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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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www.wisarchive.com/post/enginee...
Engineering at the Epicenter: Ruth Gordon Schnapp, California's First Woman Structural Engineer.
In the year 1933, the Long Beach Earthquake bore down on Southern California with the fury of revelation. At 6.4, it was not the largest earthquake to ever hit the state, but it left behind a shockin...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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RUTH GORDON SCHNAPP (1926-2014) worked at Boeing during WW2. When the war ended, Boeing demoted all female staff to typist to make room for the men, she protested by typing everything slowly, before returning to school at Stanford. She graduated with civil engineering degree. #History #Herstory 2/2
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Stories like these makes one aware of what it has taken to get basic rights & how important it is to keep them. It also makes one appreciate the efforts & sacrifices of those who made it happen in the first place. 🙏
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Sophie Scholl and the White Rose movement, while less known to Americans, is a powerful example of youthful resistance to the Nazi Regime.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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SOPHIE SCHOLL (1921-1943) was executed along with her brother, Hans, and Christoph Probst, but their final pamphlet was smuggled into Britain where where it was reprinted & then dropped all over Germany by Allied planes. #History #Herstory 2/2
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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www.npr.org/2025/10/16/1...
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:51 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
Screen shot of part of the first page of Hispanic/Latino Medal of Honor recipients listed on CMOHS.org.
October 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Elsie MacGill
Elizabeth (Elsie) Muriel Gregory MacGill, OC, aeronautical engineer, feminist (born 27 March 1905 in Vancouver, BC; died 4 November 1980 in Cambridge, Massach...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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ELSIE MACGILL (1905-1980) she became the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car & Foundry (Can Car) in 1938 & was instrumental the massive production of the Hawker Hurricane for the Royal Air Force during WW2. #History #Herstory 3/3
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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ELSIE MACGILL (1905-1980) was struck with a severe polio shortly after graduating. Doctors told her she would be permanently paralyzed from the waist down, but regain limited movement in her legs by exercising every day. #History #Herstory 2/3
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Having credit cards in their own names allow women to build  credit scores which allowed them to get loans for major life purchases like cars or houses - on their own! #History #Herstory 2/2
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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www.womenshistory.org/education-re...
Biography: Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, suffragist, activist, and researcher.
www.womenshistory.org
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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IDA WELLS-BARNETT (1862-1931) began her anti-lynching crusade working as a journalist and lecturer after 3 friends were lynched in 1892. #History #Herstory 3/3
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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IDA WELLS-BARNETT (1862-1931) was born into slavery &d freed after the Civil War along with her parents. She helped raise her 6 siblings as a teacher after her parents died of yellow fever, but was fired after exposing the poor school conditions. #History #Herstory 2/3
October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM