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Revolution - Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History Based in Moscow, RGASPI holds the Alexandra Kollontai papers as part of it's pre-1952 Communist Party papers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1436989243831-VSETEC2QPALNBW9P1IY2/Photo+Nov+24%2C+5+16+52+PM.jpg 4. Revolution - Brooklyn Museum, New York Interview with Alex Sanger, grandson of Margaret Sanger and Chair of the International Planned Parenthood Council. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1437070088440-TW809OYOEB57VSQEU2SW/IMG_0167.JPG 4. Revolution - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women Campaign Actress Teri Hatcher and UN Under-Secretary General Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on top of the Empire State Building, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1437059198208-7PF6PJRL6Y7SEZS5IWNK/IMG_0096.JPG 4. Revolution - Palace of Versailles The Women's March on Versailles of 5th October 1789 was one of the pivotal events of the French Revolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1437180537171-R7STGKA52RDY1NLUBH05/Olympe-de-Gouges.jpg 4. Revolution - Olympe de Gouges A leading voice in the French Revolution, and author of the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1437060847893-MVXK725TIVW3JKSEI4AD/IMG_4060.jpg 4. Revolution - Houses of Parliament 6th February 1918 - Women win the right to vote in the UK after a half-century campaign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1437070273776-95JHJE3NI6N1NFM8JGCQ/IMG_3124.JPG 4. Revolution - The Pantheon, Paris The inscription above the door says "The Nation thanks its Great Men" - As yet, only three women have been honored there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1437180690934-PD8ETYIPVFXSY9JQ61DC/IMG_0644.jpg 4. Revolution - Working Women Women are creators of wealth. Globally, women already control $25 Trillion in purchasing power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1442603352634-3467JJGEDSV6QWD3UVKF/image-asset.jpeg 4. Revolution http://www.ascentofwomen.com/3-power daily 0.75 2016-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1441978272627-FOQH5BXA68KT71IR2OP3/image-asset.jpeg 3. Power https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1436988763143-QMHWLN9G4W2TL5E8MQA5/Photo+Nov+17%2C+1+30+00+PM.jpg 3. Power - Hagia Sophia - Istanbul Now a museum, this cathedral was rebuilt by Empress Theodora and Emperor Justinian in 6th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1437234074556-4MZ4I8HJ4X6RUEQ4SS27/Photo+Nov+10%2C+8+36+10+AM.jpg 3. Power - Benedictine Abbey of St. Hildegard of Bingen Nuns holding a picture of St. Hildegard (12th century) whose writing presented to medieval Christianity a radical alternative view of women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1436988243358-TM90ZY6PAOLXPJV5428X/Photo+Nov+05%2C+9+00+29+AM.jpg 3. Power - The City of Ladies One of only six copies of Christine de Pizan's 15th century feminist tract. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1436988315260-GJ3S3OXV9QBEUSXUG8EY/Photo+Nov+05%2C+8+57+47+AM.jpg 3. Power - Anne Paupert discussing Christine de Pizan Christine de Pizan's work stimulated a debate on the true nature of woman, arguing that women's inferiority was a male construct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1436988340161-8ZST52RGQTQV62EY0J06/Photo+Jan+09%2C+6+01+35+AM.jpg 3. Power - Elizabeth I Actress Fiona Shaw with Amanda Foreman in front of The Ditchley Portrait at the National Gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1436988388753-157F78DD1AB4LYDO2TFV/Photo+Dec+04%2C+10+26+57+AM.jpg 3. Power - Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah Known as the Baby Taj, Empress Nur Jahan built this mausoleum in the 17th century for her father, introducing the technique of pietra dura. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/559be251e4b0a859fd44bd91/1436809526359-S4KHQ38XF84AA91HCGNN/Photo+Nov+18%2C+1+29+31+PM+%281%29.jpg 3. 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