#womenshistory

[byjenie]

The future is female. The past was too.

March is Women's History Month.

#future is female #feminist art #womensrights #Equalrights #pro-choice #loveislove #womenshistory #womensmarch #equality #activism #humanrights

[itgetsbetterproject]

Meet Josephine Baker, the bi, Black cabaret dancer, WWII spy, Civil Rights activist, and "lady lover" to blues singer Clara Smith!

From lavender.space on our Tiktok.

#itgetsbetter #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #blackhistory #queerhistory #cabaret #josphine baker #wwii #bi #bi pride #bisexual #bi women #lgbtq tiktok

[usnatarchives]

Women in Science Day (psssst... get a behind the scenes look)

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! At the National Archives, women bring considerable technical skills to their work every day, including the women of our Heritage Science Research and Testing Lab.

Lindsay Oakley and Cancy Chu test a new colorimeter instrument with a sheet of color standards. Understanding how color shifts over time is an excellent way for scientists to see how materials change as they age and ensure we provide the best possible preservation conditions for records like documents and photographs.

Jennifer performs X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy to identify the pigments used in this watercolor of Fort Pierre. This supported its safe conservation treatment before being displayed as part of the “All American” exhibit.

How does @USNatArchives decide how long a document can be on display?

Scientists and conservators use another type of artificial aging test, this time with light. This micro-fadometer uses high-intensity light for a short time, measuring changes undetectable to the human eye. This information helps us create light budgets for items as they are displayed or used for research.

Lindsay Oakley, NARA’s Director of Heritage Science Research and Testing explains what heritage science is and introduces the scientists and research projects that make the lab such an important part of NARA’s preservation efforts.

#WomenInSTEM #STEM #Science #Women #WomensHistory #National Archives #Preservation #Archivists #Scientists #Youtube

[journey-to-the-goddess]

Hey all! 

I want to share some of my latest findings on Paleolithic "Venus" goddesses of Laussel (20,000ish years old--location, SW France) and Willendorf (30,000ish years old--location Austria). 

 It's looking more and more like the Venus of Laussel was used as a lunar calendar measurement system--perhaps to measure women's menstrual cycles?!? 

As for the Venus of Willendorf, it seems she was originally carved in Northern Italy and brought to Austria during the Ice Age! And that's not all....it's very likely she was made as a self-portrait. Before the advent of mirrors. Think about it... 

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#ancient history #venusoflaussel #venus of willendorf #goddessstudies #womenshistory #goddess #greatgoddess #mothergoddess #paleolithic #motherofmothers #when god was a woman

[essencebeenofficial1]

Just a reminder 💭 . . . . . . . . #picoftheday #picture #pink #miami #snap #selfie #selfcare #reminder #selfreminder #reflection #explore #mix #blackwomen #womenshistory #blackgirlmagic #thickthighssavelives #thick (at Queens, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpVHRvwL4uT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#picoftheday #picture #pink #miami #snap #selfie #selfcare #reminder #selfreminder #reflection #explore #mix #blackwomen #womenshistory #blackgirlmagic #thickthighssavelives #thick

[roricomics]

Biawacheeitchish, the legendary "Woman Chief" was a warrior & leader who had several wives.

Woman Chief was kind of a big deal, ranking third on the Crow's Council of Chiefs. She lead for possibly 20 years before being assassinated around 1858.

She also had stories written about her by Europeans, but these are mostly-to-wholly sensational fictions and don't reflect her actual life.

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*100Days100Women information is taken from sources on the internet and in my personal library. Though I research each drawing, some artistic liberties are taken with dress and props. History is something I love, but I am not an historian, but an artist attempting to bring forgotten history to the fore, and to pique your curiosity for more info! I encourage everyone to find out more about these amazing women!

#100Days100Women #womenshistory #historical #art #illustration #portrait #indigenouspeople #artist rori #artists on tumblr #women in art

[leannareneehieber]

Virtual event tomorrow! Come learn about women leaders in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th and early 20th century for Women's History Month thanks to the Long Branch Free Public Library! RSVP Here: https://bit.ly/artscrafts23

About this photo: Here I am in the Kent State University Special Collections Library with Clara Wolcott Driscoll's letters home to her family from New York back to Ohio in the 1880s and 1890s, the text of which is the basis for my one-woman performative lecture, BY THE LIGHT OF TIFFANY: A MEETING WITH CLARA DRISCOLL. Clara was the designer of most of Louis Comfort Tiffany's most famous stained glass lamps. Not only was she a talented artist and visionary, she was also manager of the Tiffany Glass Studios "Tiffany Girls". I'll be talking a lot about Clara and other important female leader's in tomorrow's lecture! Join us!

If you're a library or institution looking to book BY THE LIGHT OF TIFFANY, check out this link and inquire about availability, rates and scheduling! Cheers!

#womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #victorian #working class #arts and crafts movement #women artists #art history #clara driscoll #tiffanygirls #louis comfort tiffany #stained glass #vintage glass #presentation #writers of tumblr #womeninthearts #womenleaders #lecture #history #historian #playwright

[whenweallvote]

She said what she said. 

On this day in 1972, Shirley Chisholm — the first Black woman elected to Congress — formally announced her candidacy for president of the United States.

#OTD #OnThisDay #AmericanHistory #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #Herstory #ShirleyChisholm

[yatescountyhistorycenter]

Major Kirk and the Women's Army Corps

By Jonathan Monfiletto

When Uncle Sam called, a young woman from Penn Yan – much like many of the young men all around her – answered. And she not only rose to the call but went above and beyond it during her nearly three and a half years of service in World War II.

Less than six months after the United States of America entered the global conflict following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces, the U.S. government – through a bill approved by Congress and signed by President Franklin Roosevelt – established the Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps on May 15, 1942 “for the purpose,” officially, “of making available to the national defense the knowledge, skill, and special training of women of the nation.” In actuality, it took a Congresswomen – U.S. Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, of Massachusetts, who introduced the bill a year before it became law – to ensure women would receive all the rights and benefits afforded to male service members when they supported the Army, after she had witnessed the status of women in World War I.

Less than three months after the WAAC was formed, in September 1942, Carlotta “Kirk” Crosier became Yates County’s first woman to enlist in this new military organization. Having been employed as a physical education teacher in Owego public schools at the time, she joined through the Binghamton recruiting office. In fact, though she taught at Owego Free Academy for two years by that point, a newspaper article from the time indicates she did not return for the 1942-1943 school year because she anticipated a call to service.

From Binghamton, Crosier reported to Des Moines, Iowa for basic training at the rank of private. With her experience in physical education, she helped the platoon leader teach the other recruits how to march. Perhaps as a result, she was one of two privates selected for the first officers training course for women.

Upon completion of this officer candidate school, 2nd Lt. Crosier served as executive officer for an all-female company stationed in Daytona Beach, Florida but preparing for duty in England. When the unit was transferred to Fort Devon, Massachusetts and then Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, Crosier was promoted to company commander. When Crosier and her fellow women reached England in July 1943 – the first WAAC battalion to do so, with three to five companies – they were assigned to the 3rd Division of the 8th Air Force. Here, Crosier worked as a company commander under Gen. Curtis LeMay.

Initially, WAACs worked only as clerks, cooks, drivers, and medical personnel. Indeed, a newspaper report quoting an article by Doris Fleeson in the Woman’s Home Companion speaks of female troops under Crosier’s command performing clerical communications and mess duties.

In September 1943, though, Congress and the President – again, through the work of Rep. Rogers – authorized the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), shortening the acronym by a letter and allowing women to serve overseas with the regular Army. Now, women began to take on roles as cryptologists, radio operators, photographers, mechanics, and more.

