#WomensHistory
Today in #Connecticut History, June 6: Seconds Before Jumping, A D-Day Message From Mom
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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/06/06/june-6-a-d-day-message-from-home/
#101stairbornedivision #20thcentury #businessandindustry #connecticutatwar #connecticuthistory #connecticutwomen #d-day #june #manchester #militaryhistory #normandy #pioneerparachutecompany #waranddefense #womenshistory #worldwarii #wwii
June 4th: The 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees voting rights to women, is approved by the U.S. Congress and sent to the states for ratification.
In 1919.
Today in 1926, Flora MacDonald was born in North Sydney.
Elected to Parliament in 1972, she was the 1st female foreign minister in Canadian history.
She created a plan to bring in 60,000 Vietnamese refugees & was directly involved in resolving the Iran hostage crisis.
#Canada #history #cdnpol #cdnpoli #canpol #canpoli #canadian #womenshistory #histodon #histodons
Beware, because many trigger warnings apply here, but if you’re interested in #History, #BlackHistory, #WomensHistory, you’ll want to read this fascinating interview in The Brooklyn Rail with J. C. Hallman, author of Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health.
https://brooklynrail.org/2023/06/books/JC-HALLMAN-in-conversation-with-Lydia-Moland
Today in 1924, June Callwood was born in Chatham, Ontario.
Called Canada's Conscience, she founded several charities around Canada & established one of the first shelters for women in crisis, and the first HIV/AIDS hospice in Canadian history.
She died in 2007 in Toronto.
#charity #canada #history #womenshistory #womensrights #canadian #histodon #histodons
Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park in San Francisco, California
The smallest park in the city is said to be haunted by its namesake.
Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park
The Historic Grand Canyon Adventure Two Women Had For Science
Beatrice Amy's story is now available for you to enjoy https://afewforgottenwomen.wixsite.com/affw/stories #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory #SocialHistory
A Revolutionary Feminist History: A Review of <i>Women, Race & Class</i> by Angela Davis
It is not uncommon in school to learn about women's suffrage. Most of us are familiar with the names
https://sheseeksnonfiction.blog/2023/05/28/a-revolutionary-feminist-history-a-review-of-women-race-class-by-angela-davis/
#BookReviews #Books #Feminism #SocialJustice #book #bookreview #Books #communism #Feminism #intersectionalfeminism #nonfictionbookreview #nonfictionbooks #socialism #womenshistory
Happy Birthday to African-American abolitionist Eliza Ann Gardner, born in New York City #OnThisDay in 1831. Gardner was one of the founders of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and founded the missionary society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AMEZ) & advocated for women's equality in the church. An A.M.E. Zion Church in Springfield, Massachusetts is named in her honor.
#WomensHistory #BlackHistory #ReligiousHistory #History #Abolitionism #histodons
#OnThisDay, 28 May 1990, Maiden, captained by Tracy Edwards, crosses the finishing line to become the first all-woman crew to complete the Round the World yacht race.
#OnThisDay, 28 May 1952, the Greek government pass law 2159, explicitly granting all women the right to vote.
#OnThisDay, 28 May 1944, Sonia Butt parachutes into occupied France as an explosives expert for the British Special Operations Executive. She had turned 20 two weeks earlier.
She trained the maquis and coordinated sabotage operations. She was never captured.
Happy Birthday to writer, abolitionist & suffragist, Julia Ward Howe, born #OnThisDay in 1819. Howe authored the poem "Battle Hymn of the Republican, co-founded the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) & edited its Woman's Journal for 20 years.
Today in 1899, Muriel Fergusson was born in Shediac, NB. She was New Brunswick's 1st female judge of a probate court & she fought for increased participation by women in politics.
From 1953-1975, she sat in the Canadian Senate & was the 1st female Senate Speaker from 1972-1974.
#womenshistory #canada #history #womensrights #cdnpol #cdnpoli #canpol #canpoli #canadian #histodon #histodons
THE SUN QUEEN | Chapter 1 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVUCvR4QJSs #WomensHistory #womenshistorymonth
Here's my latest wee history video about the life and work of Scottish Artist and Glasgow Girl, Jessie M King. Jessie lived in Kirkcudbright for many years, at her house, Greengate.
