#Suffrage

Larry Middleton

l78lancer

PERSPECTIVE:All across the south, the mayors of the majority of major cities, many midsize cities, and quite a few large towns are black or female. Some are hispanic. That is

Oregon Historical Society

OrHist

As Oregon enters into new state-and county-wide restrictions due to rising COVID-19 cases, we continue to look to history to better understand current events. Thanks to historian Dr. Kimberly Jensen,

Laura Noakes

lauranoakes

110 years ago today, a pivotal event in suffragette history occurred. Known as Black Friday, WSPU members marched to Parliament Square, clashing with police and anti-suffrage campaigners, leading to accusations

Witchcrit

Dis_Critic

This was an interesting article outlining some of the reasons politicians gave for refusing Women a voice. A number of them sounded familiar....https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43740033 Then: Godfrey Collins, MP "Intuition is far

Noah - NeatOnTheRocks 🎷🌹

NeatOnTheRocks_

Today is a tough day.4th of July used to be my favorite holiday. Many are choosing not to celebrate, and for all the right reasons. I stand with them. There

Michael Nielsen

michael_nielsen

I'd enjoy a science fiction novel exploring the (wild) premise of a world in which every single human being was loved and cared for and respected their entire life, and

Josh Stein

JoshStein_

I’m reading David Zucchino’s powerful history of the murderous coup of 1898, Wilmington’s Lie. It’s a heartbreaking recount of the emerging Black economic and political power in Wilmington during reconstruction

Kanjam Bhat

KanjamB

Thread: I had a friend in college, a year senior to me, who was of a philosophical bent. We used to get into intense debates about the nature of

Brian Houston MD

Brian_Houston12

Apart from the "Soon I won't have to be quite as afraid that I'm going to die from COVID or bring it home to my family" feelings, I've had some

Dr. Liz Covart

lizcovart

With 2 weeks to go to #Election2020 , here's a playlist concerning the traditions of voting and elections in #USHistory. 1/ 2/ Have you ever wondered about how our traditions

Meena Harris

meenaharris

Today with @HigherHeights we took out a full-page @nytimes ad to celebrate the Voting Rights Act, passed 55 yrs ago today. We recognize this month as 100 yrs of women’s

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

Those who think consciousness raising & movement building are disconnected, or even a distraction from electoral politics have not paid attention to the history of social change.In this thread, we

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Peter Thiel styles himself a defender of liberty, and every time he does, someone points out this article he wrote in which he said that democracy is incompatible with freedom

R. Volney Riser

RVolneyRiser

Had (minor) toe surgery yesterday. The podiatrist's clear instructions were that I spend all of today with my foot propped. Naturally, a good tweet from earlier instead has me up

Jennifer Piscopo

jennpiscopo

So much media chatter about #WomenVoters in #Election2020 . Except, if (white, non-college educated) women vote in large numbers for #Biden, doesn't that mean the story is really about why

Adam Serwer 🍝

AdamSerwer

So there are LOTS of differences between the U.S. after the Civil War and right now, as Adam says (and my argument is not that this is a 1:1 comparison,

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