Happy April's Fool Day!

 

This Day In History

 

April 1, 1976

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne formed Apple Computer Inc., and it became one of the world's leading tech companies.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/April-1

The Only Thing to Fear...

 

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…”

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

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March 30, 2002

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, who was queen consort of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1936–52), died in her sleep at Windsor Castle at age 101.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-30

This Day In Women's History

 

March 29, 1951

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death for turning over U.S. military secrets to the Soviet Union.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-29

Go See Little Shop of Horrors this Weekend!

 BTW Drama is putting on Little Shop of Horrors this weekend!  If you can support - please attend!  Our STUDENTS are so Talented!

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March 28, 1920

American motion-picture actors Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks were wed.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-28

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March 27,  47 bce

Cleopatra reinstated as queen of Egypt

The legendary Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, aided by her Roman lover Julius Caesar, was reinstated as coruler of Egypt (with her brother Ptolemy XIV) this day in 47 bce following a civil war with her brother Ptolemy XIII.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-26

This Day In Women's History

 

March 26, 2011

American Democratic politician Geraldine Ferraro, who was the first woman to be nominated (1984) for vice president by a major political party in the United States, died at age 75.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-26

Angry Woman Will Get Us Through

 

A great book about how women have changed America.  I am reading it now, and it is so good!  Here is a summary and review.

Two starred reviews!

In her “brilliant” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) first book for young readers, New York Times bestselling author and New York magazine writer-at-large Rebecca Traister draws material from her award-winning books and articles to show girls their anger has the power to be a force of change, just like for many trailblazers before them.

From an early age, young girls are taught anger isn’t an emotion they should express. They’re told—either implicitly or explicitly—to spend their lives keeping their fury locked inside for the benefit of others. But partly, Traister argues, that’s because the anger of women and girls has been a crucial catalyst for change, putting in motion some of the most defining social and political movements in our nation’s history. And it’s that anger that will blaze the path forward for the future.

Traister chronicles a concise history from the colonial era to the Women’s March of 2016 demonstrating how women’s rage has forged coalitions and created political change through movements for women’s and civil rights and more, and how the past decade has created an inflection point for women and girls who have yet to experience rights equal to men’s in the United States.

"This book is comprehensive, engaging, and motivating... A brilliant overview of essential history."

– Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

This Day In Women's History

 

March 25, 1911

A fire at the Triangle shirtwaist factory in New York City killed 146 people, prompting the creation of health and safety legislation.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-25

This Day In Women's History

 

March 24, 1919: With a suffrage victory seeming imminent, the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s Golden Jubilee tonight looked forward rather than back. While honoring its founders for their pioneering work 50 years ago, most of the day’s attention was happily focused on what to do after national woman suffrage is finally achieved.

Taken from: https://msmagazine.com/2011/03/24/live-blogging-womens-history-march-24-1919/

This Day In Women's History

 

March 23, 1917 – Virginia Woolf establishes the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

Civil Rights Activist - Angela Davis

 

This Day In Women's History

 

March 22, 1638

Anne Hutchinson was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after her liberal religious beliefs ran afoul of officials; she later helped found Rhode Island.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-22

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March 21, 1986 – Debi Thomas becomes first African American woman to win the World Figure Skating Championship

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

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March 20, 1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published and becomes the best-selling book of the 19th century

Taken from: https://nationalwomenshistoryalliance.org/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

Have a GREAT Spring Break! See you on the 23rd!

 

This Day In Women's History

 

March 15, 2019

More than 1.5 million students participated in climate change protests around the world as part of Fridays for Future, a movement started by Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-15

This Day In Women's History

 

• Herstory

Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 14, 1916

PUBLISHED 3/14/2011 by David M. Dismore

March 14, 1916: The resilience of the suffrage movement was never more in evidence than today. Just over four months since the biggest setback in its 68-year history–when suffrage referenda in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts went down to defeat–the campaign is back on track.

Today, the Assembly of the nation’s most populous state, New York, voted to put another woman suffrage referendum on the ballot, and not by a razor-thin margin but an overwhelming vote of 109 to 30. Though the state Senate must still consent, and the Senate Judiciary Committee is blocking the bill, vigorous lobbying of legislators and large public protests are expected to dislodge it. With passage, all energies can be turned toward working for a victory in 1917.

Assemblymember Harry E. Brereton, co-author of the bill, opened the debate by saying that the New York legislature owed it to the thousands of voters who endorsed woman suffrage, and to the women as well, to put the question on next year’s ballot again. He immediately ran into a storm of protest from antisuffrage colleagues. Assemblymember Martin McCue called resubmission “an insult to the voters of this state” and suggested that the suffragists might wait a while. Socialist Assemblymember Abraham Shiplacoff, a supporter of suffrage, then asked how long they should wait. “Oh, about 5,000 years,” said O’Hare, of Queens, joining the debate.

Mr. Welch of Albany viewed the resolution as “nothing more than an attempt to heckle the voters,” even though other issues that went down to defeat in November were already approved for the 1917 ballot. Mr. Pratt then began to recite the familiar maxim “If at first you don’t succeed …” at which point the entire body loudly intoned “Try, try again … .” The vote was finally called, and one by one the members of the Assembly gave their votes and their reasons for support or opposition.

Taken from: https://msmagazine.com/2011/03/14/live-blogging-womens-history-march-14-1916/

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/this-month-in-womens-history/march/

The Iron Lady

 

Everyone is guessing when will America have it's first woman president?  So many countries have had a woman president!  29 to be exact.  To get America ready in the early 2000s there was a show on called Madame President.  Iron Lady is about Margret Thatcher.

This Day In Women's History

 

March 12, 1993

Janet Reno was sworn in as U.S. attorney general, becoming the first woman to hold the office.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-12

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March 11, 2006

Chilean politician Michelle Bachelet became the first woman to serve as the country's president as she was sworn into office.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-11

This Day In Women's History

 

March 10, 1997

The television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer premiered. Created by Joss Whedon, the show, which emphasized feminist themes, centered on Buffy Summers, who battles vampires, demons, and other assorted supernatural forces of evil.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-10

Iron Jawed Angels

 

Such a GREAT movie about the immediate fight for Women to get the right to vote!  It is a fantastic watch that shows you the struggle and fight of the suffrage movement.  Women have been beaten, tortured, and starved so we TODAY can enjoy this INCREDIBLE right to VOTE!  It is on YouTube!

 

This Day In Women's History

 

March 9, 1959

Barbie, a toy doll that became an international sensation despite criticism, was introduced by Mattel, Inc.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-9

This Day in Women's History

 

March 8th Every Year

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated on 8 March, commemorating women's fight for equality and liberation along with the women's rights movement. International Women's Day gives focus to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.^[3][4] Spurred by the universal female suffrage movement, International Women's Day originated from labor movements in Europe and North America during the early 20th century.^[5

Taken from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day

This Day In Women's History

 

March 7, 2010

Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for best director, for The Hurt Locker (2008). Her tense action films often feature protagonists that struggle with inner conflict.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-7

We are the CHAMPIONS!

 

Both Girls and Boys are going to the STATE PLAYOFFS.  We are Regional and Area Champs!  Go HORNETS!!!!  STING!!!