Remarkable Young Women Project

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Hi! I'm Meg, founder of The Remarkable Young Women Project: remarkableyoungwomen.org || historian, writer, feminist, museum nerd, traveler #womenshistory #herstory

Oil painting portrait of Mary Shelly, a young woman with pale skin, dark eyes, hair in a fashionable updo with curls around the face, with a draping necklace and dark black gown with a lace collar and cuffs.
Black and white photograph of Claudette Colvin, a black 15-year-old Civil Rights Activist who was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus, nine months before Rosa Parks' famous stand. She is looking directly at the camera, with black glasses perched on her nose and her hair swept back in an updo.
Black and white women of two sisters, starting straight ahead at the camera, in collared blouses.
Moodboard of classical paintings featuring details of a roman woman's tunic, two moths, a woman's face and earring, a dagger in a sash, a laurel wreath held aloft, two hands fastening a bracelet on another person, a snake winding around a necklace, the lower half of an African man's face, and a woman's hand holding a sword by its hilt.
A lush illustration of a forest with a large tree dominating the foreground. Two parrots and a horse are peacefully looking on the scene in the foreground, where a man and woman, both nude, look at each other as she reaches to grasp an apple from the branch, which has a snake coiled around it. It is the Christian tradition of Adam and Eve
Illustrated cover with designs of various women in historic cultural dress A gold cover reads: An Agents Guide to: Remarkable Young Women
A blue background with cutesy animal cartoons illustrated, a giraffe, hippo, puffin, and an elephant. They have party hats and balloons. Illustrated text in the middle reads "PBParty Participant" in colorful text.
An illustrated background the story of Adam and Even in the Garden of Eden. A lush garden dominates the frame with an apple tree, with two brightly-colored parrots in its branches. A horse stands near the trunk. At the bottom a man and a woman stand naked, looking at each other as she reaches a hand and plucks an apple from the tree. A snake, coiled around the branch, watches closely.