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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 14m

10/22/1941 — b. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, American historian, author, professor. Pioneer scholar of black women’s history; noted for “African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920” (1998). Professor of history, Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD #womenshistory #blackhistory #woc

Photo of Rosalyn Marian Terborg by Vinetta Paige-McCullough | New York Times

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League of Women Voters of Ohio @lwvohio.bsky.social · 1d

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republicans’ march toward unilaterally passing a congressional redistricting plan in November continued apace Tuesday, as the GOP-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission convened for less than half an hour without accomplishing anything.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...

Ohio redistricting impasse continues as Republicans look to expand their advantage

Ohio Republicans’ march toward unilaterally passing a congressional redistricting plan in November continued apace on Tuesday.

www.cleveland.com

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Linsay Rousseau @linsayrousseau.bsky.social · 3d

It's time for the next installment of the #GileadGazette.♀️✊
Death Penalty for Abortion obviously means Pro-Life 🙏😇

Watch on TT or YT:
【ꚠ】 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Ap8rUM/
📺 youtube.com/shorts/IgyaE...

#womensrights #politicalsatire #abortionrights #reproductivefreedom #maga
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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 1d

10/22/1885 — b. Pavla Buzková, Czech author, journalist, critic, women’s rights activist. Wrote essays, fiction, and literary criticism; active in the women’s movement. Published the “Progressive Opinion on the Woman’s Question” (1909) #Czech #womenshistory #womenwriters #womensrights

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 1d

📅Oct 21, 1970 The first women's liberation demonstration took place in Tokyo, sparking a new wave of feminist movement in the country. The protest demanded legalizing contraception & opposition to the prohibiting of abortion. The pill was legalized in 1999.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenMakingHistory

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 2d

10/20/2011 — “Miss Representation,” a documentary film on the media’s misrepresentation of the value of women and girls, airs on OWN #womenshistory #womensrights #MissRep #WomenNotObjects #media #DVAM #TDIH

Promo art from the documentary film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom entitled"Miss Representation"

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 2d

10/20/1873 — b. Nellie McClung, Canadian gov official, author, suffragist, feminist,activist. One of Canada’s #FamousFive wmn who petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to legally declare wmn “Persons” so they could be appointed to the Senate #womenshistory #womensrights #PersonsDay #CanadianHistory

Canadian postal stamp of "Nellie McClung 1873-1951"

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 2d

10/20/1847 — Elizabeth Blackwell’s application to medical school is accepted after previously being denied admission to 29 medical schools. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States + the first woman on the U.K. Medical Register #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed

U.S. 18¢ postal stamp of Elizabeth Blackwell

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 2d

10/19/1899 — b. Consuelo Northrop Bailey, American attorney, gov official, author. The lieutenant governor of Vermont (1955-59); elected to the Vermont Senate (1930); the first woman to be admitted to practice before the Vermont Supreme Court (1931) #womenshistory #law #gov #TDIH

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Senator Kim Pate @kpateonthehill.bsky.social · 3d

October 18th is Persons Day, which commemorates the landmark 1929 decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council that affirmed some women as “persons” under Canadian law. 1/2

#PersonsDay #SenCA #Equality #WomensRights #HumanRights

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 2d

10/19/1854 — Ernestine Rose, American suffragist, orator, presides over the 5th National Woman’s Rights convention. Key contributor to the U.S. suffrage movement and president of the fifth convention; she attended every U.S. natl women's rights convention (1850-69) #womenshistory #womensrights #TDIH

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Leila Belkora PhD, astrophysics @leilabelkora.bsky.social · 5d

😔

Susan Stamberg, NPR 'founding mother,' dies at 87

www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died

Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

www.npr.org

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 5d

10/17-18/1855 — The Sixth National Woman’s Rights Convention is held at Nixon Hall, Cincinnati, OH. Standing room only audience; presided over by Martha Wright, Lucretia & James Mott served as officers. The event reaffirmed the mission of the U.S. #womensrights movement. #womenshistory #NoKings #OTD

Image of the Sixth National Women's Rights Convention bill

Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 6d

10/16/1895 — b. Marguerite Rawalt, American attorney, feminist, women’s rights activist, author. President of the National Assn of Women Lawyers (1942); co-founder, #NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (1970). Lobbied Congress for #womensrights; worked to ratify the ERA #womenshistory #law #ERA

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 6d

10/16/1890 — b. Maria Goretti, Italian saint, virgin-martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. Murdered at age 11 by the man who attempted to rape her. She is the patron saint of chastity, rape victims, youth, teenage girls, poverty, purity and forgiveness #womenshistory #VAWG #DVAM #rape #religion

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Hope @withhopeorwithout.bsky.social · 7d

I am confused -- when is it an illegal abduction by masked men who violently attack me and when is it a legal abduction by masked men who violently attack me?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 7d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 7d

10/15/1830 — b. Helen Hunt Jackson, American author, early native peoples advocate. Orator of the true hist of Native people; petitioned for laws + rights on their behalf. "Century of Dishonor", a seminal document exposing gov violations of Indian treaties (1881) #womenshistory #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 8d

10/14/1797 — b. Ida Pfeiffer, Austrian global traveler, explorer, travel writer, ethnographer. Early female world traveler + explorer; two trips around the world(1846-55). Member Berlin + Paris geographical societies; bestselling travel books #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #womenwriters #AdaLovelaceDay

Ida Pfeiffer seated with one arm resting on a large book with a globe in the background

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 8d

10/14/1879 — b. Stella Maria Sarah, Australian author, freelance journalist, feminist. Pseudonym Miles Franklin; noted for “My Brilliant Career” (1901), film (1979). Editor, U.S. National Women’s Trade Union League; active in the early Australian feminist movement #womenshistory #womenwriters #OTD

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 9d

10/13/1877 — b. Josephine Goldmark, American researcher, labor law reformer and author. Major influencer of U.S. labor laws; wrote books on industrial work, long-hour work days, low wages and women/child's labor. Aggressive #labor investigator, Triangle Factory Fire investigator #womenshistory #OTD

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UltraViolet @ultraviolet.bsky.social · 9d

Women are feeling the brunt of Trump's chaotic economic policies.

Full story: https://19thnews.org/2025/10/medical-bills-health-care-cost-polling/

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killerrabbit90.bsky.social @killerrabbit90.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention theintercept.com/2025/10/10/i... #uspoli #HumanRights #WomensRights #illegal #unlawful #PregnantWomen #UnmaskICE #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

theintercept.com

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 9d

10/13/1754 — b. Mary McCauley, American folk figure, possible heroine. American #RevolutionaryWar hero in the Battle of Monmouth; considered one of the women to be the actual “Molly Pitcher”, history and legend surrounds the name #womenshistory #MollyPitcher#ShePersisted #ReSisters #NoKings #OTD

"Molly Pitcher at the Gun", etching of Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley at the cannon during the American Revolutionary War #MollyPitcher #cannon #guns

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 13d

10/8/1976 — Karin Söder, Swedish government official, becomes the first woman minister of foreign affairs in Sweden and one of the first female foreign ministers worldwide. Leader, Swedish Centre Party (1985-87); first wmn in Sweden elected leader of a major political party #womenshistory #gov #TDIH