#OnThisDay, 23 May 1907, 19 women take their seats in the Finnish Parliament. They are the first women Parliamentarians in the world.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #EuropeanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, and called for Māori women to have the vote and to be members of the parliament.

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Borders added! There’s a few buildings that need a touch more fabric paint, but luckily I haven’t rinsed the dye I made up yet

When quilted, this one will be called Suffragist City, a name that has utterly delighted me the whole time I worked on it

(just an aside - I know as a U.S. women’s suffrage-themed quilt this technically should have been purple and yellow, but that color combo is nails on a chalkboard for me, so 💜 and 💚 it is)

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"Women are the equals of men before the law, and are equal in all their rights."

#OnThisDay, 10 May 1872, Victoria Woodhull was nominated to run for US president by the Equal Rights Party. Her nomination was ratified on June 6, 1872, making her the first woman candidate.

Woodhall had co-founded, with her sister, both a Wall Street brokerage and a newspaper. She was also an anti-abortionist and a supporter of eugenics.

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#OnThisDay, 30 April 1937, 447,725 women in the Philippines vote to be given the vote in the women's suffrage plebiscite.

Yes, the government did ask women to vote on whether they should have the vote…

https://asiafoundation.org/2012/03/07/early-feminism-in-the-philippines/

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The buildings are pieced! There was one small section I had to hand stitch because the bits were too small to sew the y-seam with my machine. Nothing like designing a pattern that that’s too difficult for you to actually make 🤦‍♀️

Next up is letters and borders. There’s an interesting xoxsew pattern I’m thinking of emulating for the bottom border - https://www.etsy.com/listing/947578875/

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#OnThisDay, 29 April 1945, French women vote for the first time.

Newsreel: https://www.ina.fr/video/AFE86003075

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#OnThisDay, 21 Apr 1944, the provisional government of France signs into law universal suffrage, granting women the vote.

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