#art #artist #arthistory #history #scotland #galloway #glasgowgirls #femaleartist #womenshistory
Now that it's official, I'm excited to share that I'll be spending 6 months at the Smithsonian Institution next year doing research for my next book on women's political participation in early America. I'll be digging into genre paintings, portraits, prints, textiles, campaign memorabilia, and more!
https://americanart.si.edu/press/2023/16/smithsonian-american-art-museum-announces-2023-2024-fellowship-appointments-and
#histodons #materialculture #arthistory #museums #womenshistory
Meet the Most Notorious Women in Pirate History
#History #Pirates #Women #WomensHistory https://moderntraditional.com/2023/05/meet-the-most-notorious-women-in-pirate-history/
Mary Mantell discovered fossil firsts in Sussex in the same time period that Anning, Philpott, and Bennett were also active.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Mantell
#HistoryOfScience #palaeontology #paleontology #WomensHistory #MaryMantell #WomenInStem #history #Sussex
It's amazing palaeontologist Mary Anning's birthday today. She was born in 1799 in Dorset and made many important discoveries. Celebrate her! But also refute all the ignorant claims that Anning was the one and only woman of her time interested in palaeontology. She wasn't even the only woman in Lyme Regis collecting fossils! What about Anning's friend Elizabeth Philpot? What about Etheldred Bennett in Wiltshire, the neighbouring county, who was actively engaged in palaeontology from at least 1809? Why is history of science produced by supposedly respectable institutions, who claim they're promoting women in STEM, still disappearing or denigrating women's achievements? Infuriating.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etheldred_Benett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Philpot
#HistoryOfScience #palaeontology #paleontology #WomensHistory #MaryAnning #EtheldredBennett #ElizabethPhilpot #WomenInStem #history #Dorset #Wiltshire
Today in #Connecticut History, May 20: A “Man’s Education” Taught at a Female Seminary
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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/05/20/may-20-a-mans-education-at-a-female-seminary/
#19thcentury #catharinebeecher #connecticutauthors #connecticuthistory #connecticutwomen #education #hartford #hartfordfemaleseminary #may #womenshistory
Common #WomensHistory #Myths We Need To Let Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMB-wnD8azg #womenshistorymonth
Happy birthday to Vicky Sunohara, born today in 1970 in Scarborough!
Called the Wayne Gretzky of Women's Hockey, she won two Olympic gold & seven World Championship gold in her career. With Team Canada, she won 15 gold total.
With Team Canada, she had 119 points in 164 games.
#hockey #canada #womenshistory #womenssports #history #histodon #histodons
Letitia's Story is now live on our website https://afewforgottenwomen.wixsite.com/affw/stories #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory #WomensHistory #ForgottenWomen
Most dangerous bit is at the end: "A spokesperson for the department said the marker was removed after the governor reviewed the policy and guidelines for the New Hampshire Historical Highway Marker Program. Both of those documents were updated on Friday, nearly two weeks after the marker was put in place" #History #WomensHistory #LaborHistory https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/05/15/metro/historical-marker-elizabeth-gurley-flynn-concord-nh-has-been-removed/
Gloria Molina's "political life had been a series of firsts that inspired generations of women & #Latinos to seek public office — the first Latina Assembly member in CA, the first Latina on the #LACityCouncil, the first Latina on the #LACounty Board of Supervisors." https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2023-05-14/gloria-molina-dead #GloriaMolina #LosAngeles #womenshistory
It's always a good week when I manage to (appropriately) use one of my favorite quotes in an episode!
🎧 Listen to the story of Women & the Law in Revolutionary America: https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/women-in-revolutionary-america/ or anywhere #podcasts are found.
