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This isn’t only about algorithms or influencers.
But it’s about what boys are learning at home, in classrooms, & the behaviour they see in the world around them.
It’s the failing to teach them #respect, #empathy, accountability & #equality in day to day living.
#WomensRights #SoroptimistBristol
But it’s about what boys are learning at home, in classrooms, & the behaviour they see in the world around them.
It’s the failing to teach them #respect, #empathy, accountability & #equality in day to day living.
#WomensRights #SoroptimistBristol
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This isn’t only about algorithms or influencers.
But it’s about what boys are learning at home, in classrooms, & the behaviour they see in the world around them.
It’s the failing to teach them #respect, #empathy, accountability & #equality in day to day living.
#WomensRights #SoroptimistBristol
But it’s about what boys are learning at home, in classrooms, & the behaviour they see in the world around them.
It’s the failing to teach them #respect, #empathy, accountability & #equality in day to day living.
#WomensRights #SoroptimistBristol
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1 in 3 women globally face violence. Progress is stalling, and women’s rights organistions are on the frontlines, providing support and fighting back despite financial crises and growing threats. Read more (UN report) here: knowledge.unwomen.org/sites/defaul...
#VAWG #WomensRights #WomensPlatformNI
#VAWG #WomensRights #WomensPlatformNI
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
1 in 3 women globally face violence. Progress is stalling, and women’s rights organistions are on the frontlines, providing support and fighting back despite financial crises and growing threats. Read more (UN report) here: knowledge.unwomen.org/sites/defaul...
#VAWG #WomensRights #WomensPlatformNI
#VAWG #WomensRights #WomensPlatformNI
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Veterans Day vs. Memorial Day vs. Labor Day: What’s the Difference? www.caregivertraininginstitute.com/blog/veteran... #VeteransDay #VeteransDay2025 #military #patriots
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Veterans Day vs. Memorial Day vs. Labor Day: What’s the Difference? www.caregivertraininginstitute.com/blog/veteran... #VeteransDay #VeteransDay2025 #military #patriots
11/10/1620 — b. Anne de Lenclos (Ninon de l’Enclos), French author, philosopher, patron of the arts, salonist and freethinker. Conducted a popular Parisian salon; noted for her work “La Coquette Venge” (1659). Celebrated courtesan; mistress of several prominent men #womenshistory #womenwriters #BOTD
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
11/10/1620 — b. Anne de Lenclos (Ninon de l’Enclos), French author, philosopher, patron of the arts, salonist and freethinker. Conducted a popular Parisian salon; noted for her work “La Coquette Venge” (1659). Celebrated courtesan; mistress of several prominent men #womenshistory #womenwriters #BOTD
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"There is no such thing as conservative feminism. … It borrows feminist words—’choice,’ ‘agency,’ ‘strength’—but drains them of their radical meaning, using them to defend inequality."
When the Headline Gets It Wrong: Feminism Isn’t the Problem—Patriarchy Is
When I saw the headline “Did Women Ruin the Workplace? And if So, Can Conservative Feminism Fix It?” in The New York Times, my heart sank.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"There is no such thing as conservative feminism. … It borrows feminist words—’choice,’ ‘agency,’ ‘strength’—but drains them of their radical meaning, using them to defend inequality."
11/7/1916 — Jeanette Pickering Rankin, American suffragist, peace activist, reformer, becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress, Montana-R (1917-19) #womenshistory #gov #law #SheIsTheFirst #TDIH
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
11/7/1916 — Jeanette Pickering Rankin, American suffragist, peace activist, reformer, becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress, Montana-R (1917-19) #womenshistory #gov #law #SheIsTheFirst #TDIH
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11/7/1867 — b. Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie), Polish physicist, chemist, professor. Pioneer researcher of polonium, radium + radioactivity. First wmn prof, U of Paris; first person awarded 2 Nobel Prizes, physics + chemistry. Many honorary sci, med + law degrees #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
11/7/1867 — b. Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie), Polish physicist, chemist, professor. Pioneer researcher of polonium, radium + radioactivity. First wmn prof, U of Paris; first person awarded 2 Nobel Prizes, physics + chemistry. Many honorary sci, med + law degrees #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci
11/6/1877 — b. Virginia Ellis Jenckes, American government official, author, women’s rights leader. U.S. Representative IN-D (1933-39); the first female representative from Indiana to be elected to Congress. A leader in the 19th c. women’s rights movement #womenshistory #womensrights #gov
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
11/6/1877 — b. Virginia Ellis Jenckes, American government official, author, women’s rights leader. U.S. Representative IN-D (1933-39); the first female representative from Indiana to be elected to Congress. A leader in the 19th c. women’s rights movement #womenshistory #womensrights #gov
11/5/1872 — Susan B. Anthony and 14 women vote and are then arrested and fined for attempting to cast a ballot on Election Day in Rochester, New York. They refused to pay the fines #womenshistory #womensrights #ReSisters #votingrights
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
11/5/1872 — Susan B. Anthony and 14 women vote and are then arrested and fined for attempting to cast a ballot on Election Day in Rochester, New York. They refused to pay the fines #womenshistory #womensrights #ReSisters #votingrights
11/5/1857 — b. Ida Tarbell, American journalist, editor, lecturer, #muckraker. Wrote biographies + exposes of corporate America. Noted investigative #journalism on John D. Rockefeller resulted in federal action + the breakup of the Standard Oil under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1911) #womenshistory
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
11/5/1857 — b. Ida Tarbell, American journalist, editor, lecturer, #muckraker. Wrote biographies + exposes of corporate America. Noted investigative #journalism on John D. Rockefeller resulted in federal action + the breakup of the Standard Oil under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1911) #womenshistory
11/4/1924 — Nellie Tayloe Ross (Wyoming)+ Miriam Ferguson (Texas), are elected the first + second U.S. women governors. Both elected on the same day, Ferguson was sworn in at a later date than Ross so she is considered the second U.S. wmn governor #womenshistory #gov #law | #SwearHerIn #SeatGrijalva
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
11/4/1924 — Nellie Tayloe Ross (Wyoming)+ Miriam Ferguson (Texas), are elected the first + second U.S. women governors. Both elected on the same day, Ferguson was sworn in at a later date than Ross so she is considered the second U.S. wmn governor #womenshistory #gov #law | #SwearHerIn #SeatGrijalva
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A federal trial court in Hawaii has ruled that the FDA violated federal law by imposing medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone.
Judge Rules FDA Abortion Pill Restrictions Unlawful, Citing Political Interference
The decision by a federal trial court in Hawaii: Judge Rules FDA Abortion Pill Restrictions Unlawful, Citing Political Interference
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November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
A federal trial court in Hawaii has ruled that the FDA violated federal law by imposing medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone.
11/3/1918 — b. Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American military officer, women’s advocate, author. United States Army officer; the seventh director of the Women’s Army Corps (1966-71); one of the first two women promoted to the rank of brigadier general (1970) #womenshistory #military #gov #TDIH
November 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
11/3/1918 — b. Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American military officer, women’s advocate, author. United States Army officer; the seventh director of the Women’s Army Corps (1966-71); one of the first two women promoted to the rank of brigadier general (1970) #womenshistory #military #gov #TDIH
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It's Saturday. Time for the next installment of The #GileadGazette. Lawmakers pitching wife-training classes, forcing kids to watch fetus cartoons, shutting clinics, and calling abortion “child sacrifice.”
#politicalsatire #feminism #bodilyautonomy #prochoice #tradwife #womensrights
#politicalsatire #feminism #bodilyautonomy #prochoice #tradwife #womensrights
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's Saturday. Time for the next installment of The #GileadGazette. Lawmakers pitching wife-training classes, forcing kids to watch fetus cartoons, shutting clinics, and calling abortion “child sacrifice.”
