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Very short video from Kings & Generals (from YT). All anarchist should be in the public domain, so ... enjoy.

"Explore the Makhnovshchina, a fascinating anarchist territory in southeast Ukraine from 1917-1921. 🚩 Led by Nestor Makhno, this movement was organized into autonomous, directly democratic communes. They first fought the Whites in the Russian Civil War, then allied with the Bolsheviks. The alliance eventually broke down, and the Bolsheviks destroyed the Makhnovshchina. It remains one of the few examples of a long-surviving anarchist society."

#anarchism #ukraine #history #RussianRevolution #makhno

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 24 Aug 1896, an unknown woman cyclist has a beer at the bar in New Jersey - making headlines in the New York Times.

Chapeau!

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

Newsclipping. Headline: She drank her ale at the bar. Subheading: Girl Cyclist in Rahway Amazed Loungers in Chamberlain's. Story then tells how the woman ordered and drank a beer straight from the bottle whilst standing at the bar, to the amazement of the men in there.

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@RickGaehl@mstdn.social · 2 weeks ago

As I stood by the steps, I was thinking that several people must have passed this way before...

#Photography #MonochromeMonday #Stairs #Church #History #Psychogeography

A flight of stone steps, with the wear of countless feet, over centuries, clearly visible.

Rick Gaehl

@RickGaehl@mstdn.social · 2 weeks ago

As I stood by the steps, I was thinking that several people must have passed this way before...

#Photography #MonochromeMonday #Stairs #Church #History #Psychogeography

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 26 Aug 1970, the Women's Strike for Equality marches through New York City, USA. Estimates vary on numbers, with between10 and 20 thousand people taking part in a call for peace and equality.

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

Women walking arm in arm in a New York street. The front row includes Black, white and Asian women.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

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

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

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

Amelia Earhart in a heavy denim jacket. She is a white woman with cropped hair.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1804, Alicia Meynell (aka Alicia Thornton) races at York races in England. Side-saddle.

She is now recognised as the first woman racing jockey.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #SportsHistory

An engraving of Alicia. She is a white woman dressed like an Austen heroine, apart from the jockey's cap on her head.

An engraving of the race, showing Alice riding side saddle. The caption explains this is a race at the York Meeting.

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@RickGaehl@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

As mentioned in a post a couple of days ago, we've had a good year for figs here. Apparently, figs were one of the earliest plants cultivated by humans, and examples have been found dating to before 9000 BCE This was significantly before the earliest known domestication of wheat, barley and legumes.

#Photography #Closeup #Fruit #Gardening #History

Close-up of two figs hanging from a fig tree.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1932, Amelia Earhart successfully lands in Newark, New Jersey, to become the first woman to fly solo across the USA.

Earhart records a series of first flights by a woman, before disappearing during an attempt to fly around the world in 1937.

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

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 25 Aug 1804, Alicia Meynell (aka Alicia Thornton) races at York races in England. Side-saddle.

She is now recognised as the first woman racing jockey.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #SportsHistory

Rick Gaehl

@RickGaehl@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#Photography #Closeup #Fruit #Gardening #History

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

#OnThisDay, 24 Aug 1896, an unknown woman cyclist has a beer at the bar in New Jersey - making headlines in the New York Times.

Chapeau!

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

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.

Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.

#WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #AmericanHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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Self-portrait by Virginia Hall, using a mirror on a shelf. She is a white woman with dark-looking hair.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 weeks ago

🧵 #OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive.

Hall ended up on the German's “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady'.

#WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #AmericanHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
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