#OnThisDay, 3 Apr 1979, Jane Byrne wins the Chicago mayoral election. She is the first woman to be mayor of the city and is sworn in on 16 April. She hires the first black woman to be a school superintendent in the city, and stops the police raiding gay bars.

Lori Lightfoot was the second woman to hold the post, from 2019 to 2023. She’s the first black woman and the first LGBT+ mayor since the post was created in 1837.

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

Under 22s and over 60s already get a free bus pass.

Expanding it to everyone is one of the simplest, quickest and most effective steps we can take to support commuters and families as costs continue to rise.

But it wouldn't just lower our bills. Transport is Scotland's largest source of climate emissions. Reliable, accessible, free public transport would help us lower emissions and protect our planet. 🌍

3 April 1882 | An Austrian composer of Jewish origin Richard Fall was born. Conductor in operettas in Berlin and composer of film music in Hollywood. He fled to France.

In #Auschwitz from 23 November 1943. (deported from Drancy). He perished in January 1945.

More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Fall

"Only if we understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall they be saved."

First-Ever ‘Jane Goodall Day’ Will Take Place on April 3 To Honor the Late Conservationist’s Mission

By Regina Sienra

https://mymodernmet.com/jane-goodall-day/

#books #nature #animal_welfare

RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/u.s.-news-lhl4uphvz/-/a-BPVgNpiiQoqeWK-VnTNZBQ%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0

'Murky' is the Associated Press sane washing the 20-minute fact-addled spew of the pants-shitting pedophile desperate to sell his shitty war.