#politicalsatire #feminism #bodilyautonomy #prochoice #tradwife #womensrights
#politicalsatire #feminism #bodilyautonomy #prochoice #tradwife #womensrights
10/31/1860 — b. Juliette Gordon Low, American youth leader. Founder, Girl Scouts of America (1913); established the first troop of Girl Guides in the U.S. (1912). Oversaw the composition of the #GirlScouts' handbook (1919), rep at the first intl meeting of Girl Scouts and Guides #womenshistory #BOTD
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
10/31/1860 — b. Juliette Gordon Low, American youth leader. Founder, Girl Scouts of America (1913); established the first troop of Girl Guides in the U.S. (1912). Oversaw the composition of the #GirlScouts' handbook (1919), rep at the first intl meeting of Girl Scouts and Guides #womenshistory #BOTD
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The Largest Witchcraft Collection in the U.S. | Cornell Library’s Division of Rare + Manuscript Collections holds 3,000+ titles in their Witchcraft Collection rmc.library.cornell.edu/witchcraftco... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #art #history
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Largest Witchcraft Collection in the U.S. | Cornell Library’s Division of Rare + Manuscript Collections holds 3,000+ titles in their Witchcraft Collection rmc.library.cornell.edu/witchcraftco... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #art #history
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10/31/1832 — b. Mary Ann Cotton, English serial killer, nurse, housekeeper. Britain’s most prolific known female #serialkiller; convicted + hanged for the murder of her stepson (1873). May have poisoned up to 21 persons; likely killed 3 of 4 husbands #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #Halloween #DarkAngel
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
10/31/1832 — b. Mary Ann Cotton, English serial killer, nurse, housekeeper. Britain’s most prolific known female #serialkiller; convicted + hanged for the murder of her stepson (1873). May have poisoned up to 21 persons; likely killed 3 of 4 husbands #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #Halloween #DarkAngel
5 Notable Women Hanged in the Salem Witch Trials | An elderly widow, a beggar and a church-going woman who made a stand against the trials were among those executed www.history.com/news/notable... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #history
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
5 Notable Women Hanged in the Salem Witch Trials | An elderly widow, a beggar and a church-going woman who made a stand against the trials were among those executed www.history.com/news/notable... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #history
Sirens, Hags & Rebels: Halloween Witches Draw on the History of Women’s Power theconversation.com/sirens-hags-... #Halloween #witches #womenshistory #witchcraft
October 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Sirens, Hags & Rebels: Halloween Witches Draw on the History of Women’s Power theconversation.com/sirens-hags-... #Halloween #witches #womenshistory #witchcraft
10/30/1793 — The National Convention assembly in France, elected to produce a new constitution after the overthrow of the monarchy, outlaws all “clubs and popular societies of women.” Two weeks later the Paris Commune barred women from its sessions #womenshistory #womensrights #law #gov #TDIH
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
10/30/1793 — The National Convention assembly in France, elected to produce a new constitution after the overthrow of the monarchy, outlaws all “clubs and popular societies of women.” Two weeks later the Paris Commune barred women from its sessions #womenshistory #womensrights #law #gov #TDIH
10/29/1966 — The National Organization for Women founded by 28 women, announces its incorporation and elects Betty Friedan as president to “bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society NOW!” #womenshistory #womensrights #NOW #TDIH
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
10/29/1966 — The National Organization for Women founded by 28 women, announces its incorporation and elects Betty Friedan as president to “bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society NOW!” #womenshistory #womensrights #NOW #TDIH
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The Statue of Liberty was dedicated #OTD 1886.
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
🔗 www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
🔗 www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated #OTD 1886.
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
🔗 www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
🔗 www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm
10/28/1886 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor; women were barred from the island and ceremony because it was deemed too crowded and rough for ladies. Women + suffragists chartered a boat to circle the island singing and shouting #womensrights messages. #history #StatueOfLiberty
October 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
10/28/1886 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor; women were barred from the island and ceremony because it was deemed too crowded and rough for ladies. Women + suffragists chartered a boat to circle the island singing and shouting #womensrights messages. #history #StatueOfLiberty
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The Untold Story of Demonizing Women: Why Society Labels Powerful Women as Evil timeslife.com/life-hacks/t... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #history
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Untold Story of Demonizing Women: Why Society Labels Powerful Women as Evil timeslife.com/life-hacks/t... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #history