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Showing posts with label political activism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political activism. Show all posts
Sunday, January 22, 2017

Back to the Future, Part 3: Women's Edition

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The Women's March--Defending Roe v. Wade (22 January 1973) Photo from Seattle's The Stranger , announcing the Seattle Wo...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Harriet Tubman, "Moses" for African American Slaves

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Harriet Tubman, born Araminty Ross (escaped slavery 17 September 1849) Although the date of her birth is unknown (she was born in Manch...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Jane Addams, Reformer and Activist

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Jane Addams (born 6 September 1860) It's astonishing just to list the many roles of Jane Addams: social worker, social reformer, an...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Battling Bella

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Bella Abzug (died 31 March 1998) A 1971 photo of Bella Abzug in one of her trademark hats Political activist, critical voice in ...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Angelina Emily Grimké: Abolitionist and Suffragist

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Angelina Emily Grimké Weld (born 20 February 1805) Before the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and before Susan B. Anthony began worki...
Sunday, February 15, 2015

Susan B. Anthony, Founding Mother

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Susan B. Anthony (born 15 February 1820) Abolitionist, suffragist, and social reformer, Susan Brownell Anthony campaigned tirelessly ...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Betty Friedan, the "Feminine Mystique," and the "Problem That Has No Name"

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Betty Friedan (born 4 February 1921) In 1963, Betty Friedan published  The Feminine Mystique , a book that is widely regarded as having...
Thursday, January 29, 2015

Germaine Greer, Feminist Icon

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Germaine Greer (born 29 January 1939) Today is the birthday of irrepressible feminist powerhouse Germaine Greer. Greer's The ...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Angela Davis: Activist, Academic, Author

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Angela Davis (born 26 January 1944) Angela Davis in an iconic 1969 photo Today is the birthday of Angela Davis, political ac...