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“The hecklers were yelling 'Go back to the kitchen and cook dinner'.”

#OnThisDay, 7 Feb 1969, Diane Crump becomes the first woman to ride as a professional jockey in the USA.

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Diane Crump in the centre of the photo, surrounded by security officers escorting her through a hostile crowd of men.
February 7, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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📰 This week’s Kelley House Museum column looks back at a dual wedding held in 1899 by sisters Margaret and Eva MacKerricher in Cleone, now MacKerricher State Park.

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A sepia-toned historic wedding photograph shows a large group of men, women, and children posed outdoors in formal late-19th- or early-20th-century clothing, with the bride in a white dress standing near the center and guests arranged around her; handwritten numbers and notes are visible on the image surface.
February 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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The incredible story of Julia Hancock. A girl who loved two men--one as her husband, the other like a brother--and those men were Lewis & Clark.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
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🪙 A new U.S. $1 coin will honor Polly Cooper of the Oneida Nation, recognized for helping feed Washington’s army during the Revolutionary War.

The release coincides with the nation’s upcoming 250th anniversary.

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A gold-colored U.S. $1 coin depicts Polly Cooper of the Oneida Nation offering corn to a Continental Army officer, with the inscriptions “United States of America,” “Polly Cooper,” “Oneida Allies at Valley Forge,” and “$1.”
February 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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#OnThisDay, 30 Jan 1913, Ida B Wells forms the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago, Illinois, to give a voice to Black women who had been excluded by national suffrage organisations because of their race.

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Ida B Wells in the 1920s. She is a Black woman with greying hair.
January 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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The incredible story of Julia Hancock. A girl who loved two men--one as her husband, the other like a brother--and those men were Lewis & Clark.
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January 29, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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#OnThisDay, 26 Jan 1961, Dr Janet Travell is appointed as the Physician to the President of the USA. The role includes being the director of the White House Medical Unit. Travell was the first woman to hold the post.

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Dr. Janet Travell briefing the press in the White House. She is a white woman with white or blond hair.
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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#OnThisDay, 23 Jan 1977, Patricia R Harris takes up duty as Housing and Urban Development secretary in the US cabinet. She is the first African-American woman to hold a US cabinet post.

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Patricia Harris talking to someone. She is a black woman with greying hair in a blow out because 1970s.
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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#OnThisDay, 23 Jan 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell graduates with a medical degree. She is the first woman to receive one in the USA. She was also the first woman on the UK medical register.

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Elizabeth Blackwell as a young woman. She is white, with dark hair in a bun.
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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#OnThisDay, 21 Jan 1648, Margaret Brent demands the right to sit on the Maryland council in her dual roles as a land-owner and Lord Baltimore's attorney. She was denied.

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drawing of Margaret Brent demanding the right to sit on the council. A lot of artistic licence has been taken.
January 21, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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January 20, 2026 at 5:08 PM
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New reviews for our new book "The Justice Bell: Tracing the Journey of a Forgotten Symbol." www.justicebell.org/justicebellb... #justicebell #justicebellfoundation #womenssuffrage #womenshistory #Pennsylvaniahistory #americanhistory #votingrights #amandaowen
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Reviews from scholars, authors, and descendants of "The Justice Bell: Tracing the Journey of a Forgotten Symbol," an inspiring story of the fight for women’s suffrage.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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#OnThisDay, 15 Jan 1908, Ethel Hedgemon Lyle and others form the Alpha Kappa Alpha sonority house at Howard university – the first US university house for Black women.

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An infographic showing the sixteen founders and sophomores of 1908.
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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January 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
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#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1976, Sarah Caldwell takes up the baton at the New York Met Opera, becoming the first woman to conduct an opera there.

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black and white photo of Sarah Caldwell holding her baton horizontally over her head. She is a white woman with brown or dark blonde hair.
January 13, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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#OnThisDay, 13 Jan 1972, Bernice Gera wins her discrimination case against the National Association of Baseball Leagues for refusing her contract on the ground women could not be baseball umpires.

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Berenice Gera making a call as a batter slides towards a fielder who is tapping them out
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.

Earhart, an aviation pioneer, set many records before disappearing in the Pacific in 1937.

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Amelia Earhart sitting on top of her plane, which is surround by a sea of people. She is a white woman with cropped hair. A man has climbed up to hand her bouquets of flowers.
January 11, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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The incredible story of Julia Hancock. A girl who loved two men--one as her husband, the other like a brother--and those men were Lewis & Clark.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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#OnThisDay, 10 Jan 1917, the silent sentinels start their picketing of the US White House, demanding votes for women.

They protested six days a week until the nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote.*

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Newspaper headline reading “Suffragist pickets to patrol white lot”. The subhead reads “Women to flaunt “votes for women” banners before president”.
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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#OnThisDay, 10 Jan 1917, the silent sentinels start their picketing of the US White House, demanding votes for women.

They protested six days a week until the nineteenth amendment gave women the right to vote.*

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen 🗃️

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Newspaper headline reading “Suffragist pickets to patrol white lot”. The subhead reads “Women to flaunt “votes for women” banners before president”.
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1925, the first all-woman supreme court in the USA meets for the first time in Texas.

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From left, Hattie Henenberg, Hortense Ward and Ruth Brazzil constituted the court in 1925. The three white women are seated behind the judicial bench, with paintings of white men looking down at them.
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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KINDLE COUNTDOWN ONLY .99!!!

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January 8, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1955, Marian Anderson becomes the first Black soloist to sing at the New York Metropolitan Opera.

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Marian Anderson in costume as Ulrika in Verdi's "Un ballo in maschera". She is a black woman, with loose dark hair.
January 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM