“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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“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, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from the Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They had refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base.

*some sources say 23, others 11.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #ColdWarHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from the Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They had refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base.

*some sources say 23, others 11.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #ColdWarHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 11 Nov 1906, British composer Ethel Smyth's opera 'The Wreckers' opens in Leipzig. Appalled by cuts made by the production, she removes all copies of the score from the orchestra pit to prevent further performances.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory #MusicHistory #Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 11 Nov 1906, British composer Ethel Smyth's opera 'The Wreckers' opens in Leipzig. Appalled by cuts made by the production, she removes all copies of the score from the orchestra pit to prevent further performances.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory #MusicHistory #Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 4 Oct 1936, women join the Battle of Cable Street, in London's East End, protesting against a fascist march through the area. Of the 79 protestors arrested, eight are women, including Blanche Edwards (pictured).

Hat tip to the East End Women's Museum for this one! https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/women-at-the-battle-of-cable-street

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

#OnThisDay, 4 Oct 1936, women join the Battle of Cable Street, in London's East End, protesting against a fascist march through the area. Of the 79 protestors arrested, eight are women, including Blanche Edwards (pictured).

Hat tip to the East End Women's Museum for this one! https://eastendwomensmuseum.org/blog/women-at-the-battle-of-cable-street

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

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

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

Some of the marchers had set out from Cornwall or Scotland six weeks earlier. Many of them had faced abuse and assault along the way.

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-1913-suffrage-pilgrimage-peaceful-protest-and-local-disorder/

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

Some of the marchers had set out from Cornwall or Scotland six weeks earlier. Many of them had faced abuse and assault along the way.

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-1913-suffrage-pilgrimage-peaceful-protest-and-local-disorder/

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

#OnThisDay, 25 June 1983, around 2,000 women create a 4.5mile rainbow snake to encircle the Greenham Common camp in England, protesting the use of the airbase to house US nuclear weapons.

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