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'Paid up all the debts…thank the Lord!' Author Louisa May Alcott #BOTD 1832 on the success of 'Little Women'. Wrote other domestic narratives, also gothic tales and thrillers @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social @womenwritebloom.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
'Paid up all the debts…thank the Lord!' Author Louisa May Alcott #BOTD 1832 on the success of 'Little Women'. Wrote other domestic narratives, also gothic tales and thrillers @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social @womenwritebloom.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
'Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life' - remembering Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, South African writer and anti-apartheid activist @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @nobelprize.org @thebookerprizes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
'Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life' - remembering Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer, South African writer and anti-apartheid activist @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @nobelprize.org @thebookerprizes.com
Dame Elisabeth Frink #BOTD 1930, sculptor and printmaker. part of a postwar group of British sculptors. One of 5 'Women of Achievement' selected for a set of stamps issued August 1996 @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @royalacademy.bsky.social @womenart.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Dame Elisabeth Frink #BOTD 1930, sculptor and printmaker. part of a postwar group of British sculptors. One of 5 'Women of Achievement' selected for a set of stamps issued August 1996 @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @royalacademy.bsky.social @womenart.bsky.social
Martha Gellhorn #BOTD 1908: US novelist, travel writer, journalist, one of the great war correspondents of the 20th C. Reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womenjournos.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Martha Gellhorn #BOTD 1908: US novelist, travel writer, journalist, one of the great war correspondents of the 20th C. Reported on virtually every major world conflict that took place during her 60-year career @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womenjournos.bsky.social @womenwriters.bsky.social
'I can't afford the luxury of despair or pessimism. We still have to hope. We're a timeless people...' Remembering poet, artist and political activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal, #BOTD in 1920, the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of poetry @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
'I can't afford the luxury of despair or pessimism. We still have to hope. We're a timeless people...' Remembering poet, artist and political activist Oodgeroo Noonuccal, #BOTD in 1920, the first Aboriginal Australian to publish a book of poetry @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk
Elaine Feinstein, #BOTD 1930, award-winning poet, novelist, academic, biographer, translator. Author of over 30 books and wrote for radio and television. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature @saloneurope.bsky.social @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womenpoetsiranica.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Elaine Feinstein, #BOTD 1930, award-winning poet, novelist, academic, biographer, translator. Author of over 30 books and wrote for radio and television. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature @saloneurope.bsky.social @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @womenpoetsiranica.bsky.social
Dames salute Sofia Corradi, creator of EU's Erasmus program, which sent millions of young people abroad throughout Europe to study, died in Rome aged 91 @euerasmusplus.bsky.social @emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @susannahwalker.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Dames salute Sofia Corradi, creator of EU's Erasmus program, which sent millions of young people abroad throughout Europe to study, died in Rome aged 91 @euerasmusplus.bsky.social @emwandsworthmerton.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @susannahwalker.bsky.social
'The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness. ' Remembering award-winning American #poet and #playwright Ntozake Shange, #BOTD in 1948. @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @nationaltheatre.org.uk @carvehername.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
'The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness. ' Remembering award-winning American #poet and #playwright Ntozake Shange, #BOTD in 1948. @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @nationaltheatre.org.uk @carvehername.bsky.social
Remember Ithell Colquhoun #BOTD 1906: surrealist painter, occultist, poet, author. Part of the British Surrealist Group before being expelled because refused to renounce her association with occult groups @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @surrealistship.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Remember Ithell Colquhoun #BOTD 1906: surrealist painter, occultist, poet, author. Part of the British Surrealist Group before being expelled because refused to renounce her association with occult groups @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @surrealistship.bsky.social
Birthday greetings to Grammy-nominated classical and #jazz pianist, singer/songwriter, composer & #music director Patrice Rushen (a.k.a. 'Babyfingers' on account of her small hands) @ronniescott.bsky.social @berklee.bsky.social @meninblack.bsky.social #ListentoBlackvoices
September 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Birthday greetings to Grammy-nominated classical and #jazz pianist, singer/songwriter, composer & #music director Patrice Rushen (a.k.a. 'Babyfingers' on account of her small hands) @ronniescott.bsky.social @berklee.bsky.social @meninblack.bsky.social #ListentoBlackvoices
'To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful' - award-winning #dancer & #choreographer Agnes de Mille, #BOTD 1905. Her 1939 ballet Black Ritual changed perceptions about black ballet dancers @danceronfilm.bsky.social @royalballetschool.bsky.social @nycballet.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
'To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful' - award-winning #dancer & #choreographer Agnes de Mille, #BOTD 1905. Her 1939 ballet Black Ritual changed perceptions about black ballet dancers @danceronfilm.bsky.social @royalballetschool.bsky.social @nycballet.bsky.social
Happy birthday to wonderful Julia Donaldson! Writer and playwright, and the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate. Her stories have enchanted children and adults @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Happy birthday to wonderful Julia Donaldson! Writer and playwright, and the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate. Her stories have enchanted children and adults @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social
1st woman Chief of the Seminole Tribe 1922-1935, educator, rancher, postmistress, interpreter, unofficial tribal spokesperson of her community, Alice Brown Davis #BOTD 1852 @oklahomawatch.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
1st woman Chief of the Seminole Tribe 1922-1935, educator, rancher, postmistress, interpreter, unofficial tribal spokesperson of her community, Alice Brown Davis #BOTD 1852 @oklahomawatch.bsky.social @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com
