In celebration of International Women's Day on Thursday, the paper published a series of obituaries for famous women who should've received obituaries on its pages when they died, but didn't.
"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.*
Ida B. Wells
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