Frances Perkins became the first female Cabinet member when she was confirmed as Secretary of Labor under FDR in 1933 and served in that post until 1945, to date the longest serving head of the Labor Dept. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Perkins

Alice Abadam, Anglo #Welsh suffragist, feminist public speaker, Catholic convert. Said "the Constructive Feminist has to be no man's shadow. She must be herself – free to the very soul of sex servility. So, & only so, can she save a stricken world" d #OTD 31 Mar 1940 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Abadam
@CarveHerName @histodons #WHM #WHM2025 #whm25

Ángela Alessio Robles, Mexican civil engineer & town planner. 1940/50s Director General of Planning for Mexico City, then President of Planning & Director of Plan for Urban Development. 1980s oversaw dev't of huge #Monterrey Macroplaza b. #OTD 30 Mar 1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngela_Alessio_Robles #WomenInSTEM #WHM #WHM2025 @CarveHerName @histodons

For our last #FirstLadyFriday as part of #WomensHistoryMonth, I direct you to the first of the three-part episode on Lady Presidentress herself, Dolley Madison. Hers is a fascinating story that helped to define the role of First Lady. #history #FLOTUS #WHM https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/4-081-dolley-madison-part-one/

For Women's History Month, we highlight economic historian @amyburnettcross.bsky.social In her award-winning research, Amy studies the effects of gender-specific policies in the US military workforce on women’s careers in the civilian labor market—a highly relevant issue today #EconSky #WHM

Researcher spotlight: Amy Burn...

March shines a spotlight on Women’s History worldwide. In this blog, we are excited to feature an international contributor, Rachel Phillips, from the British School at Athens. Rachel offers us insight into an archival project that looks at the experiences of women at the British School at Athens between 1890 and 1920 https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/the-role-of-women-in-the-early-years-of-the-british-school-at-athens

#Athens #Women #WHM #WHM2025 #archives #school #greece @histodons

Dolores Huerta, in her work as an activist and labor organizer since the 1950s, has lived out the slogan she coined - "Sí, se puede." For her efforts, she has received numerous honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Huerta

An immigrant from Czechoslovakia, Madeleine Albright served in numerous advisory positions including a tenure on the staff of the National Security Council before becoming the 1st woman to serve as US Secretary of State in 1997. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright

Women's history, union work, educational ambitions, and more in a 1942 photo by Russell Lee in Creek County, OK, for the U.S. Farm Security Administration. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4e906fe0-3ec5-0137-4dbb-05753e085b4b

#WHM #ImmigrationHistory #ChineseImmigration #OldPhotos #NYC
https://markstoneman.com/2025/03/25/new-york-worldtelegram-photograph-by.html

Only six days remaining in this 2025 #WomensHistoryMonth!

Women Who Changed History Documentary - Part One
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=emIgA9tdUoM

Women Who Changed History Documentary - Part Two
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V1i6u5HDrpg

Source: @theaudreylee #whm

Freshly blogged: "CB Radio Cards and Sociability" https://markstoneman.com/2025/03/23/cb-radio-cards-and-sociability.html

Amanda Simpson assumed office in 2015 as the Deputy Asst Sec of Def for Operational Energy, becoming the 1st openly trans woman to serve as a political appointee in a US presidential administration. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Simpson

Women’s History Month: Films About Real Black Women You Need To See
#WomensHistoryMonth #whm #BlackWomen #HERstory #Films #movies #cinema
https://newsone.com/6014083/womens-history-month-films-about-black-women/

Women’s History Month: Films About Real Black Women You Need To See
#WomensHistoryMonth #whm #BlackWomen #HERstory #Films #movies #cinema
https://newsone.com/6014083/womens-history-month-films-about-black-women/

YWCA War Work Council poster, ca. 1917 (United States)

Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002707403

Mary Ann Shadd Cary became the first Black female publisher in North America when she founded The Provincial Freeman in 1853 and later became the second Black woman to attend law school, earning her degree from Howard Law in 1883. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Shadd

Celebrating and uplifting girls in sports this #WHM

We partnered with @Toyota@twitter.com to host the Her Time Clinic which focused on skills training on the court and a panel discussion with special guests @sportsiren@twitter.com and Lynne Roberts off the court. It was a day full of celebrating what it means to be a woman in sports

#TakeNote | @Toyota@twitter.com

Here are four of the images I've posted for #WomensHistoryMonth. Details, including better alt text, at the links below:
https://markstoneman.com/xpost001
https://markstoneman.com/xpost002
https://markstoneman.com/xpost003
https://markstoneman.com/xpost004
#WHM #OldPhotos #Art #AntiWarMovement

"Girl with Blue Hair" by Blanche Grambs. Lithograph signed by artist, ca. 1935–43.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art Collection, NYPL Digital Collections, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ebea460-d56d-0131-155d-58d385a7bbd0