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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 12h

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

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Alpha Kitty @alphakitty.bsky.social · 12h

10/8/1903 — b. Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Canadian artist, arts educator. Sculptor; figural works, modernist landscape works, and major public commissions in Ontario. Held key posts in the Federation of #CanadianArtists & the Canadian Arts Council (1944-48) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womensart #OTD

Elizabeth Winnifred Wood standing next to a large male bust sculpture of hers.

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 12h

10/8/1800 — b. Abigail May Alcott, American social worker, abolitionist, women's rights activist. A pioneer social reformer, and one of the first paid social workers in Massachusetts (1848). The mother of Louisa May Alcott, the author of the classic “Little Women” #womenshistory #womensrights #OTD

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Adrienne Matei @foxpack.bsky.social · 17d

My new essay on how women end up laundering the failures of fascism here! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 1d

10/7/1946 — b. Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, feminist theorist, professor. A widely cited English language legal scholar; she defined the term and legal claim for #SexualHarassment, and SCOTUS adopted her argument that SH was a form of discrimination (1986) #womenshistory #gov #law #VAW #OTD

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 1d

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Emily in the Blue 💙 Delta @ezwez.bsky.social · 1d

PROTESTERS: USEFUL INFO

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

#protesters #demonstration #equalrights #democracy #democracia #DemocracyInAction #DemocracyMatters #Democratic #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #civilrights #protest #rally #nokingsinamerica #WorkersRightsAreHumanRights #immigrantrights #immigrants

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

www.aclu.org

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 1d

10/7/1920 — b. Kathryn F. Clarenback, American women’s rights activist, feminist and educator. An early modern feminist leader in the United States; founding member and the chair of the National Organization for Women #womenshistory #womensrights #feminism #NOW #OTD

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 2d

“When I liberate others, I liberate myself.”
~ Fannie Lou Hamer, born this day in 1917
Photo taken in Mississippi in 1971 by Louis Draper
#fannielouhamer #LouisDraper #liberate #womensrights #activist #leadership #leadershipmatters #civilrights #civilrightsmovement #civilrightsactivist

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Extraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast @storiesofbritain.bsky.social · 3d

Born #OTD 1896, Dorothy Lawrence was a journalist determined to report from the front line of World War One. So she posed as a man and made her way to the heart of the conflict. Hear her story in our Women and War podcast: tinyurl.com/yu4yedh6 #history #womenshistory

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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 4d

It's worth marking the effort to see the Welsh Women's Peace Petition exhibition - it's an amazing story www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... and you can search the petition on-line www.library.wales/peacepetition #Peace #WomensHistory

Catalyst for peace? Welsh women’s 100-year-old petition gets new home

Exhibition at National Library of Wales marks historic event that has also inspired a wave of activism

www.theguardian.com

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Arizona Historical Society @azhs.bsky.social · 5d

#OnThisDay of AZ History in 1933, Isabella Greenway was elected Arizona's first female member of Congress. This 1932 photo shows Greenway at the Democratic Convention in Chicago where she was Democratic National Committeewoman for Arizona.
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#ArizonaHistory #Womenshistory

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 12d

9/26/1875 — b. Mary Elisabeth Dreier, American social reformer, suffragist. Leading speaker for women’s #labor reform. President, NY Women's Trade Union League (1906-14); chair, NYC Woman Suffrage Party. Only woman on the NY State Factory Investigating Comm, Triangle Fire (1911) #womenshistory #OTD

Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 15d

9/23/1863 — b. Mary Church Terrell, American suffragist, civil rights + women's rights activist, author, educator. Founder, Colored Women’s League (1892); first president, Natl Assn of Colored Women(1896). Picketed White House w/Natl Wmns Party (1919); charter member, NAACP #womenshistory #woc #OTD

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 15d

9/23/1838 — b. Victoria Woodhull, American suffrage leader, financial speculator, broker, publisher, feminist. The first female candidate to run for U.S. President for the #EqualRights Party (1872). She & her sister were the first wmn to open and operate a Wall St brokerage firm #womenshistory #OTD

Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 16d

9/22/1947 — b. Norma McCorvey, American legal plaintiff, activist, writer. Aka “Jane Roe”; the anonymous plaintiff in the landmark Roe v. Wade legal case (1973), one of the most controversial and famous SCOTUS decisions of the 20th century #womenshistory #womensrights #reprorights #Roevember #OTD

Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 16d

9/22/1880 — b. Christabel Pankhurst, English suffrage leader evangelist, political activist, author, lecturer. Co-founder, Women’s Social and Political Union; leader, WSPU’s militant campaign (1912-13). Eldest dau of British suffrage mvmnt leader Emmeline Pankhurst #womenshistory #womensrights #OTD

Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 16d

9/22/1868 — b. Louise McKinney, Canadian #gov official, #womensrights activist, suffragist. The first female member of the Alberta Legislative (1917); the first woman elected to a Canadian legislature and in the British Empire. One of the Famous Five in the Persons Case (1929) #womenshistory #OTD

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Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 19d

Women worldwide earn nearly 20% less than men for the same work. On International Equal Pay Day, we demand economic justice—because equal pay is a human right. 💙 #EqualPayDay #GenderJustice #WomensRights #Feminism #MakeBillionairesPay

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Mia’s Mom @mias-mom.bsky.social · 18d

Here’s a brutal little dose of reality for anyone naïve enough to think “the good old days” ever actually existed!
#WomensRights

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · Sep 6

9/6/1800 — b. Catharine Beecher, American educator, author, lecturer. Founder of the Hartford Female Seminary (1823), early major educational institution for young wmn in the U.S. Founder, American Woman’s Educational Assn (1852); brought schools to underserved regions #womenshistory #education #OTD

Black + white line art of the Hartford Female Seminary

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · Sep 6

9/6/1795 — b. Frances Wright, Scotish-American author, abolitionist, reformer, feminist + freethinker. Founder of Nashoba, which prepared slaves for emancipation. Converted her NYC church to a “hall of science”where she lectured on women’s legal rights #womenshistory #womenwriters #womensrights #OTD

Image of Fanny Wright seated at her desk

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · Sep 5

9/5/1939 — b. Claudette Colvin, American civil rights activist, medical professional. Pioneer of the Af-Am Civil Rights mvmnt; at 15, she refused to give up her seat to a white person and to move to the back of the bus (1955), 9 months prior to Rosa Parks same action #womenshistory #civilrights #woc

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · Sep 5

9/5/1859 — Harriet E. Wilson publishes ‘Our Nig’, the work was considered the first novel published by an African-American in the United States but has now been contested by another manuscript #womenshistory #womenwriters #woc #OTD

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · Sep 4

9/4/1905 — b. Eileen Mary Challans, English-born South African author. Pseudonym Mary Renault; historical novelist and an expert on ancient Greece. Renowned for her scholarship and detailed works on ancient civilizations; she was a critic of apartheid #womenshistory #womenwriters #OTD

Eileen Mary Challans seated at desk with typewriter.

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