I watched this documentary last night and it was fascinating. Learn about the historic sexism in the airline industry, the link between women’s rights and the Civil Rights movement, and how when we work together we can make change.

https://www.pbs.org/video/fly-with-me-tggekd/

#LaborRights #AirlineIndustry #EqualRights

American Experience | Fly with Me | Season 36 | Episode 2

The lively but neglected history of the women who changed the world while flying it.

Sometimes it’s easier to ignore things that are difficult to see. Fortunately, there are journalists who bring light to the things that must be addressed. One such reporter was Nellie Ble, a 19th- century journalist who went undercover to expose the asylum system in which women (with or without mental illness) were often abused or neglected. More than a century later, Bly’s work was honored with a monument near the site of the asylum she investigated. @AtlasObscura has more:

https://flip.it/K9Eg2p

#Culture #InternationalWomensMonth #Equality #EqualRights #Women #WomensRights

This Intrepid 19th-Century Reporter Refused to Accept the Unacceptable

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It is impossible to struggle for #CivilRights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because #EqualRights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it. --- Maya Angelou

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March 8 is International Women's Day — a date picked in honor of the Russian women who demanded "bread and peace" during World War I. The Czar abdicated and women gained the right to vote. True to the spirit of those Russian women, the world pauses on this day to celebrate the achievements of women. Here’s more from @npr:

https://flip.it/r8LGVD

#Culture #Equality #InternationalWomensDay #EqualRights

Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg 1910, before Zetkin proposed to the Second International, that March 8 be celebrated as International Women’s Day to commemorate the 1908 garment workers strike in New York City.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #internationalwomensday #strike #feminism #equalpay #equalrights #GenderEquality #iwd #socialism #communism #womenshistorymonth #clarazetkin #rosaluxemburg