Search
Items tagged with: womenshistorymonth
#OnThisDay, 30 Mar 1982, Bertha Wilson was sworn in to the Canadian Supreme Court. She is the first woman appointed to sit on it.
When she had started at law school in 1955, she was reportedly advised to 'take up crocheting' instead.
Her 1988 ruling decriminalised abortion in Canada.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #CanadianHistory #Histodons
9 Women Who Were Written Out of History Books
From female scientists whose work was credited to men to ancient high priestesses, these women changed history—but were also often overlooked by it.
mentalfloss.com/history/women-…
Fanny Mendelssohn
9 Women Who Were Written Out of History Books
From female scientists whose work was credited to men to ancient high priestesses, these women truly changed history—but were also overlooked by it.Eden Gordon (Mental Floss)
#OnThisDay, 25 Mar 1941, the first WRNS arrive at Bletchley Park in the UK. They operate the Bombe machines used for decoding German Enigma machine messages. Their work helps shorten World War 2.
At its peak, 75% of the workforce at Bletchley were women.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #History #BletchleyPark #Histodons
A German guard once asked O'Sullivan what was in her suitcase. She laughed. “A wireless, of course!”.
Very early #OnThisDay, 23 Mar 1944 , Maureen 'Paddy' O'Sullivan parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.
The SOE supported the French Resistance. Radio operators were at the greatest risk of capture as their position could be triangulated. O’Sullivan was never captured.
#WomenInHistory #History #WomensHistoryMonth #WW2
#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", was arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.
She was later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 #DutchHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 9 Mar 1906, British suffragettes Flora Drummond and Annie Kenney repeatedly knock on the door of Number 10 Downing Street during a protest.
They were basically playing 'knock down ginger' on the Prime Minister. And were arrested for it.
#WomenInHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #Histodons
1/2
Meet “Tiger Queen” Mabel Stark:
The woman once known as America’s most famous female tiger trainer. Her life in the circus was thrilling, groundbreaking and ultimately tragic.
theconversation.com/the-inspir…
#Histodons @histodons #WomensHistoryMonth
The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America’s most famous female tiger trainer
Long before Joe Exotic became Tiger King, Mabel Stark reigned as Tiger Queen.The Conversation
