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Hope @withhopeorwithout.bsky.social · 1d

I am confused -- when is it an illegal abduction by masked men who violently attack me and when is it a legal abduction by masked men who violently attack me?

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 22h

10/15/1830 — b. Helen Hunt Jackson, American author, early native peoples advocate. Orator of the true hist of Native people; petitioned for laws + rights on their behalf. "Century of Dishonor", a seminal document exposing gov violations of Indian treaties (1881) #womenshistory #IndigenousPeoplesDay

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STEMfem @stemfem.bsky.social · 1d

10/14/1797 — b. Ida Pfeiffer, Austrian global traveler, explorer, travel writer, ethnographer. Early female world traveler + explorer; two trips around the world(1846-55). Member Berlin + Paris geographical societies; bestselling travel books #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #womenwriters #AdaLovelaceDay

Ida Pfeiffer seated with one arm resting on a large book with a globe in the background

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 1d

10/14/1879 — b. Stella Maria Sarah, Australian author, freelance journalist, feminist. Pseudonym Miles Franklin; noted for “My Brilliant Career” (1901), film (1979). Editor, U.S. National Women’s Trade Union League; active in the early Australian feminist movement #womenshistory #womenwriters #OTD

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 2d

10/13/1877 — b. Josephine Goldmark, American researcher, labor law reformer and author. Major influencer of U.S. labor laws; wrote books on industrial work, long-hour work days, low wages and women/child's labor. Aggressive #labor investigator, Triangle Factory Fire investigator #womenshistory #OTD

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UltraViolet @ultraviolet.bsky.social · 2d

Women are feeling the brunt of Trump's chaotic economic policies.

Full story: https://19thnews.org/2025/10/medical-bills-health-care-cost-polling/

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killerrabbit90.bsky.social @killerrabbit90.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention theintercept.com/2025/10/10/i... #uspoli #HumanRights #WomensRights #illegal #unlawful #PregnantWomen #UnmaskICE #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

The Trump Administration Is Hiding How Many Pregnant People Are in ICE Detention

The evidence indicates ICE is detaining pregnant women at alarming rates, in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

theintercept.com

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 2d

10/13/1754 — b. Mary McCauley, American folk figure, possible heroine. American #RevolutionaryWar hero in the Battle of Monmouth; considered one of the women to be the actual “Molly Pitcher”, history and legend surrounds the name #womenshistory #MollyPitcher#ShePersisted #ReSisters #NoKings #OTD

"Molly Pitcher at the Gun", etching of Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley at the cannon during the American Revolutionary War #MollyPitcher #cannon #guns

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 7d

10/8/1976 — Karin Söder, Swedish government official, becomes the first woman minister of foreign affairs in Sweden and one of the first female foreign ministers worldwide. Leader, Swedish Centre Party (1985-87); first wmn in Sweden elected leader of a major political party #womenshistory #gov #TDIH

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Alpha Kitty @alphakitty.bsky.social · 7d

10/8/1903 — b. Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Canadian artist, arts educator. Sculptor; figural works, modernist landscape works, and major public commissions in Ontario. Held key posts in the Federation of #CanadianArtists & the Canadian Arts Council (1944-48) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womensart #OTD

Elizabeth Winnifred Wood standing next to a large male bust sculpture of hers.

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 7d

10/8/1800 — b. Abigail May Alcott, American social worker, abolitionist, women's rights activist. A pioneer social reformer, and one of the first paid social workers in Massachusetts (1848). The mother of Louisa May Alcott, the author of the classic “Little Women” #womenshistory #womensrights #OTD

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Adrienne Matei @foxpack.bsky.social · 24d

My new essay on how women end up laundering the failures of fascism here! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

From Nazi Germany to Trump’s America: why strongmen rely on women at home

Fascist regimes pushed narratives of domestic bliss, yet relied on women’s unpaid labor. In the US today, ‘womanosphere’ influencers promote the same fantasies

www.theguardian.com

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 8d

10/7/1946 — b. Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, feminist theorist, professor. A widely cited English language legal scholar; she defined the term and legal claim for #SexualHarassment, and SCOTUS adopted her argument that SH was a form of discrimination (1986) #womenshistory #gov #law #VAW #OTD

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · 8d

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Emily in the Blue 💙 Delta @ezwez.bsky.social · 9d

PROTESTERS: USEFUL INFO

www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

#protesters #demonstration #equalrights #democracy #democracia #DemocracyInAction #DemocracyMatters #Democratic #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #civilrights #protest #rally #nokingsinamerica #WorkersRightsAreHumanRights #immigrantrights #immigrants

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU

The First Amendment protects your right to assemble and express your views through protest. However, police and other government officials are allowed to place certain narrow restrictions on the exerc...

www.aclu.org

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 8d

10/7/1920 — b. Kathryn F. Clarenback, American women’s rights activist, feminist and educator. An early modern feminist leader in the United States; founding member and the chair of the National Organization for Women #womenshistory #womensrights #feminism #NOW #OTD

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 10d

“When I liberate others, I liberate myself.”
~ Fannie Lou Hamer, born this day in 1917
Photo taken in Mississippi in 1971 by Louis Draper
#fannielouhamer #LouisDraper #liberate #womensrights #activist #leadership #leadershipmatters #civilrights #civilrightsmovement #civilrightsactivist

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Extraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast @storiesofbritain.bsky.social · 11d

Born #OTD 1896, Dorothy Lawrence was a journalist determined to report from the front line of World War One. So she posed as a man and made her way to the heart of the conflict. Hear her story in our Women and War podcast: tinyurl.com/yu4yedh6 #history #womenshistory

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Rob Phillips @balwen76.bsky.social · 12d

It's worth marking the effort to see the Welsh Women's Peace Petition exhibition - it's an amazing story www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... and you can search the petition on-line www.library.wales/peacepetition #Peace #WomensHistory

Catalyst for peace? Welsh women’s 100-year-old petition gets new home

Exhibition at National Library of Wales marks historic event that has also inspired a wave of activism

www.theguardian.com

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Arizona Historical Society @azhs.bsky.social · 12d

#OnThisDay of AZ History in 1933, Isabella Greenway was elected Arizona's first female member of Congress. This 1932 photo shows Greenway at the Democratic Convention in Chicago where she was Democratic National Committeewoman for Arizona.
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#ArizonaHistory #Womenshistory

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 20d

9/26/1875 — b. Mary Elisabeth Dreier, American social reformer, suffragist. Leading speaker for women’s #labor reform. President, NY Women's Trade Union League (1906-14); chair, NYC Woman Suffrage Party. Only woman on the NY State Factory Investigating Comm, Triangle Fire (1911) #womenshistory #OTD

Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 22d

9/23/1863 — b. Mary Church Terrell, American suffragist, civil rights + women's rights activist, author, educator. Founder, Colored Women’s League (1892); first president, Natl Assn of Colored Women(1896). Picketed White House w/Natl Wmns Party (1919); charter member, NAACP #womenshistory #woc #OTD

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Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 22d

9/23/1838 — b. Victoria Woodhull, American suffrage leader, financial speculator, broker, publisher, feminist. The first female candidate to run for U.S. President for the #EqualRights Party (1872). She & her sister were the first wmn to open and operate a Wall St brokerage firm #womenshistory #OTD

Feministory @feministory.bsky.social · 23d

9/22/1947 — b. Norma McCorvey, American legal plaintiff, activist, writer. Aka “Jane Roe”; the anonymous plaintiff in the landmark Roe v. Wade legal case (1973), one of the most controversial and famous SCOTUS decisions of the 20th century #womenshistory #womensrights #reprorights #Roevember #OTD