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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

 

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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!

 

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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

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• 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/

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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.

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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

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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!

 

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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

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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

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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!!!

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March 6, 1988

Georgia O'Keeffe—whose well-known works included large-format paintings of natural forms, especially flowers and bones—died at age 98. She helped to establish a new and significant space for female artists in a realm that was (and continues to be) dominated by men.

Taken from: https://www.britannica.com/on-this-day/March-6

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• March 5, 1998: A Women's History Month ceremony highlighted that women represented nearly half of the U.S. workforce, contributing $2.3 trillion to the economy.
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March 4, 1917 – Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) took her seat as the first female member of Congress

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

Women's Suffrage

 My favorite poster from Women protesting for Women to get the Right to Vote!!!

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March 3, 1913 – Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, where over 8000 women gathered to demand a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote

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