At this point, it seems, 1st Lt. Crosier was transferred to the 8th Air Force Headquarters Operations Section commanded by Gen. Jimmy Doolittle. Later promoted to captain, she served as the first female operations watch officer in the history of the U.S. military. In this role, working in the operations room in a bombproof, underground structure, Crosier helped coordinate the missions that sent U.S. warplanes on the attack.

Listening to pre-mission discussions among Doolittle and his staff, Crosier helped supply such information as the weather and direct such decisions as the target, the time, the bombload, and the number of planes. When the group made its final decisions for the mission, it was Crosier’s job to write the field order containing all of the pertinent information, send it out by teletype to the bomber divisions, and alert allied agencies of the upcoming attack.

A newspaper article, with the date of March 9, 1944 handwritten on it, calls to attention Crosier’s role in the bombing raids over Berlin, Germany. According to the article, the London Daily Sketch of February 23, 1944 carried a 12-square-inch photograph of Crosier and had this to say about her: “The girl who knows ‘The Gen.’ She is Lt. Carlotta Crosier, U.S. Women’s Army corps, operations watch officer at Eighth Air Force H.Q. On her accuracy depends much of the co-ordination that sends U.S. planes out on attacks. When her chief, Major-General Jimmy Doolittle, asks: ‘How many bombers will we be able to put up tomorrow?’ she supplies the answer.”

Another newspaper article, handwritten with the year of 1945, noted in its headline then-Capt. Crosier “Continues as Watch Officer” and indicated she was among the WACs “contributing considerably toward the successful completion of air attacks against Nazi Europe.” These women kept a constant check on each air mission as it was flown and kept records and plans for future information. Crosier specifically informed generals and other officers who planned air operations on the progress and reports of the current missions and prepared them for any emergencies in which information must be relayed to the proper channels.

Yet another newspaper article dates presumably from about the spring or summer of 1945, as it states Crosier had returned home to Penn Yan after two and a half years of service. Then, she didn’t expect to be out of uniform until almost another year. Indeed, she was discharged as Maj. Crosier in January 1946. Upon her return, she noted how her with bombing missions over enemy territory turned into such missions as dropping supplies over the Netherlands. Then, with little work for the WACs to do but wait to go home, Crosier volunteered to assist with the filming of a documentary about what she and her fellow women did in the European theater. In fact, she was in Paris the day the French held a parade to celebrate V-E, or Victory in Europe, Day.

In a V-mail letter home that was printed in a 1943 report in The Chronicle-Express, Crosier commented on receiving the hometown newspaper overseas and finding fellow soldiers with ties to Penn Yan and the Finger Lakes region. She also seemed to sum up the mission of her fellow women during the war.

“I believe I’m very fortunate in being over here and all of the Wacs are hard at work now and doing a fine job,” she wrote. “I’m very proud of the girls in my command. We are attached to the air force and are very proud of that. … I was very fortunate in being given an opportunity of going up in a Flying Fortress and it sure was a wonderful ship. As you know we are all part of the army of the United States and are regularly G.I.’s now.”

#historyblog #history #museum #archives #american history #us history #local history #newyork #yatescounty #pennyan #military #army #worldwarII #wac #waac #womensauxiliaryaircorps #womensarmycorps #womenshistory

[inknscroll]

