Where Daffodils Grow
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Daffodils (people) that thrived in adversity can inspire and give hope to the generations that follow. This account is dedicated to those who are the first to be erased from history. #Herstory #History #Diversity #Inclusion #Remember #LearnMore
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“I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct & will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.” - SOPHIE SCHOLL #Quote
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct & will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.” - SOPHIE SCHOLL #Quote
JEANNETTE RANKIN (1880-1973) was ardent pacifist, she was the only member of congress to vote against entering WW1 & WW2. In 1968, she lead a peace march with 5000 women to protest the Vietnam war. #History #Herstory
“I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last.”
#OnThisDay, 7 Nov 1916, Jeanette Rankin is elected to the US House of Representatives. She was the first woman elected to the House.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
#OnThisDay, 7 Nov 1916, Jeanette Rankin is elected to the US House of Representatives. She was the first woman elected to the House.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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📅Nov 4 1960: Jane Goodall, observed chimpanzees creating tools, signifying the first documented observation of tool use in non-human animals. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory
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November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
📅Nov 4 1960: Jane Goodall, observed chimpanzees creating tools, signifying the first documented observation of tool use in non-human animals. #WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory
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HARRIET BOYD HAWES (1871-1945) was encouraged to be an academic librarian by her professors rather than participate archaeological fieldwork. She didn’t listen & went anyway. She became the 1st archaeologist to discover & excavate an Early Bronze Age Minoan town (1901-1904). #History #Herstory
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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PFC Gonsalves is one of 60 Medal of Honor recipients of Hispanic/Latino heritage from the Civil War to the present day. Trump and Hegseth may remove their names and photos from federal content, but nothing can ever erase their heroism and their contributions to the defense of this nation. /end
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
PFC Gonsalves is one of 60 Medal of Honor recipients of Hispanic/Latino heritage from the Civil War to the present day. Trump and Hegseth may remove their names and photos from federal content, but nothing can ever erase their heroism and their contributions to the defense of this nation. /end
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📆Oct. 23 1915: 25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue demanding the right to vote in the United States. This became one of the largest demonstrations for women’s suffrage at the time, helping build momentum leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. #WomenInSTEM #WomenMakingHistory
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
📆Oct. 23 1915: 25,000 women marched up Fifth Avenue demanding the right to vote in the United States. This became one of the largest demonstrations for women’s suffrage at the time, helping build momentum leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. #WomenInSTEM #WomenMakingHistory
MOLLY BRANT (1736-1796), aka Konwatsi'tsiaiénni & Degonwadonti, was the head of a society of Six Nations (Iroquois Confederacy) matrons, which wielded economic power & special influence among the Iroquois warriors, able to veto their decisions. #History #Herstory #IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
MOLLY BRANT (1736-1796), aka Konwatsi'tsiaiénni & Degonwadonti, was the head of a society of Six Nations (Iroquois Confederacy) matrons, which wielded economic power & special influence among the Iroquois warriors, able to veto their decisions. #History #Herstory #IndigenousPeoplesDay
MARIA CORINA MACHADO (1967 -) won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy” #History #Herstory #NobelPrize
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
MARIA CORINA MACHADO (1967 -) won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy” #History #Herstory #NobelPrize
“Within 15 years, Leavitt’s discovery was applied … to determine the size of the Milky Way and the distances to the enigmatic spiral nebulae, showing that they were other galaxies as big as the Milky Way. We live in a universe of galaxies, not just stars, thanks to Henrietta Swan Leavitt.”
October 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“Within 15 years, Leavitt’s discovery was applied … to determine the size of the Milky Way and the distances to the enigmatic spiral nebulae, showing that they were other galaxies as big as the Milky Way. We live in a universe of galaxies, not just stars, thanks to Henrietta Swan Leavitt.”