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Joan of SnarkDubliners! If you're in or around Dublin 9 tomorrow afternoon, get to Ballymun Library for a talk on the amazing Sarah Cecilia Harrison - artist, activist, and first woman to be a councillor on (then) Dublin Corporation.Booking is required: <a href="https://www.dublincity.ie/events/sarah-cecilia-harrison-her-life-and-campaigning-work" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dublincity.ie/events/sarah-cecilia-harrison-her-life-and-campaigning-work</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dublin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MastoDaoine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoDaoine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IrishHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a>

CarveHerName“I may be the first woman member of Congress but I won’t be the last.”<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 7 Nov 1916, Jeanette Rankin is elected to the US House of Representatives. She was the first woman elected to the House.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a>

VIKINGS vs SAMURAIViking women: not your grandma’s history lesson. In Valkyrie, Friðriksdóttir slices through the BS. No more damsels, no more warrior Barbie tropes. These women ruled, traded, fought, and shaped the Viking world like legends. Real. Raw. Unfiltered. 👉 <a href="https://vikingsvssamurai.com/valkyrie-the-women-of-the-viking-world/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vikingsvssamurai.com/valkyrie-the-women-of-the-viking-world/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VikingWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VikingWomen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoryRewritten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoryRewritten</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Valkyrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Valkyrie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BirkaWarrior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirkaWarrior</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInHistory</a>

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 5 Nov 1872, suffragists Susan B Anthony and 13 other women illegally vote in the US Presidential election. Anthony is subsequently arrested and put on trial. She is found guilty, but refuses to pay the fine. The judge decides not to jail her.Nine of the voters were initially reported as a "minor topic".<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VotesForWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VotesForWomen</a>1/2

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 3 Nov 1992, voters in Illinois, USA, make Carol Moseley Braun the first African-American woman to be a US Senator. She takes up office in 1993. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a>

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 3 Nov 1914, American Mary Phelps Jacob is granted a US patent for the brassiere. Here's a brief thread on her life. 👇Born to descendants of founding families, Jacob had a gilded life until WW1. To manage his PTSD, her first husband turned to alcohol, gambling and following fire engines so he could watch buildings burn. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FashionHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FashionHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a>1/3

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 3 Nov 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon is the first woman elected to any US state senate, getting more votes than her husband in the Utah election. The local Dem paper said: “Mrs. Mattie Hughes Cannon is the better man of the two.“<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a>

Helen Pugh🎉🥳 The day has arrived! On This Day in Somerset: A Calendar of Women is released today! 🎊It's got... 🔱 Roman goddesses 🦋 A butterfly expert 🗳 Courageous suffragettes 🌍 African royalty 🌟 Stargazers 🧙‍♀️ Witches 👷‍♀️ Trailblazers ... and much much more!🌐 Head to books2read.com/somerset for your ebook or paperback. Could make a great gift for someone in your life!# book <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/onthisdayinsomerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onthisdayinsomerset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Somersethistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Somersethistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Somerset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/newbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newbook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/historybook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historybook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/almanac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#almanac</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/newrelease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newrelease</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/suffragettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#suffragettes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/womeninhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womeninhistory</a>

Shine My CrownGraça Machel: The Only Woman In History To Marry Two Presidents And Serve As First Lady Of Two Nations <a href="https://shinemycrown.com/graca-machel-the-only-woman-in-history-to-marry-two-presidents-and-serve-as-first-lady-of-two-nations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://shinemycrown.com/graca-machel-the-only-woman-in-history-to-marry-two-presidents-and-serve-as-first-lady-of-two-nations/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Gra%C3%A7aMachel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraçaMachel</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FirstLadies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstLadies</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Empowerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Empowerment</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leadership</a>

Helen PughIn this month in 1539...Manco Inca ruled the Neo-Inca State with his sister-wife Curi Ocllo. Viewed as rebels by the Spanish, Curi was captured and in November 1539 was stripped, beaten, then tied to a post and shot to death with arrows by indigenous allies of the Spanish. Francisco Pizarro’s cousin reported that she was blameless and was killed without consideration.For more, check out Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inca</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/november" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#november</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/womeninhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womeninhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/precolombian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#precolombian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cusco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cusco</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#peru</a>

melthe local taqueria still consistently manages to provide me with the most fascinating change 😆 two new ones that I had not yet seen before now, and an opportunity to familiarize myself with some history that I never knew I never knew!<a href="https://meow.social/tags/coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coins</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#numismatics</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/numismatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#numismatic</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/quarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quarter</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://meow.social/tags/MusicWomenWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MusicWomenWednesday</a>

Archaeolibrarian⚔️ As the Spanish Armada looms, one woman must summon courage, loyalty, and love to defend her home—and her heart.Step into the Elizabethan era with Mistress of Dartington Hall by Rosemary Griggs — a sweeping tale of resilience, passion, and the power of women who shaped history. 🌹📜 Read the Guest Post here: 👉 <a href="https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/mistressofdartingtonhall-daughtersofdevon-3-byrosemarygriggs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archaeolibrarian.wixsite.com/website/post/mistressofdartingtonhall-daughtersofdevon-3-byrosemarygriggs</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCoffeePotBookClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCoffeePotBookClub</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlogTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlogTour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpanishArmada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpanishArmada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoricalFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elizabethan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Elizabethan</a>, @ladykatherinesfarthingale @thecoffeepotbookclub

Helen PughOn this day in 1870, Josephine Clofullia Ghio died in Bridgwater’s workhouse.Yesterday, we visited the pauper's graveyard in Bridgwater where she was laid to rest. For more, check out On This Day in Somerset.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bridgwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bridgwater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wembdonroadcemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wembdonroadcemetery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Somerset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/greatestshowman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#greatestshowman</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/womenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womenInHistory</a>

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 28 Oct 1908, Muriel Matters, Violet Tillard and Helen Fox unfurl a banner and then chain themselves to the grille in the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, London, demanding votes for women. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BritishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BritishHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> 1/2

Helen PughMeant to post this yesterday but it's half term so 🫠Yesterday in 2017, a plaque was unveiled in Frome to mark where Alice Seeley Harris had lived as a teenager from 1882 to 1888.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#somerset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congo</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/womeninhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womeninhistory</a>

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 25 Oct 1996, the last “Magdalene laundry” in Ireland closes. In 2013, the Irish government issued a formal state apology to the women forced to work in the homes.Here's archive film: <a href="https://ifiplayer.ie/father-delaney-collection-magdalene-laundry/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://ifiplayer.ie/father-delaney-collection-magdalene-laundry/</a>And here's more about how the laundries operated: <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/last-days-of-a-laundry-1.89388" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/last-days-of-a-laundry-1.89388</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IrishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#IrishHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a>

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 25 Oct 1947, women in Malta vote for the first time. Almost 35,000 women go to the polls.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VotesForWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VotesForWomen</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MalteseHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MalteseHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a>

Brewminate🏛️ Hypatia, the philosopher of Alexandria, met her death at the hands of a Christian mob. Her story remains a testament to the peril of thought in the face of zeal. 📚🔥<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Brewminate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Brewminate</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Religion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reason</a><a href="https://brewminate.com/hypatia-the-scholar-and-violent-christianity-in-an-ancient-alexandrian-mob/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://brewminate.com/hypatia-the-scholar-and-violent-christianity-in-an-ancient-alexandrian-mob/</a>

CarveHerName<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OnThisDay</a>, 24 Oct 1901, American Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first *person* to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.The cat did *not* do the stunt with her.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomenInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomenInHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#History</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WomensHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WomensHistory</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmericanHistory</a>

Helen Pugh✨ Happy St Elfleda’s Day! ✨(The alternative date is 14th April.)Did you know? Two miracles are associated with this 10th-century saint: 1️⃣ When a king visited Elfleda and she had no drinks for his men, she prayed—and turned water into mead so everyone could have a drink! 2️⃣ Want to know her second miracle? Check out “Unsung Women in Somerset” or “On This Day in Somerset” for the full story.<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Saints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Saints</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Miracles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Miracles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Somerset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/womeninsomerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womeninsomerset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/womeninhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#womeninhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/anglosaxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anglosaxon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#histodon</a>

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