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History of Females | Feminine + History | Feminist + Story | Sister X-itter archives @Wikipatia + STEMfem.bsky.social | #womenshistory + #womensrights
12/7/1815 — b. Elizabeth Hussey Whittier, American poet, abolitionist, pacifist, literary figure. Quaker; the founder of Female Anti-Slavery Society, Boston, Massachusetts (1833), mobbed (1835). Sister + collaborator of poet John Greenleaf Whittier #womenshistory #womenwriters #poetry #BookSky #BOTD
December 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
12/7/1815 — b. Elizabeth Hussey Whittier, American poet, abolitionist, pacifist, literary figure. Quaker; the founder of Female Anti-Slavery Society, Boston, Massachusetts (1833), mobbed (1835). Sister + collaborator of poet John Greenleaf Whittier #womenshistory #womenwriters #poetry #BookSky #BOTD
12/1/1900 — b. Martha Hill, American dance educator. Pioneer instructor + influential promoter of modern dance. Founder, American Dance Fest + dance depts at Bennington + Juilliard. Est graduate program at NYU, instructor(1930-51); first director of #dance at Juilliard (1951-85) #womenshistory #BOTD
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
12/1/1900 — b. Martha Hill, American dance educator. Pioneer instructor + influential promoter of modern dance. Founder, American Dance Fest + dance depts at Bennington + Juilliard. Est graduate program at NYU, instructor(1930-51); first director of #dance at Juilliard (1951-85) #womenshistory #BOTD
11/30/1924 — b. Shirley Chisholm, American #gov official, social activist, professor. U.S. Rep NY-D (1968-82). The first African American congresswoman, and the first black female candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination (1972) #womenshistory #woc #law #BlackHistory #ReSisters #BOTD
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
11/30/1924 — b. Shirley Chisholm, American #gov official, social activist, professor. U.S. Rep NY-D (1968-82). The first African American congresswoman, and the first black female candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination (1972) #womenshistory #woc #law #BlackHistory #ReSisters #BOTD
11/29/1876 — b. Nellie Tayloe Ross, American #gov official, popular effective speaker. The first woman elected governor of a U.S. state, 14th Governor of Wyoming (1925-27). Active in the DNC; the first female director of the U.S. Mint(1933-53) #womenshistory #law #economy #finance #WomenInSTEM #BOTD
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
11/29/1876 — b. Nellie Tayloe Ross, American #gov official, popular effective speaker. The first woman elected governor of a U.S. state, 14th Governor of Wyoming (1925-27). Active in the DNC; the first female director of the U.S. Mint(1933-53) #womenshistory #law #economy #finance #WomenInSTEM #BOTD
11/29/1832 — b. Louisa May Alcott, American author, reformer, abolitionist. She published 30+ books and collections of stories; wrote the children’s classic ‘Little Women’ (1869) which was her first bestseller. A strong supporter of women’s issues #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #kidlit #BOTD
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
11/29/1832 — b. Louisa May Alcott, American author, reformer, abolitionist. She published 30+ books and collections of stories; wrote the children’s classic ‘Little Women’ (1869) which was her first bestseller. A strong supporter of women’s issues #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #kidlit #BOTD
11/28/1865 — b. Alice Ames Winter, American clubwoman, educator, author, orator. Leader, General Federation of Women’s Clubs (1914), president (1920). Co-founder, Women’s Joint Congressional Committee (1920), streamlined women’s groups common legislative goals #womenshistory #gov #law #policy #BOTD
November 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
11/28/1865 — b. Alice Ames Winter, American clubwoman, educator, author, orator. Leader, General Federation of Women’s Clubs (1914), president (1920). Co-founder, Women’s Joint Congressional Committee (1920), streamlined women’s groups common legislative goals #womenshistory #gov #law #policy #BOTD
11/27/1957 — Dorothy Height, American administrator, educator, YMCA official, and civil rights and women’s rights activist, is elected the president of the National Council of Negro Women #womenshistory #womensrights #civilrights #BlackHistory #AfAmHistory #woc #ReSisters #TDIH
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
11/27/1957 — Dorothy Height, American administrator, educator, YMCA official, and civil rights and women’s rights activist, is elected the president of the National Council of Negro Women #womenshistory #womensrights #civilrights #BlackHistory #AfAmHistory #woc #ReSisters #TDIH
11/27/1850 — b. Helene von Mülinen, Swiss women’s rights leader, feminist. Prominent #womensmovement leader at the turn of the 20th century + organizer, Swiss woman suffrage movement. Founder, Swiss Confederation, Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine(1900) #womenshistory #womensrights #ReSister #BOTD
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
11/27/1850 — b. Helene von Mülinen, Swiss women’s rights leader, feminist. Prominent #womensmovement leader at the turn of the 20th century + organizer, Swiss woman suffrage movement. Founder, Swiss Confederation, Bund Schweizerischer Frauenvereine(1900) #womenshistory #womensrights #ReSister #BOTD
