#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.
Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.
#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1055, Theodora Porphyrogenita is proclaimed sole 'emperor' of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her sister Zoë. The sisters had previously ruled the empire - the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe - together.
#RegnantWomen #History #ByzantianHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1935, Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Honolulu to California.
Earhart was an aviation pioneer, and set many records before her plane was lost in the Pacific in 1937.
#WomenPilots #HistoryOfFlight #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 11 Jan 1055, Theodora Porphyrogenita is proclaimed sole 'emperor' of the Byzantine Empire after the death of her sister Zoë. The sisters had previously ruled the empire - the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe - together.
#RegnantWomen #History #ByzantianHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 10 Jan 1917, the silent sentinels start their picketing of the US White House, demanding votes for women.
They protested six days a week until 1919, when the nineteenth amendment of the US constitution gave women the right to vote.
In practice, state restrictions on voters continued to limit some people’s right to vote.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen
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#OnThisDay, 10 Jan 1917, the silent sentinels start their picketing of the US White House, demanding votes for women.
They protested six days a week until 1919, when the nineteenth amendment of the US constitution gave women the right to vote.
In practice, state restrictions on voters continued to limit some people’s right to vote.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen
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#OnThisDay, 10 Jan 1917, the silent sentinels start their picketing of the US White House, demanding votes for women.
They protested six days a week until 1919, when the nineteenth amendment of the US constitution gave women the right to vote.
In practice, state restrictions on voters continued to limit some people’s right to vote.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen
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#OnThisDay, 10 Jan 1917, the silent sentinels start their picketing of the US White House, demanding votes for women.
They protested six days a week until 1919, when the nineteenth amendment of the US constitution gave women the right to vote.
In practice, state restrictions on voters continued to limit some people’s right to vote.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen
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#OnThisDay, 9 Jan 1998, Dr Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, held talks with loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison in an effort to continue the peace talks that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement.
Archive news: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0108/931726-mo-mowlam-visits-maze
#OnThisDay, 9 Jan 1998, Dr Mo Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, held talks with loyalist prisoners in the Maze prison in an effort to continue the peace talks that eventually led to the Good Friday Agreement.
Archive news: https://www.rte.ie/archives/2018/0108/931726-mo-mowlam-visits-maze
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1816, mathematician Sophie Germain wins the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her paper on elasticity theory.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1925, the first all-woman supreme court in the USA meets for the first time in Texas.
Hortense Sparks Ward, Hattie Leah Henenberg and Ruth Virginia Brazzil are appointed to hear a case involving the “Woodmen of the World” fraternal association.
The fraternity counted most judges and attorneys in the state as members. This meant the men had to recuse themselves: appointing women avoided conflict of interest.
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1925, the first all-woman supreme court in the USA meets for the first time in Texas.
Hortense Sparks Ward, Hattie Leah Henenberg and Ruth Virginia Brazzil are appointed to hear a case involving the “Woodmen of the World” fraternal association.
The fraternity counted most judges and attorneys in the state as members. This meant the men had to recuse themselves: appointing women avoided conflict of interest.
#OnThisDay, 8 Jan 1816, mathematician Sophie Germain wins the grand prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her paper on elasticity theory.
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 7 Jan 1939, French physicist Marguerite Perey discovers element 87, which she later names francium. It was the last element to be discovered naturally.
Perey was a student of Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize but never received it.
#WomenInSTEM #ScienceHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