#Podcast #History #WomensHistory #USHistory #HistoryPodcasts #AbigailAdams #JohnAdams #histodons
If you recall the U.K. rave scene and Manchester's Haçienda nightclub and Factory Records, you'll be familiar with names like Tony Wilson and Peter Hook. A new book, "I Thought I Heard You Speak," is telling a different story: That of the women who played a vital role — DJs, managers, promoters, journalists and even the U.K.'s first female bouncer. Vice talks to author Audrey Golden about how she found the forgotten women.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/3akbp3/90s-manchester-rave-scene-hacienda-women
Today in 1972, Beatrice Worsley died. Born in Mexico in 1921, she was the first female computer scientist in Canada.
She wrote the first program to run on EDSAC, wrote the first compiler for Toronto's Ferranti Mark 1 & taught at the University of Toronto for over 20 years.
#computers #womenshistory #computerscience #canada #history #histodon #histodons
'We should aim at getting an understanding of a country [New Guinea], especially its women...The study of the contributions of the Pacific countries to our culture would be a contribution to peace- teaching tolerance and understanding.'- 1950, Country Women's Association (VIC).
#history #women #missedinhistory #womenshistory #rurual #country
A story from Leeds Industrial School today - meet Anne Lockwood #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ForgottenWomen #WomensHistory #SocialHistory https://afewforgottenwomen.wixsite.com/affw/general-4-1
Minerva Parker Nichols was the first woman in the U.S. to practice architecture independently and designed more than 80 buildings, 30 of which still exist. Her residential projects were particularly known for being child-friendly. "She designed these homes as places that would inspire imagination," says one current homeowner. Here's a look inside two of the family homes she worked on.
Puzzle Monday: War Heroes Crossword
This month in the Her Letters to Lovecraft series we look at Myrta Alice Little - another woman speculated to have had a romantic interest in Lovecraft.
https://deepcuts.blog/2023/04/29/her-letters-to-lovecraft-myrta-alice-little/
Enjoying this. It doesn't disappoint with it's costuming and direction, if you can enjoy creative licence they've taken on some historical detail.
It strikes a stylish balance and I'm finding the screenplay superb. Great romantic drama even in German 🙃.
For the historical side of things check out episodes of podcasts: The History Chicks & Vulgar History episodes for the raw deal on Empress Sissi's life.
openaccess
A Björklund: "Kapellväktare : ett medeltida kvinnoyrke." (Eng sum: Chapel guardian – a medieval female profession.)
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:raa:diva-6677
These women guarded valuable items in the chapels and helped catch thieves.
#Medieval #ChurchHistory #WomensHistory
Today in 1908, Ethel Catherwood was born. In 1928, with the Matchless Six, Canada's first Olympic women's team, she won gold in the high jump.
Called the Saskatoon Lily, she was offered a movie contract after the Olympics but turned it down.
She died in 1987.
#womenshistory #womensrights #olympics #canada #canadian #history #histodon #histodons
Today in 1918, Nova Scotia becomes the first Maritime province to grant the vote to women. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island follow in 1919.
Newfoundland, then its own Dominion, grants the vote in 1934.
The vote is not given to Asian or Indigenous women.
#womenshistory #womensrights #canada #history #novascotia #histodon #histodons
Today in 1922, Jeanne Sauve was born. A former CBC journalist, she was the first Francophone woman to hold a federal cabinet post, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons & the first female Governor General, serving from 1984 to 1990.
#cdnpol #cdnpoli #canpoli #canpol #womenshistory #histodon #histodons
Today in 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada rules only men are qualified persons to sit on the Canadian Senate.
The Famous Five will next take their case to the highest court, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which rules in their favour.
IMHO, one of the best #films and collection of films is found on #CriterionChannel in the collection: WOMEN MAKE FILM
First, there's the amazing 14-part #documentary by one of my favorite filmmakers, Mark Cousins, called WOMEN MAKE FILM. Then that's followed by a number of films by the filmmakers mentioned in the documentary spanning the history of #cinema.
#WomenMakeFilm #film #movies #FilmHistory #MarkCousins #WomensHistory #WomensVoices #filmmaking
This is the couple's adopted daughter, Mary Jr. She went on to become Oregon's first female pilot, and one of the youngest pilots in Oregon ever.
That was a fun little tangent! I love history.
#History #WomensHistory #QueerHistory #Oregon #DrMarieEqui #HarrietSpeckart #histodons
In Her Nature by Rachel Hewitt review – reclaiming the great outdoors
"An impressive blend of memoir and history that takes inspiration from the women written out of sporting history"
#WomenInSport
#MountainWomen
#OutdoorWomen
#WomensHistory
*adds to reading list 🤩
Content Warning: Suicide (historical). Excerpt from Season 2, episode 19 of My Love Letter Time Machine. Proprietors of public houses would be called upon to be the custodian on bodies and host inquests until the advent of mortuaries and coroners offices. Which is exactly what happened to my 3x Great Aunt Staniforth at the Wellington Inn, Darnall Sheffield in 1882. Amazing the details that have come up in Janie and Fred's letters.
(all images Public Domain)
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#Darnall #Sheffield #victorian #letterwriting #history #womenshistory #familyhistory #TrueStory
Today in 1919, New Brunswick grants the provincial vote to women, following Nova Scotia, which did the same in 1918. Like other provinces, the vote does not extend to Asian or Indigenous women.
PEI will grant the vote in 1922, while Quebec will not do so until 1940.
Emily Stowe (1831-1903)
- 1st female principal of a public school in what is now Ontario.
- 1st female physician in Canada
- 2nd licenced female physician in Canada
- Campaigned for women's suffrage
- Instrumental in creation of Ontario Medical School for Women
I was in tears doing this wks #podcast. CW #Victorian alcohol abuse. Janie sounds absolutely desperate + pours out her heart to Fred who's a 100 miles away in #Middlesbrough. Fred later speculates that the reason Emma is being so cruel to Janie is because she is 'a little envious'. I'd go so far to say she's absolutely green w envy. It seems so very unfair.
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#Handsworth #Sheffield #SheffieldHistory #Yorkshire #YorkshireHistory #loveletters #1870s #1880s #19thcentury #1800s #victorianera #victorianhistory #letterwriting #history #womenshistory #familyhistory #TrueStory
The crew of Artemis II will embark on the first human spaceflight mission to the moon since the Apollo era, more than 50 years ago. Last November, NASA launched the Artemis I mission, a test of the massive Space Launch System rocket and an uncrewed Orion capsule. That set up Artemis II, the first of NASA's new missions to the moon with astronauts aboard. It will not launch until at least November 2024. Riding in an Orion capsule, the astronauts will travel on an elliptical orbit that loops as far out as 1,800 miles above Earth, giving the astronauts time to see how Orion's systems work. It will then travel toward the moon, using its gravity to sling back to Earth for a Pacific Ocean splashdown.
#nasa #moon #women #blackhistory #womenshistory #moreyouknow #awsome
Nasa names first woman and black man on Moon mission.
NASA on Monday announced the crew of Artemis II, four astronauts who will head to the moon within the next two years. The crew will travel around the moon and back on a 10-day mission.
The crew of three Americans and one Canadian will be the first humans to fly toward the moon in more than 50 years. They are: Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman of NASA, and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency. Glover, the first Black man assigned as a crew member on the International Space Station, will serve as the mission's pilot. Koch, who holds the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, will serve as a mission specialist. Wiseman, who served as NASA's chief astronaut, will be the commander. Hansen, one of four active Canadian astronauts, will also serve as a mission specialist
#nasa #moon #women #blackhistory #womenshistory #moreyouknow #awsome
Hello loves, latest My Love Letter Time Machine podcast episode out now. CW - Victorian alcohol abuse. Janie’s delight at at the family seaside day out is tempered by Emma’s increasingly unkind behaviour. This week Janie takes us to Cleepthorpes, then as now, probably the nearest bit of sandcastle sand to Sheffield. Absolutely love putting this episode together. Link: https://mylovelettertimemachine.buzzsprout.com/ (you should prob unfollow me if you don't want me bleating on about the pod).
