Women History

This is mostly chill things that come across my dash about women in history/the spotlight (Most active in March)

[ayeforscotland]

This is the Witches of Scotland Tartan, designed to memorialise those who suffered as a result of The Witchcraft Act between 1563 and 1736.

The Black and Grey represent the dark times of the period as well as the ashes of those burned. But what’s incredible here is the thought put into the thread counts.

1563 and 1736 are both shown through the thread count and the white check of 3 threads represent the Witches of Scotland’s main goals of ensuring a pardon, an apology and memorials.

An apology was secured by both the Scottish Parliament and the Church of Scotland. and a legal pardon was consulted on but as far as I’m aware hasn’t been implemented.

[ometochtli2rabbit]

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As Native American women, Deb Haaland, Lily Gladstone, Quannah Chasinghorse, Amber Midthunder, and Joy Harjo bring perspectives into their respective industries that have too often been left out. Their words are a powerful reminder of how much representation matters.⁠

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This #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we’re recognizing these women and the impact of their voices.

[herstory-storiesaboutwomen]

On July 14, 1917—Bastille Day—Louise and 15 other women picketed outside the White House, holding signs that read "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity." Their peaceful demonstration resulted in her arrest on charges of "unlawful assembly" and "obstructing traffic." Louise was sentenced to 60 days at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia but was pardoned by President Woodrow Wilson after serving just three days. Her arrest garnered national attention, and in recognition of her sacrifice, the National Woman's Party awarded her the "Jailed for Freedom" pin, designed by party leader Alice Paul.https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16mp1bKvQD/

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Malala Yousafzai[a] (born 12 July 1997) is a Pakistani female education activist, film and television producer, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the age of 17. She is the youngest Nobel Prize laureate in history, the second Pakistani and the only Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. Yousafzai is a human rights advocate for the education of women and children in her native ditrict, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen." via Wikipedia

[cauldronoflove]

Wally Funk, American aviation pioneer

Feb. 1st, 1939 - July 8th, 2026

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[stuckinapril]

happy if you have scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with your sexuality july

[usnatarchives]

On June 18, 1983, Dr. Sally Ride zoomed away from Earth on a NASA Space Shuttle, breaking barriers as she reached immense heights. As Ride embarked on this mission, she officially became the first American woman to fly in space.

American Pride for Astronaut Sally Ride

Today’s Pride Month post comes from Danielle Sklarew, an intern in the National Archives History Office. On June 18, 1983, Dr. Sally Ride zo

[herstory-storiesaboutwomen]

The women from all walks of life who rebelled against the Nazis

An exhibition in Berlin pays tribute to the small acts of resistance by anonymous individuals of various social classes and ideologies who risked their lives to confront National Socialism https://english.elpais.com/culture/2024-09-15/the-women-from-all-walks-of-life-who-rebelled-against-the-nazis.html

Portraits at the 'Women in Resistance against National Socialism' exhibition.

Centro Memorial a la Resistencia Alemana

[valkyries-things]

YNES MEXIA // BOTANIST

“She was a Mexican-American botanist notable for her extensive collection of novel specimens of flora and plants originating from sites in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. She discovered a new genus of Asteraceae, known after her as Mexianthus, and accumulated over 150,000 specimens for botanical study over the course of a career spanning 16 years enduring challenges in the field that included poisonous berries, dangerous terrain, bogs and earthquakes for the sake of her research.”

[herstory-storiesaboutwomen]

Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía (May 24 1870 – July 12 1938) was a Mexican-American botanist notable for her extensive collection of novel specimens of flora and plants originating from sites in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. She discovered a new genus of Asteraceae, known after her as Mexianthus, and accumulated over 150,000 specimens for botanical study over the course of a career spanning 16 years enduring challenges in the field that included poisonous berries, dangerous terrain, bogs and earthquakes for the sake of her research. Via Wikipedia

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[cheeseanonioncrisps]

“A kiss may be grand, but it won’t pay the rental, on your humble flat, or help you at the automat.”

Like literally the most famous song about how much girls love jewellry is just explaining the importance of getting jewellry for when your partner leaves you penniless and alone.

[ohheyheyitsjj]

The founder of Girl Scouting in the US, Juliette Gordon Low, funded her first troop by selling her pearl necklace, which was her only belonging after her husband died and left everything to his mistress.

She founded Girl Scouts to teach girls self-sufficiency so they wouldn’t have to go through what she went through when her husband died and she didn’t know how to take care of herself.

[abwwia]

Olympe de Gouges (7 May 1748 – 3 Nov 1793) was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women’s rights and abolitionism. via W #PalianSHOW

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Olympe de Gouges (7 May 1748 – 3 Nov 1793) was a French playwright and political activist. She is best known for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen and other writings on women’s rights and abolitionism. via W #PalianSHOW

[usnatarchives]

A Pioneering Nurse - Mary Eliza Mahoney

Mary Eliza Mahoney was a pioneering nurse and the first African American woman to earn a nursing license in the United States. Born on May 7, 1845, in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Mahoney broke through racial and gender barriers to become a trailblazer in the nursing profession.

Mahoney grew up in a time when nursing was considered a low-status profession, and women of color were largely excluded from formal education. In 1879, she graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses, becoming the first African American woman to earn a nursing license.

In 1908, the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) was founded to support and advocate for black nurses across the country.

[vintage-every-day]

The first female gardeners employed at London's Kew Gardens. Eleanor Morland, Gertrude Cope and Alice Hutchings. Photographed in 1896.

[herstory-storiesaboutwomen]

Alice Allison Dunnigan (April 27, 1906 – May 6, 1983) was an American journalist, civil rights activist and author. Dunnigan was the first African-American female correspondent to receive White House credentials,[5] and the first Black female member of the Senate and House of Representatives press galleries. She wrote an autobiography entitled Alice A. Dunnigan: A Black Woman's Experience.[5] She is commemorated by an official Kentucky Historical Society marker.[6] Alice chronicled the decline of Jim Crow during the 1940s and 1950s, which influenced her to become a civil rights activist.[3] She was inducted into the Kentucky Hall of Fame in 1982.[7] During her time as a reporter, she became the first Black journalist to accompany a president while traveling, covering Harry S. Truman's 1948 campaign trip.[7] In 2022, the White House Correspondents' Association created the Dunnigan-Payne Lifetime Achievement Award in memory of Dunnigan and fellow White House reporter Ethel Payne. via W

[viralthings]

I am half Scottish and half Japanese- I hand-sewed this kimono from men’s dress shirts and boxer shorts.

[weareallstilllearningright]

This kinda stuff is actually really inspirational to those of us with uncommonly mixed heritage, regardless of if you’re this particular mix just seeing other mixed people make their backgrounds their own instead of being forced to choose is so important for mixed children growing up tbh

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[the-solar-review]

This is solarpunk AF.

[honestmerchantsailor]

Best part (IMO) is that it actually makes sense from a historical standpoint. In feudal Japan, each clan would have a mon (an emblem sort of like a coat of arms) that would be displayed on banners and used to identify that particular clan. Members of a clan would often have their mon displayed on their clothing including kimonos, like so:

Thus, the idea of a kimono in a clan tartan pattern is in fact completely appropriate and would be perfectly familiar to feudal Japanese culture.

[citizen-of-the-fandom]

And also it looks really cool.

[saltypringl-track]

Scottish-Japanese artist celebrates her heritage by making a tartan kimono

This weekend, Maya Caulfield posted to photos of herself modeling a kimono she sewed by hand, and her work earned her thousands of instant a

the artist is Maya Caulfield, this blog stole her post

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Captain Attorney Rev. Dovey Mae Johnson Roundtree (April 17, 1914 - May 21, 2018) was a civil rights activist, attorney, and ordained minister who won the 1955 Interstate Commerce Commission case on segregated bus terminals. She was the second oldest of four children born to James Elliot Johnson, a printer who worked in the local offices of the AME Zion Church, and Lela Bryant Johnson, a domestic and seamstress.

She graduated from Spelman College before moving to DC to seek employment in the burgeoning WWII defense industry. Mary McLeod Bethune selected her to be among the forty African American women who became the first to train as officers in the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps.

Following WWII and a nine-month assignment with the Fair Employment Practices Committee, she married William Roundtree (1946-1947).

She graduated from Howard Law School. Her most prominent case came in 1955. Sarah Keys v. The Carolina Coach Company involved Sarah Louise Keys, an African American WAC private who had been forced by a North Carolina bus driver to relinquish her seat to a white Marine. She took the complaint to the Interstate Commerce Commission, which on November 7, 1955, ruled that segregated interstate bus travel was banned. A breakthrough for the civil rights movement. The ruling remained unenforced (1955-61).

She defended an African American laborer, Ray Crump, Jr., who was accused of the 1964 murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer. She took the case and argued that Crump, given his limited mental capacity and small size, was incapable of carrying out the murder of Meyer, she won.

She became one of the first women to be ordained as a minister in the AME Church, she integrated the all-white Women’s Bar Association of DC Women. She was a well-known public figure for youth advocacy in the DC. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[herstory-storiesaboutwomen]

Captain Attorney Rev. Dovey Mae Johnson Roundtree (April 17, 1914 - May 21, 2018) was a civil rights activist, attorney, and ordained minister who won the 1955 Interstate Commerce Commission case on segregated bus terminals. She was the second oldest of four children born to James Elliot Johnson, a printer who worked in the local offices of the AME Zion Church, and Lela Bryant Johnson, a domestic and seamstress.

[newhistorybooks]

“Sarah Parker Remond (1826–1894) left the free black community of Salem, Massachusetts, where she was born, to become one of the first women to travel on extensive lecture tours across the United Kingdom… This biography, based on international archival research, tells the fascinating story of how Remond forged a radical path, establishing relationships with fellow activists, artists, and intellectuals across Europe.”