“The study used a new method that analyzes tooth enamel to determine sex when DNA is not available.” Interesting new method.
New research shows that a 5,000-year-old lavish tomb in Spain contains the remains of a woman, not a man as previously assumed. The study used a new method that analyzes tooth enamel to determine sex when DNA is not available. apnews.com/article/spain-tom…
The Equal Rights Amendment is long overdue. The majority of America agrees. Why hasn’t it been added to the constitution? #ERA @MsMagazine msmagazine.com/2023/04/11/an…
I’m a Jayhawks fan, but today I was rooting for Howard University’s Men’s Basketball Team and here’s why…
#Jayhawks #MensMarchMadness charlotteclymer.substack.com…
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Thank you San Diego for recognizing March 14, 2023 as
@womensmuseum
of California day.
We are honored to continue the work that was started forty years ago to educate and inspire generations on the accomplishments and contributions of diverse women.
Thanks to @nofilmschool GG Hawkins and the “Fancy Dance” directors for an inspiring and informative episode. What a great service to the community. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
A woman writing history, her own.
We choose a woman each day. Sometimes M. Curie etc, but occasionally we discover women who had a life no one noticed. Look at that art! cast a tear for her after 110 years.
Don't RT this - read it, give yourselves a treat. #metoo started a long time ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorina…
I did not know this. military.com/history/how-jim…
Last week she was just the youngest (14 year old) pro skateboarder; now she’s a world champion.
Sky Brown, age 14, is a British-Japanese professional skateboarder who competes for Britain. She is the youngest professional skateboarder in the world and now a world champion #WomensArt
WIF congratulates the 65 women whose phenomenal work onscreen and behind the camera of the 2022 film landscape was recognized with @TheAcademy noms. Their work deserves all the accolades, which makes the omissions for directing and other categories even more frustrating. #Oscars
That’s dedication!
Today in HERstory 1910 – Doris Haddock was born. She was a political activist who at the age of 88, began a walk of over 3,200 miles across the U.S. advocating for campaign finance reform. She completed her walk almost 14 months later at the age of 90
#herstory #womenshistory
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Today in HERstory 1987 – Aretha Franklin was the first woman inducted into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame
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#herstory #womenshistory #todayinhistory
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Women having safe access to reproductive health care in the United States has allowed women to make giant leaps in equality. Since 1973 the number of women in the workforce has grown and so has women’s leadership in those places of labor.
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to choose to have an abortion.
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If the past decade has taught us anything, it’s that “exposing facts” does not equal “changing people’s minds.” niemanlab.org/2023/01/good-n…
ALT Good news: Misinformation isn’t as powerful as feared! Bad news: Neither is information. To people who publish facts, it’s appealing to think of them as powerful. But people’s belief systems go a lot deeper than facts.
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We love the title of this pamphlet found in the @womensmuseum archives. "Unladylike and Unprofessional". We are thinking about putting it on our business cards.
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#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1816, mathematician Sophie Germain wins the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her paper on elasticity theory.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory
ALT An engraved drawing of Sophie Germain. She is a white woman with loose dark hair.
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New article. Meet Margaret Hewitt acclaimed suffragette. #1 photo is of her with Annie Kenney, Mary Blathwayt and Bodo (an #oldsmobile) as she was celebrated (pic #2) in 1909 as a leading suffragette, @emcandre
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margar…
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