11/26/1924 — Eglantyne Jebb’s Geneva 'Declaration of the Rights of the Child' is adopted by League of Nations.The document declares the rights of children + asserts that it is the duty of the international community to place these #humanrights at the forefront of planning #womenshistory #IDEVAW #OTD
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
11/26/1924 — Eglantyne Jebb’s Geneva 'Declaration of the Rights of the Child' is adopted by League of Nations.The document declares the rights of children + asserts that it is the duty of the international community to place these #humanrights at the forefront of planning #womenshistory #IDEVAW #OTD
11/26/1792 — b. Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist, women’s rights advocate, author. Early feminist; wrote, lectured on emancipation and women’s rights. “Equality of the Sexes and The Condition of Women” (1838) was an early writing advocating #womensrights in the U.S. #womenshistory #ReSister #BOTD
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
11/26/1792 — b. Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist, women’s rights advocate, author. Early feminist; wrote, lectured on emancipation and women’s rights. “Equality of the Sexes and The Condition of Women” (1838) was an early writing advocating #womensrights in the U.S. #womenshistory #ReSister #BOTD
11/25/1999 — UN General Assembly passes resolution designating Nov 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #IDEVAW honoring the Mirabal sisters who were murdered for their political activism(11/25/1960,Dominican Republic) #womenshistory #womensrights #VAWG #16days
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
11/25/1999 — UN General Assembly passes resolution designating Nov 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #IDEVAW honoring the Mirabal sisters who were murdered for their political activism(11/25/1960,Dominican Republic) #womenshistory #womensrights #VAWG #16days
11/24/1875 — b. Lola Maverick Lloyd, American author, pacifist, suffragist, feminist, social + political activist. Founder of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (1915) and the Women’s Peace Party (1915) #womenshistory #WILPF #Peace #Organize #BOTD #MassBlackOut #boycott #strike
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
11/24/1875 — b. Lola Maverick Lloyd, American author, pacifist, suffragist, feminist, social + political activist. Founder of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (1915) and the Women’s Peace Party (1915) #womenshistory #WILPF #Peace #Organize #BOTD #MassBlackOut #boycott #strike
11/23/1882 — b. Helen Rogers Reid, American newspaper publisher, advertising executive. A key figure of one of the world’s top newspapers, the ‘New York Herald Tribune.’ Ad director (1918), vp (1922-47), president (1947-52), board chair (1953-68) #womenshistory #newspaper #leadership #AdSky #BOTD
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
11/23/1882 — b. Helen Rogers Reid, American newspaper publisher, advertising executive. A key figure of one of the world’s top newspapers, the ‘New York Herald Tribune.’ Ad director (1918), vp (1922-47), president (1947-52), board chair (1953-68) #womenshistory #newspaper #leadership #AdSky #BOTD
11/22/1909 — The "Uprising of the Twenty Thousand” is a turning point for #womensrights + #labor #union; NYC shirtwaist workers #strike starts over wages+working conditions;within a day approx 20,000 wmn garment workers walk off their factory jobs #womenshistory #generalstrike #MassBlackout #boycott
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
11/22/1909 — The "Uprising of the Twenty Thousand” is a turning point for #womensrights + #labor #union; NYC shirtwaist workers #strike starts over wages+working conditions;within a day approx 20,000 wmn garment workers walk off their factory jobs #womenshistory #generalstrike #MassBlackout #boycott
11/22/1819 — b. Mary Ann Evans, British author, poet, essayist, journalist, and translator. Pseudonym "George Elliot," one of the most acclaimed English novelists of the Victorian era. One of few female writers during this period to experiment with realism #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #BOTD
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
11/22/1819 — b. Mary Ann Evans, British author, poet, essayist, journalist, and translator. Pseudonym "George Elliot," one of the most acclaimed English novelists of the Victorian era. One of few female writers during this period to experiment with realism #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #BOTD
11/21/1870 — b. Mary Johnston, American author, suffragist, social rights activist. Wrote 23 books, a play, several short stories, and narrative poems. She primarily combined history with romance; her bestselling U.S. novel, ‘To Have and to Hold’ (1900) #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #BOTD
November 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
11/21/1870 — b. Mary Johnston, American author, suffragist, social rights activist. Wrote 23 books, a play, several short stories, and narrative poems. She primarily combined history with romance; her bestselling U.S. novel, ‘To Have and to Hold’ (1900) #womenshistory #womenwriters #BookSky #BOTD
11/20/1896 — b. Rose Pesotta, Russian labor leader, organizer, feminist, writer. A leading organizer of labor unions in the United States and in Canada (1933-37); vice-president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (1934-44) #womenshistory #womenleaders #labor #unions #ReSisters #BOTD
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
11/20/1896 — b. Rose Pesotta, Russian labor leader, organizer, feminist, writer. A leading organizer of labor unions in the United States and in Canada (1933-37); vice-president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union (1934-44) #womenshistory #womenleaders #labor #unions #ReSisters #BOTD
11/19/1903 — Mary Morton Kehew becomes the first president of the newly established National Women’s Trade Union League; Jane Addams becomes VP. The Women’s Trade Union League was created after the American Federation of Labor failed to admit women #womenshistory #womensrights #labor #trade #unions
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
11/19/1903 — Mary Morton Kehew becomes the first president of the newly established National Women’s Trade Union League; Jane Addams becomes VP. The Women’s Trade Union League was created after the American Federation of Labor failed to admit women #womenshistory #womensrights #labor #trade #unions
11/19/1835 — b. Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Indian Queen, warrior, #freedomfighter. Queen of the Maratha-ruled state of Jhansi, key figure + leading #warrior of India’s first struggle for independence, the Indian Rebellion(1857). She symbolizes bravery, honor + #patriotism. #womenshistory #ReSister
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
11/19/1835 — b. Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Indian Queen, warrior, #freedomfighter. Queen of the Maratha-ruled state of Jhansi, key figure + leading #warrior of India’s first struggle for independence, the Indian Rebellion(1857). She symbolizes bravery, honor + #patriotism. #womenshistory #ReSister
11/18/1910 — Black Friday | Emmeline Pankhurst leads a British suffrage march on the House of Commons. The suffragettes are met with police brutality however replacements kept arriving to replace the arrested #womenshistory #womensrights #votingrights #ReSisters #BlackFriday #TDIH
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
11/18/1910 — Black Friday | Emmeline Pankhurst leads a British suffrage march on the House of Commons. The suffragettes are met with police brutality however replacements kept arriving to replace the arrested #womenshistory #womensrights #votingrights #ReSisters #BlackFriday #TDIH
11/18/1869 — The American Woman Suffrage Association is founded by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and other more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage. AWSA focused on amending individual state constitutions #womenshistory #womensrights #votingrights #statesrights #TDIH
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
11/18/1869 — The American Woman Suffrage Association is founded by Lucy Stone, Henry Blackwell, and other more conservative activists to work exclusively for woman suffrage. AWSA focused on amending individual state constitutions #womenshistory #womensrights #votingrights #statesrights #TDIH
11/16/1820 — b. Louisa Twining, English author, artist, social worker. Reformer of laws concerning the poor; wrote "Emblems of Medieval Christian Art" (1852), "Types and Figures of the Bible" (1854) + many papers on poor #law. President, Women’s Local #Government Society #womenshistory #womenwriters
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
11/16/1820 — b. Louisa Twining, English author, artist, social worker. Reformer of laws concerning the poor; wrote "Emblems of Medieval Christian Art" (1852), "Types and Figures of the Bible" (1854) + many papers on poor #law. President, Women’s Local #Government Society #womenshistory #womenwriters
11/15/1866 — b. Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, legal advocate. The first female Indian barrister; the first woman to practice law in India. Dedicated to the representation of purdahnashins; studied at Oxford University (1889-93), and a member of Lincoln’s Inn (1922) #womenshistory #law #BOTD
November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
11/15/1866 — b. Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, legal advocate. The first female Indian barrister; the first woman to practice law in India. Dedicated to the representation of purdahnashins; studied at Oxford University (1889-93), and a member of Lincoln’s Inn (1922) #womenshistory #law #BOTD
11/14/1917 — The “Night of Terror” | 33 American women suffragists from the from the National Woman’s Party demanding the right to vote are brutalized and imprisoned after picketing President Woodrow Wilson’s White House www.nps.gov/articles/000... #womenshistory #womensrights #votingrights #TDIH
November 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
11/14/1917 — The “Night of Terror” | 33 American women suffragists from the from the National Woman’s Party demanding the right to vote are brutalized and imprisoned after picketing President Woodrow Wilson’s White House www.nps.gov/articles/000... #womenshistory #womensrights #votingrights #TDIH
11/14/1889 — Nellie Bly, American journalist and activist, begins her 72 day journey around the globe to recreate the mythical adventure depicted in Jules Verne’s novel, “Around the World in Eighty Days.” She returned on January 25, 1890 #womenshistory #womenwriters #travel #OTD
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
11/14/1889 — Nellie Bly, American journalist and activist, begins her 72 day journey around the globe to recreate the mythical adventure depicted in Jules Verne’s novel, “Around the World in Eighty Days.” She returned on January 25, 1890 #womenshistory #womenwriters #travel #OTD