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Susan B. Anthony Had “Many Things To Say”
Judge Ward Hunt refused to allow Susan B. Anthony to testify because she was “not a competent witness.” He preempted the jurors’ role by ordering them to “find a verdict of guilty.” He refused her lawyer’s request for a new … Continue reading
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Another serendipitous discovery in Pittsburgh–this marker to Mary Roberts Rinehart, which is on the same street with the Gertrude Stein marker! My brother & sister first spotted it & I excitedly told them that I had quoted Rinehart’s dramatic World … Continue reading
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Rosie the Riveter
I was just going through an old file looking for the lyrics for “Rosie the Riveter,” (I’m giving a talk today about my book without my usual AV so I’m going to sing!) and discovered a letter from Jan Berenstain, … Continue reading
Suffrage Parade
While driving to Washington, DC, tomorrow for the Centennial Grand Suffrage Parade, I plan to tell Sophie the day-by-day story of “General” Rosalie Jones and her band of pilgrims who hiked from Newark, NJ to DC to participate in the … Continue reading
National Women’s History Month
“Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination” is the theme for Women’s History Month, March 2013. Here is a link to the Honorees–Eighteen Visionaries and Role Models in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM): http://www.nwhp.org/whm/honorees2012.php
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Susan B. Anthony
Happy 193rd Birthday to Susan B. Anthony!!! I love this painting of children giving roses to SBA at her eightieth birthday celebration. I included it in my book; the artist, Sarah J. Eddy, was the granddaughter of Francis Jackson, and … Continue reading
Elizabeth Blackwell
Today, Feb. 3rd, Elizabeth Blackwell was born in 1821. I found this statue on the grounds of Hobart and William and Smith College, Geneva, NY. Blackwell graduated from the Medical School of Geneva (now Hobart) College in 1849, thus becoming … Continue reading
Peace Activist
Worried about a nuclear war in 1982, 10-year-old Samantha Smith wrote a letter to Yuri Andropov, the leader of the Soviet Union. In a personal response to Smith, Andropov reassured her and invited her and her parents to visit. Her … Continue reading
Bessie Coleman
Pioneering, persistent, and persevering aviator Bessie Coleman was born today, January 26th, in 1892. This marker is in Waxahachie, Texas. Other landmarks include streets named after her in Chicago, Ill, and Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Susan B. Anthony
Today marks the birth of Clarinda Howard Nichols in 1810, whom Susan B. Anthony hailed as a “large-hearted, brave, faithful woman” to whom the “women of Kansas are indebted for many civil rights they have as yet been too apathetic … Continue reading
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