#Podcast #HistoryPodcast #PodcastHistory #Handsworth #Cleethorpes #Cleethorpeshistory #Sheffield #SheffieldHistory #Yorkshire #YorkshireHistory #ironworks #loveletters #1870s #1880s #19thcentury #1800s #victorianera #victorianhistory #victorian #letterwriting #history #historica #womenshistory #familyhistory #industrialhistory #industrialheritage #TrueStory #Middlesbrough #teeside #letterwriting
@FaithfullJohn For anyone wondering, btw, it's this Emily Aston (article needs editing to reconcile conflicting older sources with evidence from newer publications):
"Emily Alicia Aston (4 January 1866 - 18 March 1948) was born in Paddington to Joseph Keech Aston and Sarah Eccles. She was a British chemist primarily known for her high publication output during the late 1800s. Aston earned bachelor's degrees in both chemistry and geology from University College London before beginning her research career. She studied a broad range of topics, including mineral analysis, atomic weight determination, and organic structure studies, and was most famous for her work on molecular surface energies with Sir William Ramsay between 1893 and 1902."
"Emily Aston is known for her high publication output during the 16 year time period between 1886 and 1902. During this time, she co-authored 18 publications over a broad range of topics including mineralogy, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry and physical chemistry.[2]"
Each day during #WomensHistoryMonth I posted on Twitter about one female war correspondent of the #FirstWorldWar. I have gathered all short biographies of the #WomenWarReporters in a new blog post on my website. Enjoy reading!
#mediahistory #communicationhistory #womenshistory #histodons @histodons
https://stephanieseul.com/2023/03/30-women-war-reporters-of-the-first-world-war/
Spend the last day of #WomensHistoryMonth listening to stories of women who changed history, like the members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II.
Listen at https://bit.ly/UnsungWomen or anywhere #podcasts are found!
#WomensHistory #History #USHistory #BlackHistory #HIstoryPodcast #Podcast #histodons
#OnThisDay in 1776 Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, future president John Adams:
"I long to hear that you have declared an independency -- and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors... If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion."
Completely shocked and utterly honoured to have found out that my book, The Lady’s Magazine and the Making of Literary History (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) has won The Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly book prize awarded annually by the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals. #womenshistory #periodicals #romanticism #womenswriting #nineteenthcentury #eighteenthcentury
On February 29, 1968, Lady Bird Johnson hosted a fashion show featuring outfits by dozens of the top American designers of the day.
This week on Unsung History find out why this was the first -- and last -- time a fashion show was held at the White House, with guest fashion historian Dr. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell.
🎧: https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/fashion-show
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHIstory #UnsungHistory #Podcast #Podcasts #USHistory #history #histodons #LadyBirdJohnson #WhiteHouse #Fashion
March is nearly over! If you're suddenly realizing that you haven't done nearly enough to celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth, I recommend binging the 45 #WomensHistory episodes of Unsung History ASAP!
#WomensHistoryMonth2023 #TuesdayMotivaton #podcast #histodons #History
https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/category/womens-rights/
Margaret Morse Nice pioneered a new branch of science called ethology, which focused on understanding animals by watching what they did and why.
Despite not being allowed to finish her Ph.D. when she got married, and despite a lack of institutional support, Nice excelled in a male-dominated field and produced an impressive body of literature, publishing hundreds of articles and thousands of reviews.
https://theconversation.com/margaret-morse-nice-thought-like-a-song-sparrow-and-changed-how-scientists-understand-animal-behavior-123734
#WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #Birding
“Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery."
https://www.facebook.com/groups/alluoxofficial/permalink/3388629018016892/
#science #astronomy #CeciliaPayne #feminism #womenshistory #women
Today in 1890, Agnes Macphail was born.
She was the 1st woman elected to the House of Commons, serving from 1921-1940.
From 1943-1945 & 1948-1951, she served in the Ontario Legislature & was the 1st woman sworn in as an MPP.
#womenshistory #womensrights #Cdnpol #Cdnpoli #Canpol #Canpoli #Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons
Are you interested in what curators, librarians and historians do behind the scenes? Come along to this new State Library of NSW series hosted by Kate Evans (Radio National)!
On April 16 I'll be in Sydney, sharing items and thoughts about my project concerning the Phyllis Mander-Jones archive. I'll be joined on the panel by Maggie Patton and Jonathan London.
Book your ticket>> https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/behind-scenes-library
#histodon #archive #missedinhistory #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #archive
Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth by listening to stories of women who made history, like Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Between 1851 and 1910 the ratio of men to women arriving in NYC from Ireland was roughly equal. Irish women often took jobs in domestic service, drawn by the provided housing, food, and clothing, which allowed them to send the bulk of their earnings back home to Ireland.
Listen & learn more on #UnsungHistory!
🎧: https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/irish-immigration
#HappyStPatricksDay #StPatricksDay #Irish #LuckOfTheIrish #History #WomensHistory #WomensHIstoryMonth #Podcast #Podcasts #Immigration #Immigrants #histodons
"Life is not what it used to be even for burglars . . . now - what with higher education, bobbed hair, jiu-jitsu, knickerbockers and the like . . . she neither cowers nor yells." Flappers learn self-defense to fight back against mashers in 1922.
Learn about the history of women's self-defense in Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women's Self-Defense Movement. https://nyupress.org/9781479828531/her-own-hero/
Image source: San Francisco Chronicle. June 11, 1922, 3.
I wonder if I could ask #womenshistory #needlework #embroidery enthusiasts #makers and #regency fans if they could check out my website Patterns or Perfection, which is a searchable database of nearly 200 rare needlework patterns from the Lady’s Magazine between 1770 and 1819. We are moving the site to my University’s server from its current home so it links to my other research pages/resources on the magazine and I would love feedback/suggestions: https://research.kent.ac.uk/patterns-of-perfection/ @fiberarts
March is Women's History Month. You likely never heard of Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717), but she made groundbreaking contributions to the science of entomology & botany. Her botanical art is spectacular! The art style in the four minute animated video below is representative of Merian's style, but you should look her up online to see images of her original work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5PyrJUmKXM
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #WomenInStem #STEM #STEAM #Art #Entomology #Botany
Get to know Flemmie P. Kittrell this #WomensHistoryMonth:
“Throughout a trailblazing career that spanned half a century, she worked to enhance food security and to improve both diets and children’s health – under the umbrella of home economics.”
For more qs, head to https://www.smashwords.com/interview/helencpugh
Links to all my books are in my bio.
#womensHistoryMonth #womensHistory #incaempire #womeninhistory
This month - and every month - Unsung History celebrates women's history.
Listen to the stories of inspiring determined women like artist Loïs Mailou Jones.
🎧: https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/lois-mailou-jones/
#UnsungHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #History #UnsungHeroes #Podcast #Podcasts #USHistory #HistoryPodcast #HistoryPodcasts #LoisMailouJones #BlackHistory #ArtHistory #histodons
These norm-defying suffragists continued to push for a broader vision of women’s rights beyond just the vote. They understood that the real fear of critics was that they just might win their fight for equality. They intended to do just that.
#WomensHistoryMonth #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #histodons #history #womenshistory
Bondfield entered parliament following leadership roles in various Trade Union organisations. However the role of Minister for Labour was doomed to fail, particularly when the Wall Street Crash caused unemployment to boom.
Read more about Bondfield here:
http://ow.ly/JC5O50DW6u8
@histodon #MPMonday #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHistory #WHM23 #WHM #TradeUnion
#MPMonday today is Margaret Bondfield, MP for Northampton 1923-24 & Wallsend 1926-31. In June 1929 Bondfield was appointed Minister of Labour in Ramsay MacDonald's government, becoming the first ever female cabinet minister and female privy counsellor.
Good morning! Today is the 68th anniversary of Claudette Colvin's refusal to give up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama. Only 15 years old at the time, she was then arrested and ultimately convicted of disturbing the peace, violating segregation laws, and assaulting police, and was made a ward of the state. This spurred the Women's Political Council, a local Black women's leadership organization, to gather other women who'd been treated similarly together to organize a boycott and court challenge. It's widely believed that Miss Colvin's youth, dark skin, and pregnancy by a married man made them look to Rosa Parks instead as a test case for the boycott. Miss Colvin served as a witness in the lawsuit though, and went to the Supreme Court. Browder v. Gayle was a thorough rejection of Plessy v. Ferguson, especially given that both cases involved transportation.
