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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 9h

ELIZABETH SETON (1774-1821) founded first Catholic girls' school in the US - St. Joseph’s School (1810). She is known for the founding the nations parochial school system. Mother Seton became the 1st American canonize as a saint in 1975. #History #Herstory 2/2

Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 9h

ELIZABETH SETON (1774-1821) converted to Catholicism (1805) in New York only a few years after anti-Catholicism laws had been lifted. In 1809, she founded the 1st community for catholic women in the US - the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s. #History #Herstory 1/2

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 2d

CAREY THOMAS (1857-1935) spent 3 years in graduate school at University Leipzig, but was refused a degree because she was a woman. She moved on to University of Zürich, where she earned a Ph.D. summa cum laude (1882) for linguistics. #History #Herstory 3/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 2d

CAREY THOMAS (1857-1935) after surviving a near fatal kitchen fire at the age of 7 & the long, arduous recovery afterwards, she went on to graduate from Cornell University (1877) - despite her father’s objections. #History #Herstory 2/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 2d

CAREY THOMAS (1857-1935) became the Dean (1885) & then president (1894) of Bryn Mawr College, where she organized the undergraduate studies program & started the 1st graduate program at any women’s school. #History #Herstory 1/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 5d

MEROE MORSE (1923-1969) majored in Art History. She had no formal background in science when she started, but took classes in chemistry while working. She became manager of black-n-white photographic research & later director of special photographic research. #History #Herstory 2/2

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 5d

MEROE MORSE (1923-1969) was a major contributor to the development of instant photography at Polaroid. Responsible for overseeing the round-the-clock shifts of researchers conducting thousands of experiments, she is named in 30 patents. #History #Herstory 1/2

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 6d

MARGARET SANGER’s (1879-1966) legal appeals lead to the reinterpretation of the Comstock Act and granted doctors the right to give advice about birth control as well as prescribe them (1936). #History #Herstory 3/3

Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 6d

MARGARET SANGER (1879-1966) was devoted to educating women about birth control and sex. She was arrested 8 times. The legal harassment helped to change public opinion in favor of the birth control movement. #History #Herstory 2/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 6d

MARGARET SANGER (1879-1966) was a crusader for birth control, a term she coined, and opened the 1st American birth control clinic (1917), for which she was arrested and spent 30 days in jail. #History #Herstory 1/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 6d

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Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Creating a New Yardstick to the Stars — Ford's Theatre

<p>Henrietta Swan Leavitt made a discovery that forever changed how astronomers understand the universe. Learn about Leavitt’s journey to solving one of the biggest questions in astronomical history a...

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 6d

“Within 15 years, Leavitt’s discovery was applied … to determine the size of the Milky Way and the distances to the enigmatic spiral nebulae, showing that they were other galaxies as big as the Milky Way. We live in a universe of galaxies, not just stars, thanks to Henrietta Swan Leavitt.”

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 8d

Henrietta Swan Leavitt mapped the universe’s yardstick: her Cepheid period-luminosity law let 🔭astronomers measure cosmic🌌 distances, paving the way for Hubble’s expansion. Which overlooked woman in science should we spotlight next? #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Creating a New Yardstick to the Stars — Ford's Theatre

<p>Henrietta Swan Leavitt made a discovery that forever changed how astronomers understand the universe. Learn about Leavitt’s journey to solving one of the biggest questions in astronomical history a...

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 7d

FLORENCE GREENBERG (1913-1995) founded Scepter Records in 1959. She was head of the company for 17 years during which she developed talents like the Isley Brothers, the Kingsmen & Dionne Warwick. #History #Herstory

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Hiddenherstory @hiddenherstory.bsky.social · 7d

📅🍂Oct 1st 1887: Ida Gray passed the entrance exam for the Univ. of Michigan School of Dentistry & graduated in June 1890, becoming the 1st African-American woman dentist in the U.S. She worked in a dress shop, with a Dentist practice upstairs. That drew her to the profession.
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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 8d

KATHARINE BLODGETT’s (1898 – 1979) non-reflective glass eliminated distortion from reflected light in things like eyeglasses, telescopes, microscopes & cameras. “Gone With the Wind,” (1939) was the 1st major movie to use her invention. #History #Herstory 2/2

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 8d

KATHARINE BLODGETT (1898 – 1979) was the 1st woman to receive a PhD in physics from Cambridge University. Best known for inventing non-reflective glass, was issued 8 U.S. patents during her career. In 2007, she was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. #History #Herstory 1/2

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 9d

FANNY MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847) was a talented German pianist & composer. Her songs were published under her brother’s name. One song, Italien, was a favorite song of Queen Victoria. #History #Herstory

Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 12d

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Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve as a cabinet secretary, was the driving force behind the New Deal, credited with formulating policies to shore up the national…

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 12d

FRANCES PERKINS (1880-1965) succeed at all that & was the drive force behind the New Deal that helped the US recover from the Great Depression. #History #Herstory 3/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 12d

FRANCES PERKINS (1880-1965) insisted on prioritizing the creation of the 40-hr work week, minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, the abolition of child labor & Social Security. #History #Herstory 2/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 12d

FRANCES PERKINS (1880-1965) was first woman to serve in the US Cabinet (1932-1945). She served as Secretary of Labor for 12 years making her also one of the longest serving Labor Secretaries. #History #Herstory 1/3

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 13d

"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum." - FRANCES WILLARD #Inspire #Change #Quote

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 13d

#OnThisDay, 25 Sept 1942, Lise de Baissac and Andrée Borrel parachute into occupied France to become Special Operations Executive agents. They are the first women to parachute in.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 🗃️
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collage showing Andree Borel and Lise de Baissac in their uniforms, captioned with their names and role. Both are white women: Andree has dark hair whilst Lise is fair.

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Where Daffodils Grow @daffodilsgrow.bsky.social · 14d

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