#HappyWomensDay!💐 Let us celebrate women's literature and history today and every day!📚💕 --- In college, in my "The Norton Anthology Of Literature By Women," I treasured a beautiful tapestry of many women writers' works, poems, essays, letters, or excerpts of works. I loved Anne Bradstreet's poetry, Abigail Adams' letters (especially "Remember the Ladies"), Phillis Wheatley's poetry, Sojourner Truth's courageous story & speeches (especially "Ain't I a Woman?"), & Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry. I treasured Harriet Beecher Stowe's courage, Harriet Jacobs' story of resilience while escaping slavery, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, & Florence Nightingale. And I enjoyed Charlotte Bronte, George Elliot (her pen name), Emily Bronte, & Emily Dickinson. My favorite was Alice Walker's "In Search of Our Mother's Gardens." I, also, read Virginia Wolf's "A Room of One's Own" and many more authors, poets, & writers who broadened my literary horizons. I definitely recommend this book that covers a multitude of women writers and writing styles from past eras to the recent Modern Era (20th century).💐 📷(Copyright of my #bookreview & photo: #Inknscroll)📖 (In college, I read most of these two anthologies. Here are the above complete titles: "The Norton Anthology Of Literature By Women: The Traditions In English," by (Editors) Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan Gubar, (Contributor) Anne Spencer. And "The Harper American Literature, Single Volume Edition," by (Editors) Robert Atwan & others.) #InternationalWomensDay #WomensLiterature #American #British #European #books #biography #nonfiction #WomensHistory #Americanhistory #writersofinstagram #bookstagram #history #bookworm #autobiography #memoirs #literature #goodreads #authors #writers #poets #books #AmericanLiterature #WomensHistoryMonth #equality #Inknscrollbookreview #WomensDay 💐📚🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpibpe9vSv9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#happywomensday #bookreview #inknscroll #internationalwomensday #womensliterature #american #british #european #books #biography #nonfiction #womenshistory #americanhistory #writersofinstagram #bookstagram #history #bookworm #autobiography #memoirs #literature #goodreads #authors #writers #poets #americanliterature #womenshistorymonth #equality #inknscrollbookreview #womensday

[monriatitans]

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH QUOTE 15 OF 15 Thursday, March 30, 2023

"Certainly, for black women, our struggle has not been to emerge from silence into speech but to change the nature and direction of our speech, to make a speech that compels listeners, one that is heard." - bell hooks, Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black

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Check out The National Women’s History Alliance for educational resources! The image was made with and, initially, shared via the Quotes Creator App to Instagram; check it out here! Interested in seeing where the quote came from? If so, click here!

#bellhooks #talkingback #womenshistory #educational #blackwomen #genderstudies #speech #thinkingblack #thinkingfeminist #womenshistorymonth #womenshistoryawareness #bellhooksquote #bellhooksquotes #womenshistoryquote #womenshistoryquotes #quotesaboutwomenshistory #educationalpost #educationalposts #learnsomethingneweveryday #becomesmartereveryday #becomempowered #bempowering #monriatitans #wgs #monriatitanswgs #nationalwomenshistoryalliance #nwha #quotescreatorapp #affiliatelink #bookshoporg

[nikkiserenity]

Happy Women's History Month! Did you know that’s what March is? Check me out with some of these amazing, strong, beautiful women! Which photo is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below! ⬇️ 👇 Tag other awesome women you think I should work with, or just tag them to show your appreciation for them! Also, feel free to share any women’s history fun facts you know! Models: @nikkiserenityartist , Brooke , @thejunebuggal / @thejunebuggirl / @kallidid , @therosejustine , @chelsimckeal13 , @iamcaterinaclayton , Colie Lewis , @dibryant777 , @cassandra.catastrophe , Krissy , @lucytobey , Caitlin , @missaliceantoinette / @aliceantoinettemodel , @oh.mab , and @rbodi314 Photographers: @brad_prime / primephotostl.com , @cwarner_fine_arts , @yugenphotog , @greg.holden.52831 , @barlow.ron / @barlow5097 / @barlowpro Owl: @barehandsberan of @wildlifecommandcenter Magazine cover: @shotcaller_magazine_official Locations: @selfiewrldstl / @selfiewrld and more #womanhistorymonth #womanhistory #history #womeninspiringwomen #womenshistoryisamericanhistory #strongwoman #females #womenshistory2023 #womenshistorymonth2023 #girls #ladies #female #herstory #womensday #internationalwomensday #women #woman #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #womanshistory #womanshistorymonth #womenhistorymonth #womenhistorymonth #beautiful #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenfashion #womeninspiringwomen #strongwomen @womenshistory @womenshistorymonth @womenshistorymonthusa @wo.mens_history (at Worldwide) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp76_tHO4F7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#womanhistorymonth #womanhistory #history #womeninspiringwomen #womenshistoryisamericanhistory #strongwoman #females #womenshistory2023 #womenshistorymonth2023 #girls #ladies #female #herstory #womensday #internationalwomensday #women #woman #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #womanshistory #womanshistorymonth #womenhistorymonth #beautiful #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #womenfashion #strongwomen

[walkingdetroit]

Happy Women’s History Month! ✨ 

#wellbehavedwomenrarelymakehistory #dpm #detroit #madisontheatre #downtowndetroit #womenshistory #womenshistorymonth #peoplemover #walkingdetroit #grandcircuspark #grandcircus

[theblackcat5679]

New sketch for the board at work celebrating Women's History Month. ✨️ Come by Starbucks on Golden State and Canal to see in person. @starbucksgoldenstate #womenshistorymonth #celebrate #fridakahlo #mayaangelou #katherinejohnson #malalayousafzai #ruthbaderginsburg #sketch #drawing #draw #starbucksboard #chalkpaint #redsketch #womenshistory #mixedmedia (at Turlock, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpcCdwsusGl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#womenshistorymonth #celebrate #fridakahlo #mayaangelou #katherinejohnson #malalayousafzai #ruthbaderginsburg #sketch #drawing #draw #starbucksboard #chalkpaint #redsketch #womenshistory #mixedmedia

[studsrn]

Glady’s Bentley, a unapologetically gay African-American performer in 1920s and 30s! The Great Blues Singer Gladys Bentley Broke All the Rules! Bentley’s powerful voice, fiery energy on the piano and bold lyrics made her a star of New York City. - Credit: 2019 Smithsonian Magazine, H. Shah - #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #dragking #masculinelesbians #masculinity #beyourself #studsrn #studlove #blacklesbians #lesbianhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CpSmqY_OJOe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #dragking #masculinelesbians #masculinity #beyourself #studsrn #studlove #blacklesbians #lesbianhistory

[artbookdap]

Nan Goldin. She is our hero. What more can we say? Her work, her life, her advocacy, her utter bravery.⁠ ⁠ Images and spreads are from 'Nan Goldin: This Will Not End Well,' published by @steidlverlag and going fast.⁠ ⁠ This is the first book to present a comprehensive overview of Nan Goldin’s work as a filmmaker. Accompanying the retrospective show and tour of the same name, organized by @modernamuseet Stockholm, the book draws from the nearly dozen slideshows and films Goldin has made from thousands of photographs, film sequences, audio tapes and music tracks. The stories told range from the trauma of her family history to the portrayal of her bohemian friends to a journey into the darkness of addiction.⁠ ⁠ By focusing exclusively on slideshows and video installations, 'This Will Not End Well' aims to fully embrace Goldin’s vision of how her work should be experienced. The book retains the presentation of the slide shows by showing all images in the same format on a black background and sequenced as they are in the sources. The 20 texts, the majority of which are newly commissioned by Goldin, complement and deepen the intention of her work.⁠ ⁠ Edited by Teresa Hahr, Fredrik Liew. Text by Vince Aletti, Thomas Beard, Guido Costa, Marvin Heiferman, Roni Horn, Patrick Radden Keefe, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Fredrik Liew, Gabor Maté, Eileen Myles, Cookie Mueller, Alfred Pacquement, Darryl Pinckney, Rene Ricard, Lucy Sante, Sarah Schulman, Anne Swärd, Hala Wardé, David Wojnarowicz. Interview by Andrea Lissoni. Drawings by Hala Wardé.⁠ ⁠ Traveling to @stedelijkmuseum @neue_nationalgalerie @pirelli_hangarbicocca⁠ ⁠ @nangoldinstudio #nangoldin #nangoldinthiswillnotendwell #thiswillnotendwell #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CpP62bUu3Ds/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#nangoldin #nangoldinthiswillnotendwell #thiswillnotendwell #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory