On this day in 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, reminding him to “Remember the ladies, John.” Below are five fast facts about Abigail Adams.
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“Abigail Adams.” HISTORY. Accessed March 26, 2021. https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/abigail-adams On this day in 1533, King Henry VIII of England divorced his first wife, Katherine of Aragon. Though this is the today in history event of hers that I am writing about, there is so much more to her story. Below are five fast facts about Katherine of Aragon.
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Frances P. Bolton: Fast Facts
On this day in 1885, Francis Bolton, who helped remove color lines in nursing, was born. Below are five fast facts about Francis Bolton. Facts:
On this day in 1533, Tudor queen Anne Boleyn was finally presented to the world as the Queen Consort of England. Below are five fast facts about Anne Boleyn.
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I missed the post yesterday so today I'm combining the posts of yesterday and today.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary Facts: 1. First female African American newspaper editor 2. She founded the newspaper The Provincial Freemen. The motto of the paper was: "Devoted to anti-slavery, temperance and general literature." 3. Her father also worked for an abolitionist newspaper, which was called the Liberator 4. After the Fugitive Slave Act was passed (which meant that escaped slaves could be captured and, if they were, it required that they be returned to the slaver), Mary and her family moved to Canada. 5. When the civil war broke out Mary returned to the United States to Resources for your Research: 1. "Mary Ann Shadd Cary - Facts, Essay & Life." - for a full bio Citations: 1. "Mary Ann Shadd Cary - Facts, Essay & Life." Biography. Accessed March 25, 2021. https://www.biography.com/activist/mary-ann-shadd-cary 2. "Fugitive Slave Act of 1850." Wikipedia. Accessed March 25, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850 3. "The Provincial Freeman (newspaper)." Wikipedia. Accessed March 25, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Provincial_Freeman_(newspaper) Gloria Steinem Facts: 1. Feminist, journalist, and author 2. After her parents were divorced when she was a child, she was left to care for her mother, who was mentally ill 3. After graduating college, she went to India to study and research, which enabled her to find a passion for women's rights and grassroots activism 4. She started her journalistic career as a freelancer 5. In 1972, Steinem formed the National Women's Political Caucus along with other feminists such as Bella Abzug, Shirley Chisholm, and Betty Freidan. Resources for your Research: 1. "Gloria Steinem | National Women's History Museum." - for a full bio Citations: 1. "Gloria Steinem | National Women's History Museum." National Women's History Museum. Accessed March 25, 2021. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/gloria-steinem On this day in 1884, Florence Ellinwood Allen was born. Allen was a trailblazer in women's history, holding the achievement of being the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a United States federal judge. Below are five fast facts about this herstorical figure.
1. Her father, Clarence Emir Allen, was a mine manager when Florence was a child but later became a United States Representative for Utah. 2. As a child she loved music, languages, and poetry 3. First, she earned a degree in art 4. But after a trip to Germany to continue studying music, she decided to go to law school 5. As a child, her mother took her to suffragist speeches, some by Susan B. Anthony and Anna Howard Shaw. Resources for Your Own Research: 1. "Allen, Florence Ellinwood." - for more details on her career in law 2. "Florence Ellinwood Allen." - for even more details on her law career Citations: 1. "Florence Ellinwood Allen." Wikipedia. Accessed March 23, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Ellinwood_Allen 2. "Allen, Florence Ellinwood." National Women's Hall of Fame. Accessed March 23, 2021. https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/florence-ellinwood-allen/ On this day in 1972, the U.S. Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment. To this day, it has still not been ratified. The main purpose of the Equal Rights Amendment was to guarantee equal rights for all citizens of the United States regardless of sex, so that there would be no legal differences between the rights of men and women. It mandates that: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” The Equal Rights Amendment was originally written by suffragists Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman, and was first introduced to Congress over 50 years before it was passed, in 1923. Alice Paul was instrumental in the passing of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Crystal Eastman was an author and suffragist. She was a co-founder and co-editor with her brother, Max Eastman, of the magazine The Liberator, which was very radical for its time. Resources for your Research: 1. "The Equal Rights Amendment: What You Need To Know." - for a full explanation of the Equal Rights Amendment 2. "Alice Paul." - for a full bio on Alice Paul 3. "Crystal Eastman." - for a full bio on Crystal Eastman Citations: 1. "The Equal Rights Amendment: What You Need To Know." Center For American Progress. Accessed March 22, 2021. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2020/01/29/479917/equal-rights-amendment-need-know/ 2. "Alice Paul." National Women's History Museum. Accessed March 22, 2021. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/alice-paul 3. "Equal Rights Amendment." Wikipedia. Accessed March 22, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment 4. "Crystal Eastman." Wikipedia. Accessed March 22, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Eastman On this day in 1875, Margaret Foley, suffragist, was born. Below are five facts about Margaret Foley!
1. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts 2. She worked as a speaker and manager of organizational work for the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association (1906-1915). 3. In 1912, she began making trips around the the U.S. to help suffragist organizations around the country 4. She never married and likely lived with her long-time friend Helen Elizabeth Goodnow for several years 5. After high school, she originally worked to become a singer, but was forced to give up that aspiration for "family issues." Resources for your Research: 1. "Margaret Foley." - for a full biography Citations: 1. "Margaret Foley." Nevada Suffrage Centennial. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://suffrage100nv.org/suffragist-biographies/margaret-foley/ 2. "Papers of Margaret Foley." Harvard University. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01HVD_ALMA211768465180003941&context=L&vid=HVD2&lang=en_US&search_scope=everything&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=everything&query=lsr01,contains,000604928&mode=basic&offset=0 3. "Biographical Sketch of Margaret Foley." Alexander Street. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://documents.alexanderstreet.com/d/1009638328 I haven't been very on top of my blog posts this week, and I apologize for that! Going forward this month I will write the posts the day before so I don't get overwhelmed that day. To catch up, here are five facts about each of the three women from the last three days.
Anna Atkins March 16, 1799 -- Botanist and photographer Anna Atkins is born. She is considered to be the first person to publish a book with photographs. Facts: 1. First person to publish a book illustrated with photographs 2. Some sources credit her as the first woman to create a photograph, though it's hard to know if that is true or not 3. Her mother died when she was one year old 4. John Herschel, a family friend, invented the cyanotype photographic process in 1842, a process that produces a cyan-blue print, often used for copying drawings -- called blueprints. 5. Atkins used Herschel's method to photograph her extensive seaweed collection, which she self-published in her history-making book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions Resources for your Research: 1. "Anna Atkins | MoMA." - for more details on her photographic work 2. "Anna Atkins | English photographer and botanist." - for a full biography Citations: 1. "Anna Atkins." Wikipedia. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Atkins 2. "Cyanotype." Wikipedia. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanotype 3. "Anna Atkins | MoMA." Museum of Modern Art. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://www.moma.org/artists/231 Loretta Perfecus Walsh March 17, 1917 -- Loretta Perfectus Walsh became the first woman to join the navy and the first woman to officially join the military in a role other than a nurse Facts: 1. She was the first woman to join the navy 2. She was the first woman to officially join the military in a role other than a nurse 3. Her enlisting resulted in a policy change on March 19, 1917, when the Navy became the first branch of the U.S. armed forces to allow women to enlist in a non-nursing capacity. 4. By late 1918, there were 11,275 yeomanettes and 300 marinettes. 5. Even when most of her co-workers were released from duty in 1919, she remained until the end of her 4 year commitment. Resources for your Research: 1. "Loretta Walsh: First Woman to Enlist in the U.S. Navy." - for a full biography Citations: 1. "Loretta Walsh: First Woman to Enlist in the U.S. Navy." Navy Yard. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://www.navyyard.org/theyardblog/2019/03/06/loretta-walsh-first-woman-to-enlist-in-the-u-s-navy/ Queen Latifah March 18, 1970 -- Queen Latifah, American rapper, songwriter, singer, actress, and producer is born. She has long been considered one of hip-hop's pioneer feminists. Facts: 1. Her success in the rap genre of music helped bring about a wave of female rappers, ending up redefining an originally male-dominated genre. 2. She got her name, Queen Latifah, by finding the name Latifah in a book of Arabic names as a child, and Queen through a lesson from her mother that all women are queens. And so, Queen Latifah became her name. 3. She is also known as Dana Elaine Owens 4. She has earned 30 awards, including a Grammy, a Golden Globe, and a People's Choice Award. 5. In high school she was a member of an all-female rap group called Ladies Fresh. Resources for your Research: 1. "Queen Latifah." - for a full biography 2. "Queen Latifah Facts." - for some more quick facts Citations: 1. "Queen Latifah." Britannica. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Queen-Latifah 2. "Five interesting facts about Queen Latifah." AP News. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://apnews.com/article/0e3690abe3ce46c8a4591dfb1dd94383 3. "Queen Latifah -- The Origin of Her Stage Name." Cheatsheet. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/queen-latifah-the-origin-of-her-stage-name.html/ 4. "Queen Latifah Facts." Britannica. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/facts/Queen-Latifah 5. "List of awards and nominations received by Queen Latifah." Wikipedia. Accessed March 18, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Queen_Latifah On this day in 2019, school strikes by children against climate change erupt around the world, inspired by Swedish activist teenager Greta Thunberg. Greta Thunberg is often considered a figurehead of the climate change activism movement. Below are five fun facts about Greta!
Watch her speech at the United Nations here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pQiCew4P34&t=11s 1. She is the youngest Time person of the year (2019) 2. She was only 15 when she started her weekly climate strikes 3. On her trip from Sweden to the UN summit, she opted for a racing yacht rather than the much less sustainable airplane. 4. She won the Amnesty Human Rights Award in 2019 5. Many call her the Joan of Arc of climate change. Resources for your own Research: 1. "17 Need To Know Facts About Greta Thunberg." - for some more quick facts 2. "Greta Thunberg | Biography, Climate Change, & Facts." - for a full biography Citations: 1. "Greta Thunberg." Wikipedia. Accessed March 15, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta_Thunberg#Social_media_activism 2. "17 Need To Know Facts About Greta Thunberg." Togetherband. Accessed March 15, 2021. https://togetherband.org/blogs/news/facts-about-greta-thunberg 3. "Greta Thunberg facts." National Geographic. Accessed March 15, 2021. https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/kids-club/cool-kids/general-kids-club/greta-thunberg-facts/ |
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