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Meet Maryam Khatoon Molkara, The Trans Activist Who Helped Legalize Gender-Confirming Surgeries In Iran

Despite facing the conservative culture of 1980s Iran, Maryam Molkara helped convince the nation’s leader to make sex reassignment procedures legal — a legacy that remains to this day.

By Natasha Ishak • Jan 13, 2020

Meet Maryam Khatoon Molkara, The Trans Activist Who Helped Legalize Gender-Confirming Surgeries In Iran

Despite facing the conservative culture of 1980s Iran, Maryam Molkara helped convince the nation’s leader to make sex reassignment procedures legal — a legacy that remains to this day.

By Natasha Ishak • January 13, 2020

The Great Stork Derby: When A Millionaire Held A Baby-Making Race For His Fortune

When Charles Millar died childless in 1926, he bequeathed his fortune to whichever woman could bear the most children in a 10-year span. What followed was a baby boom the likes of which Canada had never seen.

By Sienna Vittoria Asselin • Jan 12, 2020

The Great Stork Derby: When A Millionaire Held A Baby-Making Race For His Fortune

When Charles Millar died childless in 1926, he bequeathed his fortune to whichever woman could bear the most children in a 10-year span. What followed was a baby boom the likes of which Canada had never seen.

By Sienna Vittoria Asselin • January 12, 2020

Elizabeth Jennings Graham Helped Desegregate New York City Streetcars 100 Years Before Rosa Parks

Elizabeth Jennings Graham was told to get off the trolley and wait for one with "her people" on it. She said she didn't have people and refused to get off.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 11, 2020

Elizabeth Jennings Graham Helped Desegregate New York City Streetcars 100 Years Before Rosa Parks

Elizabeth Jennings Graham was told to get off the trolley and wait for one with "her people" on it. She said she didn't have people and refused to get off.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 11, 2020

The Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd, Hollywood’s ‘Ice Cream Blonde’

Thelma Todd was one of early Hollywood's brightest stars — until she was found dead in 1935. Although her death was ruled a suicide, many believe she was actually murdered.

By Jaclyn Anglis • Jan 10, 2020

The Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd, Hollywood’s ‘Ice Cream Blonde’

Thelma Todd was one of early Hollywood's brightest stars — until she was found dead in 1935. Although her death was ruled a suicide, many believe she was actually murdered.

By Jaclyn Anglis • January 10, 2020

Meet Charity Adams Earley, The Highest-Ranking African American Female Officer Of World War II

"You don't know you're making history when it's happening," said Charity Adams Earley, the trailblazing Army battalion commander. "I just wanted to do my job."

By Joseph Williams • Jan 9, 2020

Meet Charity Adams Earley, The Highest-Ranking African American Female Officer Of World War II

"You don't know you're making history when it's happening," said Charity Adams Earley, the trailblazing Army battalion commander. "I just wanted to do my job."

By Joseph Williams • January 9, 2020

Inside The Salacious 19th-Century Murder Of New York Courtesan Helen Jewett, America’s First Tabloid Bombshell

When Helen Jewett was found dead from hatchet wounds to the head inside the brothel where she worked in 1836, the newspapers went wild with her story and helped create sensational journalism as we know it today.

By Natasha Ishak • Jan 7, 2020

Inside The Salacious 19th-Century Murder Of New York Courtesan Helen Jewett, America’s First Tabloid Bombshell

When Helen Jewett was found dead from hatchet wounds to the head inside the brothel where she worked in 1836, the newspapers went wild with her story and helped create sensational journalism as we know it today.

By Natasha Ishak • January 7, 2020

This 10-Year-Old ‘Doodle Boy’ Couldn’t Stop Drawing In Class — So He Got A Job Decorating A Restaurant Wall

A young boy's passion — and his distraction in school — ended up turning into the job of his young lifetime.

By Katie Serena • Jan 6, 2020

This 10-Year-Old ‘Doodle Boy’ Couldn’t Stop Drawing In Class — So He Got A Job Decorating A Restaurant Wall

A young boy's passion — and his distraction in school — ended up turning into the job of his young lifetime.

By Katie Serena • January 6, 2020

The Tragic True Story Behind Bob Dylan’s ‘The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll’

After a black barmaid named Hattie Carroll was killed by a drunken white man, Bob Dylan turned her story into a protest song.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jan 1, 2020

The Tragic True Story Behind Bob Dylan’s ‘The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll’

After a black barmaid named Hattie Carroll was killed by a drunken white man, Bob Dylan turned her story into a protest song.

By Marco Margaritoff • January 1, 2020

Cars, Cross-Dressing, And Espionage: Inside The Life Of Star Athlete And Alleged Nazi Spy Violette Morris

The woman with 14-inch biceps made history as an athlete, but Violette Morris was defamed by a sexist government and rumors of Nazi collaboration.

By Erin Kelly • Dec 31, 2019

Cars, Cross-Dressing, And Espionage: Inside The Life Of Star Athlete And Alleged Nazi Spy Violette Morris

The woman with 14-inch biceps made history as an athlete, but Violette Morris was defamed by a sexist government and rumors of Nazi collaboration.

By Erin Kelly • December 31, 2019

33 Science Pictures That Amazed The World In 2019

From a 40,000-year-old wolf head preserved in Siberian ice to the first black hole ever fully visualized, this year's best science pictures left us astounded.

By Leah Silverman • Dec 31, 2019

33 Science Pictures That Amazed The World In 2019

From a 40,000-year-old wolf head preserved in Siberian ice to the first black hole ever fully visualized, this year's best science pictures left us astounded.

By Leah Silverman • December 31, 2019