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Winnie Houyhnhnm, Midge, Vanna, and Winslow enjoy a documentary about Kate Millet--radical feminist, author, artist, lesbian, and political activist. Midge heard her speak in a bookstore in Minneapolis, at the signing of "Sita," back in the '80s. Happy Women's History Month! #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #herstory #doll #dolls #barbie #barbies #midge #vannawhite #vannaisvenus #houyhnhnm #houyhnhnms #gulliverstravels #katemillet #minneaplis #radicalfeminist #feminist #lesbian #gayrights

CarveHerName 3h ago

#OnThisDay, 20 Mar 1985, Libby Riddles is the first woman to win the 1,100-mile trans-Alaska #Iditarod dog sled race.

Watch a contemporary news report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P9_48VLB0I

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory #Histodons

John Colagioia 21h ago

If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

Alice Roosevelt Longworth

#Quotes #WomensHistory

John Colagioia 1d ago

As our colonial ancestors felt that a decent regard for the opinions of mankind should impel those in a state of rebellion to declare their reasons, so the suffragettes have repeatedly endeavored to set before the world the grievances for which they are suffering.

Mary Winsor

#Quotes #WomensHistory

Debbie Cameron 2d ago

I’ve never heard of this! Nation's Fund for Nurses charity for nurses who gave their services to the country during the War established Oct1917 following an appeal for endowment for the College of Nursing #nursinghistory #WomensHistory #WW1 digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De...

Debbie Cameron 2d ago

Just been down a bit of a rabbit hole having found copies of the journal of The Federation of Women Civil Servants (1916–1932) formed to represent female public servants amid widespread hostility from male-dominated unions! The LSE archives #WomensHistory digital.library.lse.ac.uk/documents?fi...

John Colagioia 2d ago

The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy.

Florence Scovel Shinn

#Quotes #WomensHistory

CarveHerName 3d ago

#OnThisDay, 17 Mar 1964, Joan Merriam Smith set off from Oakland airport in California in an attempt to fly solo around the world. She followed Amelia Earhart’s easterly route from 1937 as far as New Guinea where Earhart had vanished.

Merriam Smith arrived back in Oakland on 12 May 1964, the first pilot to successfully make a solo circumnavigation by the equatorial route.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenPilots #AmericanHistory #WomensHistoryMonth

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