Anna Leska #Polish pilot: gliders balloons aeroplanes. #WWII 1939 flew RWD-13 plane out of Warsaw in air raid. Polish aircraft had been hidden in the surrounding forests to protect the fleet from attack, instructed to take off without warming up engine. Escaped via Romania & France to UK. 1941 1st Polish woman Air Transport Auxiliary pilot b. #OTD 14 Nov 1910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Leska @CarveHerName

#OnThisDay, 14 Nov 1960, Ruby Bridges goes to school.

She is the first African-American child to attend the all-white William Frantz school in Louisiana, USA. It is a symbolic act, breaking the segregation of education in the state.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

Anna Leska #Polish pilot: gliders balloons aeroplanes. #WWII 1939 flew RWD-13 plane out of Warsaw in air raid. Polish aircraft had been hidden in the surrounding forests to protect the fleet from attack, instructed to take off without warming up engine. Escaped via Romania & France to UK. 1941 1st Polish woman Air Transport Auxiliary pilot b. #OTD 14 Nov 1910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Leska @CarveHerName

#OnThisDay, 14 Nov 1917, US suffragists held at the Occoquan Workhouse are assaulted by the guards, at the order of the supervisor. The “Night of Terror” galvanises support for the women.

In March 1918, the DC Court of Appeals declares that the suffragist arrests had been unconstitutional.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 14 Nov 1960, Ruby Bridges goes to school.

She is the first African-American child to attend the all-white William Frantz school in Louisiana, USA. It is a symbolic act, breaking the segregation of education in the state.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 14 Nov 1917, US suffragists held at the Occoquan Workhouse are assaulted by the guards, at the order of the supervisor. The “Night of Terror” galvanises support for the women.

In March 1918, the DC Court of Appeals declares that the suffragist arrests had been unconstitutional.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons