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On March 8, 2018 at 01:48AM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about Added links to Standford University and California..

Picture of the day for March 8, 2018

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Picture of the day on March 8, 2018: International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights.

Picture of the day for March 8, 2018

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International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It commemorates the movement for women's rights..

For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned.

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For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned. Turning off the buzzing breaking-news machine I carry in my pocket was like unshackling myself from a monster who had me on speed dial, always ready to break into my day with half-baked bulletins.

Article of the day for March 8, 2018

The Article of the day for March 8, 2018 is Louise Bryant . Louise Bryant (1885–1936) was an American feminist, political activist, and journalist. After growing up in rural Nevada and graduating with a degree in history from the University of Oregon, she wrote for two newspapers, the Spectator and The Oregonian. After leaving her first husband in 1915, she married John Reed and moved to Greenwich Village, where she formed friendships with leading feminists of the day. Like Reed, she took lovers, including the playwright Eugene O'Neill and painter Andrew Dasburg. Her news stories were distributed by Hearst during and after her trips to Petrograd and Moscow, and appeared in newspapers across the United States and Canada. Generally in sympathy with the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution, her articles featured Catherine Breshkovsky, Maria Spiridonova, Alexander Kerensky, Vladimir Lenin, and Leon Trotsky. A collection of articles from her first trip was published as a book in 19...

distaff: Word of the day for March 8, 2018

distaff , n : A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist. The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun. Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only. A woman, or women considered as a group. Today is designated by the United Nations as International Women’s Day, which commemorates the movement for women’s rights.

Article of the day for March 8, 2018

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Article of the day is Louise Bryant. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W