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   CarveHerName (carvehername@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 20:39:16 JST CarveHerName

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   As the march set off behind Milholland on her horse, Wells was nowhere to be seen.

   Then she stepped into the march from the sidelines, joining the Illinois delegation. Two white suffragists, Belle Squire and Virginia Brooks, took positions on each side of her.

   They were not the only women to ignore the segregation order. Howard University, led by Mary Church Terrell, marched with the rest of the Education section rather than at the back.

   Source: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/a-noble-endeavor-ida-b-wells-barnett-and-suffrage.htm
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     CarveHerName (carvehername@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 20:39:17 JST CarveHerName

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     #OnThisDay, 3 Mar 1913, thousands of women marched through Washington DC in the Suffrage Parade. They are led by Inez Milholland, a lawyer on a white horse, with delegations from each state following.

     The day before Ida B Wells and other Black suffragists were told they would be segregated, and had to march at the back. Wells said that she would march with Illinois or not at all.

     #WomenInHistory #History #AmericanHistory #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth #VotesForWomen #Histodons

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