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The Planet accounts of a female’s bravery as an officer in the confederate army, disguising herself as a man.

During severe thunderstorms, a lightning strike kills a black girl near Eastville Pearl Church.

A Woman Engineer”: “Miss Nora Stanton Blatch” is the only woman to graduate “Cornell University” with an engineering degree.

A list of stereotypes advises women on how to act--and not act.

A mad woman kills her sister over jealousy towards her unfaithful husband, and her defense in court is that “she was so goaded to desperation by her heartless husband.”

A courageous woman tracks down a bear.

The Planet writes of the “good deal of talk” concerning a female bicyclist who is in Richmond on a “two weeks visit.”

The Planet writes of the “good deal of talk” concerning a female bicyclist who is in Richmond on a “two weeks visit.”

Applications flood when a factory is opened for “colored” women, where they can sew shirts.

A woman admits to lying about being assaulted by a black man, and confesses that he is not guilty and did not lay a hand on her.