#OnThisDay, 4 Dec 1978, Dianne Feinstein was formally sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco.

She had been the acting Mayor after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk the week before.

She goes on to win two more terms, and to be elected to the US Senate where she served until her death in 2023.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

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“The more we gave in, the more we complied with that kind of treatment, the more oppressive it became.”

#OnThisDay, 1 Dec 1955, Rosa Parks does *not* give up her seat on the bus for a white passenger, and is arrested. Her refusal is a key moment in the American civil rights movement.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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“I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.”

#OnThisDay, 3 Dec 1990, Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first woman to be President of the Republic of Ireland.

"In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom."

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #IrishHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 3 Dec 1910, Emmeline Freda Du Faur becomes the first white woman to climb Aoraki (Mount Cook) in New Zealand.

If other women climbed it earlier, their climbs were not recorded.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons

“The only attribute of a good officer we amateurs had any real trouble to acquire,” said Allen, “was the correct, slow police step.”

#OnThisDay, 27 Nov 1914, Mary Allen and Ellen Harburn of the Women Police Volunteers reported for duty in Grantham, UK.

This is a 🧵 that takes a turn.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 4 Dec 1978, Dianne Feinstein was formally sworn in as Mayor of San Francisco.

She had been the acting Mayor after the assassinations of Mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk the week before.

She goes on to win two more terms, and to be elected to the US Senate where she served until her death in 2023.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM #Histodons

“I was elected by the women of Ireland, who instead of rocking the cradle, rocked the system.”

#OnThisDay, 3 Dec 1990, Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first woman to be President of the Republic of Ireland.

"In a society where the rights and potential of women are constrained, no man can be truly free. He may have power, but he will not have freedom."

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #IrishHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 29 Nov 1949, Iriaka Rātana is elected to the New Zealand parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa). She was the first Māori woman to become an MP. She held her seat until her retirement in 1969.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 3 Dec 1910, Emmeline Freda Du Faur becomes the first white woman to climb Aoraki (Mount Cook) in New Zealand.

If other women climbed it earlier, their climbs were not recorded.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1720, Mary Read and Anne Bonny are found guilty of piracy and sentenced to be hanged.

Both executions were paused, as both women claimed to be pregnant. Read died in prison, Bonny was released.

Read more about historical women pirates: https://carvehername.org.uk/mary-read-ann-bonny-and-other-historical-women-pirates/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons