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#Elections #Tanzania #Africa #WomenLeaders #womenleaders2025 #WomenInHistory

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c04gqnykl64o

the local taqueria still consistently manages to provide me with the most fascinating change 😆 two new ones that I had not yet seen before now, and an opportunity to familiarize myself with some history that I never knew I never knew!

#coins #numismatics #numismatic #quarter #history #WomenInHistory #MusicWomenWednesday

⚔️ As the Spanish Armada looms, one woman must summon courage, loyalty, and love to defend her home—and her heart.

Step into the Elizabethan era with Mistress of Dartington Hall by Rosemary Griggs — a sweeping tale of resilience, passion, and the power of women who shaped history. 🌹

📜 Read the Guest Post here:
👉 https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/mistressofdartingtonhall-daughtersofdevon-3-byrosemarygriggs

#TheCoffeePotBookClub #BlogTour #SpanishArmada #WomenInHistory #HistoricalFiction #Elizabethan, @ladykatherinesfarthingale @thecoffeepotbookclub

On this day in 1870, Josephine Clofullia Ghio died in Bridgwater’s workhouse.

Yesterday, we visited the pauper's graveyard in Bridgwater where she was laid to rest.

For more, check out On This Day in Somerset.

#bridgwater #wembdonroadcemetery #Somerset #greatestshowman #womenInHistory

#OnThisDay, 28 Oct 1908, Muriel Matters, Violet Tillard and Helen Fox unfurl a banner and then chain themselves to the grille in the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, London, demanding votes for women.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons
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Meant to post this yesterday but it's half term so 🫠

Yesterday in 2017, a plaque was unveiled in Frome to mark where Alice Seeley Harris had lived as a teenager from 1882 to 1888.

#somerset #Congo #photography #womeninhistory

#OnThisDay, 25 Oct 1996, the last “Magdalene laundry” in Ireland closes.

In 2013, the Irish government issued a formal state apology to the women forced to work in the homes.

Here's archive film: https://ifiplayer.ie/father-delaney-collection-magdalene-laundry/

And here's more about how the laundries operated: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/last-days-of-a-laundry-1.89388

#IrishHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 25 Oct 1947, women in Malta vote for the first time. Almost 35,000 women go to the polls.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #MalteseHistory #Histodons

🏛️ Hypatia, the philosopher of Alexandria, met her death at the hands of a Christian mob.

Her story remains a testament to the peril of thought in the face of zeal. 📚🔥

#Brewminate #History #Philosophy #WomenInHistory #Religion #Reason

https://brewminate.com/hypatia-the-scholar-and-violent-christianity-in-an-ancient-alexandrian-mob/