Happy April's Fools Day!!!!

 

This Day In History

 

April 1, 1945 U.S.A. - US Forces Land on Okinawa

1945 : The United States Tenth Army commanded by Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr. land on Okinawa, main island of the Ryukyus, 362 miles from the Japanese home islands.

The Occupation of Island of Okinawa was considered crucial if there is to be an invasion of the Japanese mainland and during the campaign the U.S. Navy sustained greater casualties in this operation than in any other battle of the war and it was not until on about June 21st , ( 11 weeks ) that the main battles for the Island ended. ( In the event the Nuclear Bombs changed military strategy.

Taken from: https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/april1st.html

This Day In Women's History

 

• March 31, 1776 – Abigail Adams writes to her husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence and cautions, “Remember the ladies…”

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• March 31, 1776 – Abigail Adams writes to her husband John who is helping to frame the Declaration of Independence and cautions, “Remember the ladies…”

This Day In Women's History

 

• March 30, 1855 (1937) – Charlotte Johnson Baker, the first woman physician to practice medicine in San Diego, California, practiced obstetrics and gynecology at St. Joseph’s Hospital

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

The Power of One: Andrea Miller

 

This is Andrea Miller.  She is a political and election strategist who used her voice to help EVERYONE VOTE - No Matter What!  I do not care who will vote for - I want you to participate in your DEMOCRACY!!!!  So when I heard about this BRAVE woman - I had to highlight her!  She foundedthe Center for Common Good to make sure people vote!  Below is a video highlighting and describing this AMAZING Woman!

This Day In Women's History

 

• March 29, 1885 (1977) – Frances Bolton, created endowment to build a school of nursing at Western Reserve in 1933 after working with the Visiting Nurse Association and seeing the homes of the desperately poor, helped remove color lines in nursing, as Ohio Congresswoman worked for racial equality and equal pay, but not the ERA

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

This Day In Women's History

 

• March 28, 1886 (1982) – Clara Lemlich, Jewish immigrant from the Ukraine, labor activist, suffragist, and consumer advocate, a leader of the Uprising of 20,000, a labor strike of shirtwaist workers in New York’s garment industry in 1909

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

This Day In Women's History

 

• March 27, 1924 (1990) – Sarah Vaughan, world renown jazz singer and pianist known as the “Divine One”

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

Woman World Leaders

 

The Question this country asks is when will America have her first Female President.  I do not want America to vote a Woman in because they are a Woman, but because they are qualified.  We are seeing Women get into powerful leadership positions, Nancy Pelosi - Speaker of the House, Kamala Harris - 1st Woman Vice President.

Kamala Harris

But America has not had a Woman President yet.  It is coming!  The Media is getting us ready for the idea by having shows about Women Presidents.  In 2005 Commander In Chief came out in 2005 about America's 1st Woman President starring Geena Davis.  

One of the most famous women leaders is Margret Thatcher.  They made a movie about her called the Iron Lady.

This Day In Women's History

 

• March 26, 1940 – Nancy Pelosi, first woman Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-09), Democratic California representative from 1987 to present

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

This Day in Women's History

 

March 25, 1911 -  the tragic 'Triangle Fire' in New York City took the lives of more than 140 working women, most of them Italian and Jewish immigrants.

Taken from: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/15586/The-history-of-IWD#:~:text=However%20less%20than%20a%20week,them%20Italian%20and%20Jewish%20immigrants.

This Day In Women's History

 

March 25

Gloria Steinem was born on this day in 1934. From NYPL's media archives, listen to her worst and best advice or listen to her conversation with Sherie Randolph on Florynce “Flo” Kennedy, Black feminism, and Steinem's new memoir, My Life on the Road at the Schomburg Center.

Taking from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

Extra Credit Opportunity!

 

You guys go to the BEST School on the planet!  I want you to participate and engage with the Booker T. community.  Support the school play and attend.  If you do you get 25 points Extwara Credit!!!  You do not have to go, but it is an opportunity.  

If you go - do this:  

1. Sign In

2. Bring a program back to me

3. Write one page of what you thought.  Be specific and detailed so I know you watched it.

Turn into me.

This Day In Women's History

 

March 24

Honor the birthday of Matilda Joslyn Gage. Born on this day in 1826, Gage was a women’s rights and Native American rights activist and a founding member of the National Woman Suffrage Association. Fully digitized online and available in research divisions, read History of Woman Suffrage edited by Gage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Taken from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

This Day In Women's History

 

Today in Feminist History: Women Workers Testify to Horrific Work Conditions (March 23, 1895)

Taken from: https://msmagazine.com/2020/03/23/today-in-feminist-history-march-23-1895/

This Day In Women's History

 

March 22, 1972: Full legal equality for women and men, once considered among the most radical of ideas, has now received the overwhelming endorsement of both houses of Congress in the form of an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution!

Taken from: https://msmagazine.com/2020/03/22/today-in-feminist-history-march-22-1972/

Have a GREAT Spring Break! See you on the 25!!!!

 

This Day In Women's History

 

• March 13, 1986 – Susan Butcher won the first of 3 straight and 4 total Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races in Alaska

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

This Day in Women's History

 

• March 12, 1993 – Janet Reno is sworn in as the first woman U.S. Attorney General

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

Nothing is Impossible...

 

This Day In Women's History

 

March 11

Take a self-guided tour of The Polonsky Exhibition of The New York Public Library’s Treasures, (available in the Bloomberg Connects app) themed around showcasing women carving out space in male-dominated areas, finding and using their unique voices, and speaking up for themselves and others. If you haven't seen the exhibition in person yet, plan your visit and explore the free Treasures Audio Guide.

Taken from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

This Day In Women's History

 

March 10

On this day in 1896, Nancy Cunard was born. A muse to the 20th century's most distinguished writers and artists, Cunard devoted much of her life to fighting racism. Fully digitized in our Digital Collections, read The Negro Anthology, an ambitious anthology covering aspects of diasporic Black life in arts, history, education, law, injustice, and culture. Cunard compiled and edited the anthology in 1934, hoping to prove "that there was no superior race, merely cultural differences, that racism has no basis whatsoever."

Taken from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

This Day in Women's History

 

In this month on May 9, 1924, actress Anna May Wong started her own production company. Despite the company's brevity, Wong's outlasting impact on stage and screen spanned decades and broke barriers. Learn more about Wong’s career spanning movies, television, and stage in this blog post.

Taken from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

Hidden Figures

 

One of the BEST movies made!  This movie tells the story of 3 outstanding who worked at NASA.  They are genius in Math in Science.  They were human calculators!  What an INCREDIBLE story!  Please watch if you can!  It will NOT disappoint! 

Best Scene!!!

This Day in Women's History

 

• March 8 – International Women’s Day, whose origins trace back to protests in the U.S. and Europe to honor and fight for the political rights for working women

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/march/

This Day In Women's History

 

Women's History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” 

Taken from: https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/About.html#:~:text=Women's%20History%20Month%20had%20its,as%20%E2%80%9CWomen's%20History%20Week.%E2%80%9D

This Day In Women's History

 

March 6

On this day, English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born. Her work received renewed attention following the feminist scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s, and greater recognition of women writers in English. Explore a digitized portion of her collection. 

Taken from: https://www.nypl.org/blog/2023/02/28/explore-womens-history-through-nypls-collections

19th Amendment

 

72 years from Seneca Falls till the passing of the 19th Amendment.  Seneca Falls is the beginning of the Woman's Suffrage Movement where courageous woman like Susan B. Anthony fought for Women's Rights!  It was a long hard fight!  Finally in 1920 Women got the right to vote!  I am shocked by that!  They should have had the right at the Constitutional Convention.

My favorite sign Women used in the early 20th Century!

A GREAT movie about Women's fight for rights!