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03-09-2018, 01:16 AM
New York Times writes obituaries for heroic women they never recognized
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Women are fighting for equal representation in every public domain — including the New York Times obituary page.
In celebration of International Women's Day on Thursday, the paper published a series of obituaries (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked.html) for famous women who should've received obituaries on its pages when they died, but didn't.
SEE ALSO: New York Times issues correction after mishap with 'Millennials to Snake People' Chrome extension (https://mashable.com/2018/03/07/new-york-times-correction-millennials-snake-people-chrome-extension/)
"Since 1851, The New York Times obituary page has been dominated by white men. Now, we're adding the stories of 15 remarkable women," Amisha Padnani and Jessica Bennet wrote.*
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Women are fighting for equal representation in every public domain — including the New York Times obituary page.
In celebration of International Women's Day on Thursday, the paper published a series of obituaries (https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlooked.html) for famous women who should've received obituaries on its pages when they died, but didn't.
SEE ALSO: New York Times issues correction after mishap with 'Millennials to Snake People' Chrome extension (https://mashable.com/2018/03/07/new-york-times-correction-millennials-snake-people-chrome-extension/)
"Since 1851, The New York Times obituary page has been dominated by white men. Now, we're adding the stories of 15 remarkable women," Amisha Padnani and Jessica Bennet wrote.*
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