“But there is another way of fighting for freedom without arms; we can fight with the mind…women of ability are held down because of a subconscious Hitlerism in the hearts of men.”
Virginia Woolf from her essay “Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid,” referencing men favoring oppression of women over survival in the war against the Nazis.
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This essay was written in August 1940 and published in the New Republic , New York, 21 October 1940. The Germans were over this house last night and the night before that. Here they are again. It is a queer experience, lying in the dark and listening to the zoom of a hornet which may at
One of my favourite photos, partly because the council have now iron-fenced this grave off and, IMHO, turned it into a Victorian look-don't-touch memorial, kept apart from the people. It had so much more of a "she was one of us" feel to it before.
<AI Confession> Cloned out 2 headstones which obscured the lower part of the view. Original in comments.</>
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Suffrage comes from Latin "suffragium", a voting tablet, a compound word consisting of sub + an unsure root verb (~"frago").
Suffer relates to Latin sub+fero.
Suffrage has nothing to do with suffer. The confusion may be caused by the common suffix -age, which is not at play here.
The definitive biography of American suffragist and women’s rights pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton, from a preeminent historian of women’s suffrage. This was a tough read for me. -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #BasicBooks #ElizabethCadyStanton #Netgalley #ARCReview #WomensRights #Suffrage
On this day, 14 April 1913, workers across Belgium went on strike, after the failure of Parliament to introduce universal male suffrage, the strike, in which 70
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28 MAR 1929 | Ecuador adopts new constitution | Ecuador
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Nellie McClung: A Leading Figure in the Suffrage Movement 🇨🇦
Nellie McClung was a prominent Canadian feminist, politician, and social activist. As a member of the Famous Five, she fought for women's suffrage and other social reforms. McClung's tireless advocacy played a crucial role in securing the right to vote for women in Canada and advancing gender equality. ♀️🇨🇦 #Canada #NellieMcClung #Suffrage #CanadianHistory
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