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#OnThisDay, 8 Dec 1972, Whetu Tirikātene-Sullivan is sworn in as Minister of Tourism in Aotearoa / New Zealand. She's the first Māori woman to be a Cabinet minister.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 8 Dec 1972, Whetu Tirikātene-Sullivan is sworn in as Minister of Tourism in Aotearoa / New Zealand. She's the first Māori woman to be a Cabinet minister.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #NZHistory #Histodons
"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."
#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.
Watch her speech here: https://nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net/video/lecture_1993_lit_morrison_98_496.mp4
#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
"Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge."
#OnThisDay, 7 Dec 1993, Toni Morrison gives her Nobel lecture, part of her acceptance of the Nobel prize in literature.
Watch her speech here: https://nobel-videocdn01.azureedge.net/video/lecture_1993_lit_morrison_98_496.mp4
#ReadMoreWomen #NobelWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
"Most women think politics aren't lady-like. Well, I'm no lady. I'm a human being."
#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1921, Agnes Macphail, wins a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. She was the first woman to be a Canadian MP.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons
"Most women think politics aren't lady-like. Well, I'm no lady. I'm a human being."
#OnThisDay, 6 Dec 1921, Agnes Macphail, wins a seat in the Canadian House of Commons. She was the first woman to be a Canadian MP.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons
Slowly working our way through Ken Burns' "American Revolution" series. It's as good as you have heard. Three things i learned about Washington crossing the Delaware:
1) He had almost given up hope by the Battle of Trenton, having only half his men left through desertion and other reasons. This was a do or die battle for him.
2) Two men froze to death. They were the only casualties on the Revolutionary side;
3) The crossing was on Christmas.
Slowly working our way through Ken Burns' "American Revolution" series. It's as good as you have heard. Three things i learned about Washington crossing the Delaware:
1) He had almost given up hope by the Battle of Trenton, having only half his men left through desertion and other reasons. This was a do or die battle for him.
2) Two men froze to death. They were the only casualties on the Revolutionary side;
3) The crossing was on Christmas.
An abandoned convento nestled in the mountains, that has lain abandoned since the 1990s. To find it, you must drive up a long and winding road. Somewhere in Italy.
An abandoned convento nestled in the mountains, that has lain abandoned since the 1990s. To find it, you must drive up a long and winding road. Somewhere in Italy.
This eldritch city is associated with not one but two prominent writers of weird tales. Walk its streets, if you dare. #HPL #HPLovecraft #Poe #horror #travel #history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/providence/?s=mc
“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
This eldritch city is associated with not one but two prominent writers of weird tales. Walk its streets, if you dare. #HPL #HPLovecraft #Poe #horror #travel #history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/usa/providence/?s=mc
“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
“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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“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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