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Giuliana LaMarca

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Forgotten Figures | Meet the woman who took down a dictator

Forgotten Figures | Meet the woman who took down a dictator

Giuliana LaMarca, Contributing Writer November 19, 2020

It takes courage to run against a dictator. But that’s exactly what Maria Corazon Cojuangco Aquino did. Aquino was born into a wealthy family on January 25, 1933 in the Tarlac province of the Philippines....

Forgotten Figures | The woman who became America’s first Black female judge

Forgotten Figures | The woman who became America’s first Black female judge

Giuliana LaMarca, Contributing Columnist September 30, 2020

Jane Bolin was an incredibly accomplished lawyer in the state of New York. Born in Poughkeepsie, Bolin would eventually become the first Black woman to become a judge not only in her state, but in the...

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Forgotten Figures: The Hawaiian botanist who made waves

Giuliana LaMarca, Contributing Columnist September 16, 2020

Isabella Aiona Abbott was a world-renowned scientist in the field of marine botany. Born Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona, Abbott was a Native Hawaiian and Chinese woman born in 1919 on the island of Maui....