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New #womenshistorymonth thread. Most people are familiar with the idea of the stereotypical 1950s #housewife, popularized by TV sitcoms, like Ozzie and Harriet and Leave it to Beaver. #whm2021 @womnknowhistory (1/15) 
That imagery, though, is flawed because it overlooks the paradoxical impact of #WWII and its effect on women’s participation in the workforce. #womenshistory #whm2021 #twitterstorians (2/15)
#WWII made extraordinary economic demands on women and it pulled an unprecedented number of women into the labor force. #laborhistory #genderhistory (3/15)
New #Womenshistorymonth thread. Was the #NineteenthAmendment only about women’s right to #vote?
#suffrage #whm2021 #whm #womenshistorymonth2021 #feminism (1/15)
#suffrage #whm2021 #whm #womenshistorymonth2021 #feminism (1/15)
That is precisely the question that politicians, activists, and legal authorities fought over in the years following the #NineteenthAmendment ‘s ratification. #whm2021 #suffrage #rights (2/15)
March is Women’s History Month, a time when we can educate ourselves on historic moments women fought for &our progress so far along with celebrating women as a whole. What better way to do that than reading books about women by women?
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The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women by Elena Favilli
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World by Rachel Ignotofsky
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick
Elizabeth the Queen’ by Sally Bedell Smith
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick
Elizabeth the Queen’ by Sally Bedell Smith
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
THREAD: During #WomensHistoryMonth, we will share stories of influential female journalists & women-led news media throughout U.S. history.
We begin in the mid-1800s with Mary Ann Shadd Cary literaryladiesguide.com/author-biograp…
We begin in the mid-1800s with Mary Ann Shadd Cary literaryladiesguide.com/author-biograp…
Shadd Cary launched an abolitionist newspaper in Windsor, Ontario, just across the border from the U.S., which had many readers in the states. Later, she returned to the U.S. to become the 2nd Black woman attorney & fight for women's suffrage.
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Nellie Bly took on investigative journalism before it even had the name. In the late 1800s, Bly pretended to be mentally ill to gain admittance to an institution in NYC, took detailed notes during her 10 days there, & exposed its many failings. womenshistory.org/education-reso…
