Notices by CarveHerName (carvehername@mstdn.social)

#OnThisDay, 9 July 1978, around 100,000 people march through Washington DC, USA, demanding an extension on the ratification deadline for the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

First proposed in the 1920s, the ERA would guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.

As of 2025, it remains in legislative limbo.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 5 July 1957, Althea Gibson becomes the first Black person to win a #Wimbledon Singles tennis trophy.

Blogpost by Moira from 2019:
https://illustratedwomeninhistory.com/althea-gibson/

Newsreel: https://youtu.be/2EJCqBsh2Dk?t=1m15s

Listen to her being interviewed here (dead bird link)
https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1412427791396659204

#BlackHistory #TennisHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

New book review!

African Women of the Ancient World by Katy Clark tells the stories of nine women who held power on the continent between 3050 BCE and 1861 CE. So it quickly joined our review stack. Mags has now written up her thoughts on it.

https://carvehername.org.uk/book-review-african-women-of-the-ancient-world/

#OnThisDay, 25 June 1678, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia receives the Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Padua. She's thought to be be first woman to receive a doctorate in the world.

https://carvehername.org.uk/elena-piscopia-first-woman-doctorate/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ItalianHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 26 Jun 1949, all Belgian women are able to vote in Parliamentary elections for the first time.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #EuropeanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 24 June 1916, Mary Pickford becomes the first Hollywood star to sign a million-dollar contract.

This is Pickford, who was a queen of PR as well as the screen.

At the time, standard studio contracts were for a year. She signed a *two-year* contract as both an actor *and* a producer. That bumped its value across the $1m barrier and got her the headlines.

#ReclaimTheFrame #HollywoodHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

"You have trampled under foot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil rights, my political rights, my judicial rights, are all alike ignored."

#OnThisDay, 17 Jun 1873, Susan B Anthony is tried for illegally voting in the 1872 US Presidential election.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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"The air is the only place free of prejudices."

#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's license, becoming the first civilian African-American pilot in the world. And the first of Native American descent.

Read more about her in our NEW blogpost! https://carvehername.org.uk/bessie-coleman-and-other-early-american-aviators/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons

“The simple act of walking through a schoolhouse door that had been barred to me, and all people of my color, by the governor of this state - that simple act represented an end to legal segregation in the American South.”

#OnThisDay, 11 June 1963, Vivian Malone defies the Governor of Alabama to become the first Black female student at the University of Alabama.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 7 Jun 1968, 187 women working at the Ford car factory in Dagenham, UK, go on strike demanding recognition as skilled workers.

They are led by Rosie Boland and Lil O'Callaghan. After three weeks they win concessions as production had to be shut down. The strike was one of the triggers for the Equal Pay Act 1970 that made it illegal to pay women and men differently if they are doing the same job.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory #MadeInDagenham #Histodons

"You need not be afraid to give us our rights for fear we will take too much, for we won't take more than our pint'll hold."

#OnThisDay, 29 May 1851, Sojourner Truth addresses the Woman's Rights Convention in Ohio.

Her speech is commonly known as 'ain't I a woman' although that comes from a dubious transcript that uses racial tropes.

Read more about that at https://www.thesojournertruthproject.com/compare-the-speeches/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 28 May 1944, Sonia Butt parachutes into occupied France as an explosives expert for the British Special Operations Executive. She'd turned 20 two weeks earlier.

She trained the maquis and coordinated sabotage operations. She was never captured.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 24 May 1976, at least 400 women walk out on strike at the Trica factory in London, demanding equal pay with their male colleagues. Around 100 men come out on strike in support of the women.

The strike lasts 21 weeks before the American owners of the factory agree to all demands.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #TradeUnionHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 18 May 1953, pilot Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 17 May 1988, Dr Patricia Bath was awarded the first of her three patents on the methods and equipment for laser cataract removal.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInMedicine #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 12 May 1743, Maria Theresa Habsburg is crowned Queen of Bohemia and consolidates her position as the ruler of the Austrian empire. The Seven Year War was promoted by rival claims to the empire, and she worked to elevate her husband to be Holy Roman Emperor. After his death she co-ruled with her son.

She sponsored trials of smallpox inoculation, having lost three of her children to the disease.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AustrianHistory #RegnantWomen #Histodons

Hello!

Every day women have, and are, making history. We tell their stories a day at a time. Follow us for posts about the history women made and are making.

Here's a few notes on what we do, by way of an updated intro because the last one was in 2023. 😱

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Women in history are, just like men, complex. We’re not here to say they’re all great but that women in history EXIST beyond the narrow confines of the familiar names you’ve heard of already.

We sometimes have to tap the sign about this one.
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We're generalists, so if we're posting about something you specialise in, please feel free to reply with more details. We see social media - at its best - as a collaborative conversation.

But we also reserve the right to block mansplainers and bigots. And we report hate speech.

We also have a sign to tap for this.

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#OnThisDay, 19 Apr 1967, Katherine Switzer becomes the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon as a registered runner, despite the organiser physically trying to stop her.

She ran it again in 2017, 50 years later.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons