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#OnThisDay, 24 Oct 1901, American Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first *person* to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The cat did *not* do the stunt with her.

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

Annie Edson Taylor standing with the barrel "Queen of the Mist". She is a white woman in a floor-length skirt, dark jacket and a big hat. A small pale cat is sitting on top of the barrel.

Annie Edson Taylor being helped ashore along a plank, having survived the falls. She is a white woman in a blouse and skirts.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 3 days ago

#OnThisDay, 24 Oct 1901, American Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first *person* to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

The cat did *not* do the stunt with her.

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

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

#OnThisDay, 23 Oct 1915, 20,000+ women march in a 5 mile long parade through New York City, USA, demanding the right to vote.

There is no record of African-American women being invited to join the march.

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large crowds watch the parade. The front has 24 women all in white and carrying banners. Everyone is white.

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

#OnThisDay, 23 Oct 1915, 20,000+ women march in a 5 mile long parade through New York City, USA, demanding the right to vote.

There is no record of African-American women being invited to join the march.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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September is International Underground Railroad Month because it was the month that Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery. To learn more #BlackHistory, follow this Surf feed.

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#SurfFeeds #BlackHistory #AmericanHistory #History #UndergroundRailroad #UndergroundRailroadMonth #FrederickDouglass #HarrietTubman

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 2 months 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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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 2 months 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 · 2 months ago

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

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 2 months 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 · 2 months 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 · 2 months 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 · 2 months 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 · 2 months 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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@SharonCrockett@toot.community · 2 months ago

Yes, W. Kamau Bell. In fact, the upper floors of the NMAAHC show some of the most fascinating and inspiring history of Black creativity and achievement. The museums don't just tackle "slavery".
There's also a fantastic museum café with regional delicacies served. And a cookbook you can buy as a souvenir. (I own a copy. Dr. Jessica B. Harris, "High on the Hog" author & food historian, co-edited it.) Leave the museums to the trained historians. #nmaahc #Smithsonian #americanhistory #museums

Cover of cookbook, "Sweet Home Café Cookbook". A Celebration of African American Cooking. From Natl Museum of African American History & Culture.

"Let me make it Malcolm X plain here. The museums of the Smithsinian are not broken. If anything, the efforts of the last few years have made them better and better. They incorporate many perspectives and many examples of America. In fact, the NMAAHC is doing its job so well that it is regularly ranked as one of the most popular of the Smithsonian museums." W. KAMAU BELL, "Yes, Trump is F*king with the Museums"

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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 3 months ago

#OnThisDay, 10 Aug 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court.

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