Dame Barbara Clayton #BOTD 1922: pathologist who made a significant contribution to clinical medicine, medical research and public service. Latterly Professor of Clinical Pathology. Great Ormond Street Hospital @wisarchive.bsky.social @womeninstem.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Dame Barbara Clayton #BOTD 1922: pathologist who made a significant contribution to clinical medicine, medical research and public service. Latterly Professor of Clinical Pathology. Great Ormond Street Hospital @wisarchive.bsky.social @womeninstem.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social
One of the 1st five women to be elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh: Dr Christina Cruikshank Miller #BOTD 1899 made crucial discoveries in analytical chemistry. @wisarchive.bsky.social @royalsoced.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @science.org @standupforscience.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
One of the 1st five women to be elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh: Dr Christina Cruikshank Miller #BOTD 1899 made crucial discoveries in analytical chemistry. @wisarchive.bsky.social @royalsoced.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @science.org @standupforscience.bsky.social
Did you go to #Carnival this weekend? Read about the amazing dame who co-organized 1st carnival celebration in London 1959 to showcase West Indian culture: damesnet.com?p=11038 #blacklivesmatter @womenwarriors.com @rockmysistahs.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Did you go to #Carnival this weekend? Read about the amazing dame who co-organized 1st carnival celebration in London 1959 to showcase West Indian culture: damesnet.com?p=11038 #blacklivesmatter @womenwarriors.com @rockmysistahs.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social
'I’m not in danger alone in the forest, but I am when I’m in the presence of men.’ Read our blog about Marie Albert's campaign to open up solo walking for women damesnet.com?p=11050 @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @carolemason.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
'I’m not in danger alone in the forest, but I am when I’m in the presence of men.’ Read our blog about Marie Albert's campaign to open up solo walking for women damesnet.com?p=11050 @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @carolemason.bsky.social
‘No Vote, No Census. As women do not count, they refuse to be counted. I have a conscientious objection to filling up this form.’ Princess Sophia Duleep Singh BOTD 1876: suffragette, women's rights campaigner @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
‘No Vote, No Census. As women do not count, they refuse to be counted. I have a conscientious objection to filling up this form.’ Princess Sophia Duleep Singh BOTD 1876: suffragette, women's rights campaigner @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @carolemason.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
Elizabeth Robins: actor, producer, playwright, novelist, feminist #BOTD 1862. Wrote 'Votes for Women': 1st play to bring the 'street politics of women's suffrage to the stage' @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @womenforjustice.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Elizabeth Robins: actor, producer, playwright, novelist, feminist #BOTD 1862. Wrote 'Votes for Women': 1st play to bring the 'street politics of women's suffrage to the stage' @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @womenforjustice.bsky.social
'Either you find a way to oppose the evil, or the evil becomes part of you and you are a part of it.' Anne Braden, activist, journalist, civil rights campaigner #BOTD 1924 @wijuk.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @supertanskiiii.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
'Either you find a way to oppose the evil, or the evil becomes part of you and you are a part of it.' Anne Braden, activist, journalist, civil rights campaigner #BOTD 1924 @wijuk.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @womenwritersnet.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social @supertanskiiii.bsky.social
”Complete emancipation lies in ‘equal pay for equal service.’” Louise Blanchard Bethune #BOTD 1856. 1st woman to practise as a professional architect in the US. 1st woman elected to the American Institute of Architects @womenwarriors.com @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
”Complete emancipation lies in ‘equal pay for equal service.’” Louise Blanchard Bethune #BOTD 1856. 1st woman to practise as a professional architect in the US. 1st woman elected to the American Institute of Architects @womenwarriors.com @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social
'The way to right wrongs is to join hands with the person who is standing right beside you.' Ida B. Wells #BOTD 1862: African American journalist, activist, educator in late 19th and early 20th C. @womenwarriors.com @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 7:28 AM
'The way to right wrongs is to join hands with the person who is standing right beside you.' Ida B. Wells #BOTD 1862: African American journalist, activist, educator in late 19th and early 20th C. @womenwarriors.com @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @susannahwalker.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
Now this is the sort of princess we like, not submissive dolls on TikTok . Check our princess blog on damesnet.com @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @carolemason.bsky.social
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July 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Now this is the sort of princess we like, not submissive dolls on TikTok . Check our princess blog on damesnet.com @womenofsouthlondon.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social @womenwarriors.com @carolemason.bsky.social
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'... something horrible is happening/
and I haven't had time enough to love' Remembering award-winning #Cuban lawyer, artist & poet Carida Oliver Labra, #BOTD in 1922, who wrote this at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Here we go again... @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
and I haven't had time enough to love' Remembering award-winning #Cuban lawyer, artist & poet Carida Oliver Labra, #BOTD in 1922, who wrote this at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Here we go again... @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
July 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
'... something horrible is happening/
and I haven't had time enough to love' Remembering award-winning #Cuban lawyer, artist & poet Carida Oliver Labra, #BOTD in 1922, who wrote this at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Here we go again... @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
and I haven't had time enough to love' Remembering award-winning #Cuban lawyer, artist & poet Carida Oliver Labra, #BOTD in 1922, who wrote this at the time of the Cuban missile crisis. Here we go again... @womensartbluesky.bsky.social @carvehername.bsky.social
'We will... cut all unnecessary costs of representation. We will serve only water, if need be,' bold words from former Croatian PM and poet Jadranka Kosor, #BOTD in 1953. (Any thoughts, Parliamentary hospitality?) Came down hard on corruption & ensured Croatia's accession to EU @wijuk.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
'We will... cut all unnecessary costs of representation. We will serve only water, if need be,' bold words from former Croatian PM and poet Jadranka Kosor, #BOTD in 1953. (Any thoughts, Parliamentary hospitality?) Came down hard on corruption & ensured Croatia's accession to EU @wijuk.bsky.social