by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
When abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison’s 1830 homage to Lydia Maria Child named her “the first woman in the republic,” it was a tribute to genius “as versatile as it is brilliant,” and praised the remarkable contributions of her...
by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
Since the 1940’s, the inverted pink triangle has been widely recognized as a reclaimed symbol of gay pride. While many are familiar with the history of the pink triangle, the history of the black triangle is much less known. In the years before World War Two, Section...
by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated on March 8 in countries around the world, was originally chosen to commemorate a strike by women textile workers that took place on that day in New York in 1857. These women were protesting extremely poor working...
by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
One wintry night of December, 1860, Phoebe Harris Phelps, her face was disguised with heavy veils, showed up at the door of Susan B. Anthony looking for help. Anthony listened to her story with horror: Phoebe had been beaten, coerced, and separated from her children...
by Adriene | Mar 3, 2022 | remember this
Accompanying the explosion in feminism in the late 19th century was an explosion, or really a birth, of women’s sports. Middle and upper class women seized onto the bicycle, which gave them a freedom to travel and escape chaperones. Since long dresses were...
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