Check out Orthomom's series on great Jewish women, "Heroine of the Day"

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Thus far, Orthomom has profiled, in reverse chronological order, Dona Gracia Nasi, Bertha Pappenheim, Nechama Leibowitz, Rebecca Gratz, and Recha Sternbuch. Kol hakavod (literally, "all honor") to Orthomom.