In nineteenth-century America, medical beliefs categorized affluent white women as physically fragile while presuming Black women were naturally suited for hard physical labor

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Ottley Coulter's archival materials documented late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century professional strongwomen, including performers named Sandwina, Volcana, and Minerva

Only two United States Cabinet secretaries have been impeached in United States history: President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of War in 1876 and President Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary

In 1972, the United States Congress passed Title IX, prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal financial assistance

In the late 1970s, Jan Todd and Terry Todd purchased a 380-box historical physical culture collection compiled by former circus performer Ottley Coulter

Historical medical warnings claimed that heavy lifting would cause uterine prolapse in women

The H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports houses the archives of Scottish strength historian David Webster

Historical medical warnings claimed that the physical strain of bicycle riding would permanently disfigure women's faces

Ottley Coulter performed as a circus weightlifter during the 1910s and collected strength-related photographs, magazines, and correspondence dating from the late nineteenth century onward

In the 1890s, medical theories asserted that the human body possessed a fixed supply of energy, leading doctors to discourage women from strenuous exercise

In 1926, a French woman set a women's deadlift record of 392 pounds

Jan Todd and Terry Todd founded the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports at the University of Texas at Austin

Nineteenth-century medical assertions claimed that intellectual study or political activity would deplete the bodily energy required for women's reproductive functions

Jan Todd coined the term 'majestic womanhood' to describe historic strongwomen who celebrated physical strength and vitality

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The president of Mississippi's 1890 constitutional convention declared that delegates had gathered to exclude Black people from voting

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race

Between the 1880s and the 1930s, approximately 5,000 lynchings occurred in the United States

Charles Dickens's Swiss chalet was relocated to Rochester, England, in the 1960s