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Alpha Kitty
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Artist + Historian @Wikipatia, sister X-itter archives feministory.bsky.social + STEMfem.bsky.social + Writer + Musician +
Independent Publisher, Alpha Kitty, Ltd.

#womenshistory | #womenartists | #WomenInMusic

Rise Up America, Rise Up!
12/26/1880 — b. Augusta von Zitzewitz, German artist. Painter, graphic woodcut printer; noted Berlin modernist portrait painter (1932-60). One of the first female Expressionist painters in Germany; member of the Free Secession, a Berlin artist group #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #BOTD
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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More about Jessie and women of early photography here
👍👇

observer.com/2025/06/earl...
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Are these the files you boxed up from the Biden era probe into Epstein co-conspirators and shipped off to DC after you killed the investigation and fired the prosecutors? You’ve had these since January. I call BS.
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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December 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Here is a b&w ad from decades ago when activists were warning everyone's parents. Or, grandparents.

Influencers are somewwwhat irritating, frankly.
December 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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December 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
12/23/1870 — b. Jessie Tarbox Beals, Canadian-American photographer, photojournalist. Pioneer freelance news photographer; the first published U.S. wmn photojournalist+ first female night photographer.Also #photography of presidents,celebrities + NYC bohemians #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart
December 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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We are deep into this fascist takeover.

And yet we go on about every day just like nothing’s changed.

If only in my dreams…
December 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
December 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
12/22/1919 — b. Lillian Green, American singer, songwriter. Classic blues vocalist known as “Lil Green”; noted hits include her own 12-bar #blues classic “Why Don’t You Do Right?”, “Country Bill Blues”+“My Mellow Man”.Other artists recorded her works;died at 34 #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky
December 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Happy Winter Solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice
December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Happy Winter Solstice!
December 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Happy Winter Solstice ya Pagans…. It only gets lighter by the minute now 🙏🏽👍🏽😎
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
12/21/1872 — b. Helen Farnsworth Mears, American artist. Sculptor; her “Fountain of Life” statute won the bronze medal at the St. Louis Exposition(1904). Her marble statue of Frances E. Willard is in the National Statuary Hall Collection, Wash D.C.(1905) #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #BOTD
December 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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DECEMBER 21ST
Happy Birthday Peetie Wheatstraw!
(December 21, 1902 – December 21, 1941)

Peetie Wheatstraw, was an American musician, an influential figure among 1930s blues singers. He was BORN on December 21st and he also DIED on December 21st...

open.substack.com/pub/onthisda...

#MUSIC
#BLUES
DECEMBER 21ST
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEETIE WHEATSTRAW!
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Ohio bill would make public comments on governing decisions a right, not a privilege
House Bill 609 would require public bodies to hold public commentary and testimony before taking action on any decisions.
by Katie Millard
www.nbc4i.com/news/politic...
www.nbc4i.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
12/19/1915 — b. Édith Piaf, French singer, composer. Renowned as a great French international star of cabaret and modern chanson. Considered France’s national popular singer; known as the brown sparrow of Parisian cabaret fame, composed “La Vie En Rose” #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #BOTD
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Born on this day in 1948.

Happy Birthday to Bill Nelson!

Be Bop Deluxe frontman, Guitar Legend and National Treasure 🎶🎸

#musicsky
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December 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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NPR Jazz Night In America: Have a Blue (Note) Christmas with Don Was www.npr.org/2025/12/18/n...
Have a Blue (Note) Christmas with Don Was
Don Was digs into the Blue Note Records vault for a different kind of Christmas playlist, bringing together rare cuts, classics and deep grooves from across the label's history.
www.npr.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Courts are using originalist arguments to expand executive power, weaken long-standing rights and protections, and entrench inequality. It’s crucial that lawyers push back. Our new guide shows you how. bit.ly/4iQ1v0B
Countering Originalism
This guide offers lawyers strategies, arguments, and citations to address originalist claims they encounter in litigation.
www.brennancenter.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
12/18/1916 — b. Elizabeth Ruth Grable (Betty Grable), American actor, singer and dancer. The most popular World War II “pin-up” model who was best known for the photograph of her posing in a one piece bathing suit and high heels looking back over her shoulder #womenshistory #WWII #model #PinUp #BOTD
December 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM