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Happy spring! (at Los Angeles, California)

I had some fun giving blue hair to Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Yeah!#womanshistorymonth (at Los Angeles, California)

#womanshistorymonth

Women’s History Month continues!... although I’m now a few days off since my mom was visiting from out of town. Day 8 of 31 (at Los Angeles, California)

“People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” –Rosa Parks (at Los Angeles, California)

“Back then, as a teenager, I kept thinking, Why don't the adult around here just say something? Say it so they know we don't accept segregation? I knew then and I know now that, when it comes to justice, there is no easy way to get it. You can't sugarcoat it. You have to take a stand and say, 'This is not right.' And I did.” – Claudette Colvin Women’s History Month Day 6 of 31 (at Los Angeles, California)

It was at Cooper Union on Nov. 22, 1909, that Clara Lemlich, at age 23, electrified the American labor movement by demanding a chance to speak at a meeting of thousands of women who made shirtwaists. They worked six and seven days a week for weekly wages of about $5, jammed into dim lofts and the backs of stores. The garment union was led by men who were more interested in the men working in the higher-paid jobs, writing off the women as hard to organize and unwilling to stick out a strike. For two hours, one man after another spoke, urging the workers to fight. Yet another notoriously long-winded speaker edged toward the podium when Ms. Lemlich, who stood barely five feet tall and looked like a teenager, called out, “I wanted to say a few words.” Well-known, she was boosted onto the stage by an eager crowd. She spoke in Yiddish. “I have listened to all the speakers,” she said. “I would not have further patience for talk, as I am one of those who feels and suffers from the things pictured. “I move that we go on a general strike!” The audience stood and roared its assent — in the days that followed, 20,000 to 40,000 workers, women and men, went on strike. Women’s History Month Day 5 of 31 (at Los Angeles, California)

“Walt said that I knew about colors he had never heard of." – Mary Blair // Women’s History Month—Day 4 of 31 (at Los Angeles, California)

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” – Maya Angelou // Women’s History Month, Day 3 of 31 (at Los Angeles, California)

“Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” Women’s History Month. Day 2 of 31. (at Los Angeles, California)

Finished my first #Skillshare class today! I want to get better at creating maps and thought this was a great class to start with. Thanks for the #inkymap class @mrtomfroese (at Los Feliz, Los Angeles)

#inkymap #skillshare

I finally created my very own return address rubber stamp! It’s been on my to-do list for forever (pat myself on the back). Thinking about taking custom orders? Just need to find a manufacturer that doesn’t put their name/logo on the stamp’s handle. (at Los Feliz, Los Angeles)

A long lost, just discovered doodle. (at Los Feliz, Los Angeles)

I’ve been playing around with a new digital illustration style. I think I finally like it? (at Los Feliz, Los Angeles)

Great day for a Cubs* win!! *Dodgers (at Dodger Stadium)

And the light blinds my eyes. Epic Underworld show last night! (at Fox Theater Pomona)

Haiku: Rainy day L.A. / rare umbrellas out and up / what is happening? #haiku #losfeliz #losangeles #la #rain #umbrella #hunterboots #wet #fun (at Los Feliz Neighborhood)

#losfeliz #losangeles #umbrella #la #wet #rain #hunterboots #haiku #fun

Rain Room (at LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

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