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“My soul is renewed when I am out in the trees.”

Powerful Currency • FROM A SERIES OF COINS TO A MUSEUM IN THE MAKING, THE GROUNDBREAKING ACHIEVEMENTS OF AMERICAN WOMEN GAIN NEW VISIBILITY

Galloping Girl • The alluring legend of the Connecticut teen who warned that the Redcoats were coming

Freedom Fighters • OFTEN-OVERLOOKED HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION

ATHLETIC AESTHETIC • A new appreciation for the works of a serious painter who was also formidable on the ice

How to Win Justice • Pathbreaking lawyer Constance Baker Motley, the “Civil Rights Queen,” propelled the movement for equality

VICTORIOUS • THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO ARGUE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, MOTLEY WON 9 OF HER 10 CASES

When Cleopatra Died Again • Edmonia Lewis, the first African American sculptor in the classical mode, was shockingly talented

Don’t Be Puzzled • YOU CAN FIND SEVEN ANSWERS IN THESE PAGES

THE UNDAUNTED • HOW A TEAM OF FEARLESS AMERICAN WOMEN OVERCAME MEDICAL SKEPTICISM TO STOP A DEADLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND SAVE COUNTLESS LIVES

IN SEARCH OF TROY • IT WASN’T JUST A LEGEND. ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CITY CELEBRATED BY HOMER NEARLY 3,000 YEARS AGO

The Inner Passage

Gather THE WILD FIGS • A BOOMING MARKET HAS SPECIMEN HUNTERS IN THE WEST TRACKING DOWN RARE NEW VARIETIES OF THE ANCIENT FRUIT

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