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"Women are the equals of men before the law, and are equal in all their rights."
#OnThisDay, 10 May 1872, Victoria Woodhull was nominated to run for US president by the Equal Rights Party. Her nomination was ratified on June 6, 1872, making her the first woman candidate.
Woodhall had co-founded, with her sister, both a Wall Street brokerage and a newspaper. She was also an anti-abortionist and eugenics supporter.
#WomenInHistory #Histodons #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #OTD
“I feel that if I have to answer for the deeds done in my body just as much as a man, I have a right to have as much as a man.”
#OnThisDay, 9 May 1867, Sojourner Truth addresses the American Equal Rights Association, arguing for equal rights for Black women.
Read a brief history of Truth’s life: https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/antebellum/sojourner-truth/
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #EqualRights #BlackAmericanHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
Life Story: Sojourner Truth - Women & the American Story
This is the story of Sojourner Truth, an enslaved woman who became one of the most important social justice activists in American history.Women & the American Story
"The mentality in the 1960s was that women weren't smart or strong enough to be jockeys. But I proved that a woman could do the job."
#OnThisDay, 2 May 1970, Diane Crump becomes the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
“I expect this will be the making of me.”
#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1927, Mae West is convicted on obscenity charges for her play 'sex', and starts a ten day jail sentence.
She's released two days early for good behaviour.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory
#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1967, Katherine Switzer becomes the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner, despite the organiser physically trying to stop her.
She ran it again in 2017, 50 years later.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory
#OnThisDay, 17 Apr 1964, Jerrie Mock touches down in Ohio to become the first woman to fly solo around the world. Press coverage of the time made much of her being a “housewife”. 🙄
Watch a newsreel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Pz2zGZ3To
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AviationHistory #AmericanHistory
Woman Flies Solo Around The World (1964)
Unissued / Unused Material -Title reads: "News Of Flight - Housewife Circles The Globe Alone". American voiceovered newsreel material.Oakland, California, Un...YouTube
