: ‘FBI’s Lost Episode, Harriet Tubman’s Legacy, A Love Story to ‘Cherish,’ CW Finales

Anindita Das Oct 4, 2022

FBI reschedules last season’s finale episode that was shelved out of sensitivity to the Uvalde school-shooting tragedy. PBS profiles runaway slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman. OWN begins a second season of its…