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David Batz(DavBatz)

@davbatz

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A recent refugee from the BirdApp. I am focused on #energy #security #informationsecurity #privacy #technology #voting rights, #democracy and #humor.

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David Batz(DavBatz)11h ago

Good Morning! It is Friday, May 8. On this day in 1922, Mary Q. Steele was born. She was a noted American author and naturalist. She wrote over twenty books: some adult-style, but mosty children's books. One of her books, Journey Outside, was a Newbery Honor Book. #Herstory

David Batz(DavBatz)1d ago

Good Morning! It is Thursday, May 7. On this day in 1929 Sally Liberman Smith was born. She was an American educator. Smith founded the Lab School for children with learning difficulties in 1967. She was also a professor in the School of Education at American University. #Herstory #WomeninSTEM

David Batz(DavBatz)2d ago

Good Morning! It is Wed, May 6. On this day in 1829, Phebe Ann Coffin was born. She was a Christian Universalist minister and biographer who was active in championing universal suffrage and women's rights. She was the first woman ordained as a Universalist minister in New England. #Herstory

David Batz(DavBatz)3d ago

Good Morning! It is Tuesday, May 5. On this day in 1907, Daryna Makohon was born. Better known by her pen name Iryna Vilde, she was a Ukrainian and Soviet writer and correspondent. Vilde's works are now considered classics of Ukrainian literature. #Herstory

David Batz(DavBatz)4d ago

Good Morning! It is Monday May 4. On this day in 1916, Jane Jacobs was born. She was an American-Canadian journalist, author, theorist, and activist who influenced urban studies, sociology, and economics. She argued that "urban renewal" did not respect the needs of city-dwellers. #Herstory #WomeninSTEM

David Batz(DavBatz)5d ago

Good Morning! It is Sunday, May 3. On this day in 1898, Septima Clark was born. She was a Black educator and civil rights activist. Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for Blacks. #Herstory #WomeninSTEM

David Batz(DavBatz)6d ago

Good Morning! It is Saturday, May 2 On this day in 1879, Nannie Helen Burroughs was born. She was an educator, orator, religious leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and businesswoman in the United States She fought both for equal rights as well as new opportunities for women. #Herstory

David Batz(DavBatz)May 1

Good Morning! It is Friday, May 1. On this day in 1852, Martha Jane Canary was born. Better known as Calamity Jane, she was an American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and raconteur. In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. #Herstory

David Batz(DavBatz)Apr 30

Good Morning! It is Thursday, Apr 30. On this day in 1920, Gerda Lerner was born. She was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre pieces, screenplays, and an autobiography #Herstory #WomeninSTEM

David Batz(DavBatz)Apr 29

Good Morning! It is Wednesday, April 29. On this day in 1917 Maya Deren was born. She was a Ukrainian-born American experimental filmmaker and important promoter of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, poet, lecturer, writer, and photographer. #Herstory