#BlackHistory is #WomensHistory
https://mississippitoday.org/2023/03/02/on-this-day-1955-claudette-colvin/
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/colvin-claudette-1935/
It's #WomensHistoryMonth!
All this month, Unsung History is speaking with women historians about women's history! Tune in each Monday for a new episode!
(And find many stories of women's history in our back catalog!)
🎧: https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/
& everywhere #podcasts are found
#history #womenshistory #unsunghistory #podcast #podcasts #USHistory #ladypodsquad #shepodcasts #histodons
This year, challenge yourself to keep studying and celebrating #BlackHistory even after February ends. Take the time to learn the stories of inspirational women like Mary Ann Shadd Cary, Loïs Mailou Jones, Shirley Chisholm, and Susie King Taylor.
Hear their stories & more on #UnsungHistory.
🎧: https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/category/black-history
#CelebrateBlackHistory #History #podcast #podcasts #USHistory #WomensHistory #histodons
Happy Birthday to writer, musician, teacher & activist Zitkála-Šá, born on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota #OnThisDay in 1876. Zitkála-Šá co-founded the National Council of American Indians in 1926, & co-wrote the first Native American opera, The Sun Dance Opera, in 1913.
Hear Zitkála-Šá's story on #UnsungHistory:
https://www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/zitkala-sa/
#ZitkalaSa #History #NativeHistory #SouthDakota #WomensHistory #MusicHistory #histodons #podcast
We celebrate #PresidentsDay today because it is close to George Washington’s birthday.
While he is celebrated, his mother, Mary, who was a brave, enduring and self-denying woman, has generally been trashed by (male) historians
Abigail Adams, the intelligent and caring wife of President John Adams, famously wrote to him urging him to “remember the ladies.” But all too often in presidential history, the way first ladies have been remembered only for their fashion choices.
#PresidentialHistory #USHistory #PresidentsDay #WomensHistory
Mary Edwards Walker worked as a surgeon for the Union Army during the Civil War. She was captured by Confederates after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians & arrested as a spy. She's the only woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor - pictured here, wearing it.
#histodons #histodon #history #civilwar #TIL #introductions #FF #americanhistory #womenshistory #womensrights #military #CivilWarHistory
I don't think I'll ever get tired of talking about suffragette self-defense (even to those who didn't ask).
Loved researching the book, Her Own Hero: The Origins of Women's Self-Defense.
Happy Birthday to Maria Tallchief, born in Fairfax, Oklahoma, a small town on the Osage reservation, #OnThisDay in 1925.
Tallchief was one of the greatest dancers of all time and the first American dancer to achieve the title of prima ballerina. After her retirement, she founded the Chicago City Ballet in 1980.
#MariaTallchief #Dance #WomensHistory #OTD #history #histodons
Does anyone happen to be aware of any recent "state of the field" or historiographical essays on U.S. women's history? Putting together an early syllabus for a COLL petition and I really want to ground our first day in class in a broad "what's all this about?" discussion. I'm most grateful for any recommendations you may have! 🙂 #VastEarlyAmerica #WomensHistory #Historiography
This is how British readers (or at least many of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graphic) learned about the world situation as 1917 drew to a close
The Graphic, 22 December 1917, reports on events in the British Empire:
"India's Memorable Flag-Day"
#WWI #India #imperialism #WomensHistory
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I'm finding my home feed here to be getting more interesting, but also very male dominated.
I'll be following women and boosting women for some time to try to balance that.
Journalist & suffragette Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a founding member of the NAACP. She was known for her tireless crusade against lynching.
After the lynching of her friend, Tommie Moss, https://tinyl.io/7Zwg, Wells-Barnett investigated the causes of lynching.
Her writings on white mob violence resulted in her Memphis, TN newspaper being torched; she moved to Chicago afterward. https://tinyl.io/7Zwi
#BlackFriday #Black Mastodon #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #Journalism #Lynching