Chelsea Wisniewski
chwiz.bsky.social
Chelsea Wisniewski
@chwiz.bsky.social
Mom, US History & Sociology Teacher, Reader, Yogi
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#OnThisDay, 5 Nov 1872, suffragists Susan B Anthony and 13 other women illegally vote in the US Presidential election.

Nine of the voters were initially reported as a "minor topic".

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #WotesForWomen 🗃️

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November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Election Day is next Tuesday! 🗳️

Engage your students in exploring democracy with our voting and elections resources—featuring inquiry-based lessons on voting rights, the peaceful transition of power, and more.

👉 civiced.org/voting-and-elections

#CivicEducation #CivicEd #Civics #Vote
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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#OnThisDay in 1859, John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry begins. Come see an original pike purchased by Brown for the raid in our exhibit Civil War and Reconstruction.

Credit: From the Collection of the Civil War Museum of Philadelphia on loan from Gettysburg Foundation
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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GETTYSBURG BUFFS. Don't forget this weekend's World War II festivities at #Eisenhower, and check out next week Fall spectacular at the #Gettysburg battlefield. Two battlewalks & two campfires. Make your plans. www.nps.gov/gett/learn/n... @destinationgettysburg.com @civilwarpaths.bsky.social
“Fall into History” at Gettysburg National Military Park - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National Park Service)
“Fall into History” at Gettysburg National Military Park
www.nps.gov
September 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union..." 📜

#OnThisDay in 1787, the United States Constitution was signed at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. #ConstitutionDay
September 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The #Constitution is our nation’s most enduring document, but not everything you read online about the Constitution is accurate.

Here are some of the top myths about the Constitution and the Founding Fathers still out there. #ConstitutionDay
Top myths about the Constitution on Constitution Day
The Constitution is our most enduring document, but not everything you read online about the Constitution is accurate! Here are some of the top myths about the Constitution and the Founding Fathers still out there on blogs and websites.
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September 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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A study from JAMA Pediatrics compares states that have permissive gun laws with others that have strict regulations. The states with tougher rules did not see a rise in gun deaths among children and teens.
Guns are the leading cause of death of kids and teens, and state laws matter
A study from JAMA Pediatrics compares states that have permissive gun laws with others that have strict regulations. The states with tougher rules did not see a rise in gun deaths among children and teens.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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On June 4, 1989, the Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing ended in a violent crackdown. What began as a student-led call for democratic reform became a defining moment for global human rights awareness. Marked by the image of “Tank Man.”

#StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery
June 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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The Trump administration’s arguments against birthright citizenship for all are ahistorical, and make no sense when considered in the context of the Civil War and its aftermath.

It’s a bold argument it is asking the Supreme Court to accept—and we’ll soon find out where the justices stand.
To end birthright citizenship, Trump Is rewriting Civil War history
The cases hinges on an 1868 amendment that has always covered ex-slaves, confederates, and migrants.
www.motherjones.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Two British academics discovered that a "copy" of Magna Carta, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.

Read more: nyti.ms/4dkc3ma
May 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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#OTD May 7 in 1915, the ocean liner Lusitania sank after being torpedoed by a German submarine. 1,193 people died in the sinking.

Can you locate on a #map where it sank?
Click the link to guess: www.whereintheworldgame.com?id=199&type=q

#History #Geography #TodayInHistory #Quiz
May 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Before doctors were licensed, women kept their communities healthy. 🌿

In Ep. 379, Susan Brandt explores how women—Black, white, and Indigenous—served as vital healers in early America.

🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/379

#WomensHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Medicine
Episode 379: Susan H. Brandt, Women Healers in Early America
Historian Susan H. Brandt she takes us into the rich history of women healers with details from her book, Women Healers.
benfranklinsworld.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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On May 5, 1862, Mexico won the Battle of Puebla, and weeks later, the first Cinco de Mayo was celebrated in California. What began as pride in resistance grew into a lasting symbol of Mexican heritage, identity, and cultural resilience.

#StayCurious #Skystorians #DiveIntoDiscovery
May 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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The 1920s saw a rise in discriminatory policies targeting minorities – and the racist pseudoscience of eugenics – amid concerns over U.S. decline. A historian draws parallels to today's political climate: buff.ly/O5SDJ79
By Alex Green @ buff.ly/3gbG2Ub 🗃️ #polisky
The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate
The early 1920s in the US offers historical lessons on how current pessimism about the state of the country can manifest in dangerous, discriminatory ways.
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March 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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British "Votes for Women" postcard (stamped 1912) that centers on solidarity across social class and age. The purple, green, and white was the color scheme of the Women’s Social and Political Union. #WHM 🗃️

Via The Newberry Library, https://collections.newberry.org/asset-management/2KXJ8ZSUT5Y4Z
March 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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#OnTheDay, 6 Mar 1906, Nora Stanton Blatch was admitted to the American Association of Civil Engineers. The first woman, she was allowed junior status but still denied full membership.

#WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
March 6, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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W.E.B Du Bois, socialist, sociologist, historian, Pan Africanist civil rights activist, the first African American to earn a Doctorate from Harvard University.

Born February 23, 1968 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

In 1909 he was one of the co-founders of the NAACP.

#BlackHistoryMonth
February 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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The basics of sociology. The fact that so many people thing that marginalization and oppression is debatable, when it can be scientifically quantified, is absolutely insane.

Sociology explains that nothing is coincidental and everything is, indeed, political.
February 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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"Deinodon was the largest of the Carnivorous or Flesh-eating Dinosaurs, but is as yet incompletely known."

Description of Deinodon (later renamed T. Rex) by William Diller Matthew. The American paleontologist is LHL's #ScientistOfTheDay.

www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...

#histSTM #FossilFriday 🗃️📜
February 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
www.npr.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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An unfortunately relevant new #AHAPerspectives article: @moubanerjee28.bsky.social writes about the Nonviolence Project at UW-Madison. 🗃️
Learning Nonviolence in Action and Thought – AHA
At the Nonviolence Project, student interns design their own research projects and gain professional skills.
www.historians.org
February 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Read a summary of the AHA's report from the most comprehensive study of secondary US history education undertaken in the 21st century. The report provides empirical evidence and rigorous analysis to inform current debates over how history is taught in our schools. 🗃️
What Are American Students Learning about US History? - AHA
Since 2020, a contentious debate over history education has generated outrage, wild claims, and a growing sense of alarm in homes and communities across the country. State legislators, school board me...
www.historians.org
January 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Today in history, 1910: Angel Island opens as a U.S. immigration site. Considered the Ellis Island of the west, Angel Island would process thousands of Japanese and Chinese immigrants through its center until its operations were moved to San Francisco in 1940.
January 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Union Pacific Railroad map, 1892.

This is a gorgeous illustrated county level map of the United States showing how railroads shaped the physical and political geography of the US.

Get lost in the hi-res version!

#c19th 🗃️ #maps #railroads

LOC
www.loc.gov/item/986...
January 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM