March 2012
73 posts
Where in the world are you?
Just curious (and yes, I asked this before, but it was months ago)
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unoxi asked: I was reading about Irena Sendler today and found her to be incredibly interesting. She could make a great post.
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“Kate Alterman chose the fiery race to the roof. She pulled her coat up around...”
– Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David Von Drehle
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Recommendation: Who Do You Think You Are?
Based on a BBC program of the same name, NBC is airing the third season of the genealogy program Who Do You Think You Are? Friday nights at 8/7 central. Episodes are also up on Hulu.
Helen Hunt’s episode has a segment on women’s political involvement in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Her great great grandmother was involved in the temperance movement which Helen initially had a...
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A Correction and a Comment
I got a message on Facebook correcting the caption for this photo which I’ve updated on my post. I based my caption of the Library of Congress, which seems to have double captioned it, writing both Eleanor Hill and Helena Hill Weed when their probably should have been a “daughter of” in there.
Names can get a bit confusing from olden times when it was seemingly more common to...
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dimwen asked: I've been following this blog for several months now and I have really enjoyed majority of the posts that show up on my dashboard. You've done an amazing job informing me about women across the world. Thanks :) And keep up the good work.
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Equal Pay
This photo of an equal pay demonstration has been getting a lot of comments about how we still don’t get equal pay, but that is true and it isn’t.
Until the UK’s Equal Pay Act of 1970, it was legal to lower pay directly based on sex, including government employees. The equivalent US law is the Equal Pay Act of 1963.
To put that in context, salaries of public school teachers...
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The History Tag and Abigail Adams
Feminist Historian posted a complaint about a post (since deleted by the op) that was featured in the History tag about Abigail Adams and I agree with her criticism. Abigail was more of a proto-feminist than a full fledged feminist, but she was hardly just sitting around having babies. She was her husband’s closest adviser, ran a large farm, and was responsible for the education of a...
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The History Tag
So, there’s a history tag and I’m one of the editors, which means I get to feature ten posts a day.
For anyone who blogs about history, tagging your posts history makes it more likely one of the editors (there are lots) will see it and highlight it. Other tags like Russian history don’t show up under history.
The line between history and vintage can be blurry sometimes. I...
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irishmansmuse-deactivated201206 asked: LOVE your blog. Very interesting stuff!!
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espill asked: To readers who live in England -- the BBC has been broadcasting a seven-episodes series about the first queens of England the struggle they faced due to their gender. It's called "She-Wolves: England's Early Queens" and you can find the first two episodes on iPlayer. As for everyone else, iPlayer can't be used outside the UK, I'm sorry :( Perhaps you could find it on...
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One Year of Cool Chicks from History!
A total of 1,010 posts with at least one non-reblog post a day.
History Spotlight blog and editor on the History Tag.
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The first Cool Chicks from History post (special thanks to those first five likes and reblogs).
My most popular posts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (thanks to tumblr radar), 6
Some of my favorite posts (in no particular order): Nahienaena’s Paū, Swiss Suffrage, Princess Elizabeth...
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