A group of women, both white and Black, sit or stand on railway tracks. Some have brought kitchen chairs, and others have built a makeshift tent. Photo is from March 1971, and was taken by Gordon Sedawie.

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   CarveHerName (carvehername@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 01:50:31 JST CarveHerName

   #OnThisDay, 6 Jan 1971, the Militant Mothers of Raymur, 25 women from the Raymur Place housing project in Vancouver, blockaded railway tracks to get a pedestrian overpass installed. 400 children from the housing project had to cross the tracks - while trains were running - to get to and from school.

   The bridge was built and is now named after the women.

   #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #CanadianHistory #Histodons

   hat tip @workingclasshistory