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Nikole Hannah-Jones on "The 1619 Project's" Genesis, Backlash And What's N
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(Feminism)
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Hannah-Jones wears a ring by designer Johnny Nelson featuring a few of her historical heroines—Harriet Tubman, Shirley Chisholm, Sojourner Truth, and Ida B. Wells
Throughout her career, Hannah-Jones ...
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Created on 14 January 2021
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Celebrating Women’s Equality Day: A Look Back At Where It Began
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(Feminism)
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... protest of 1970 are no longer held on this day, we are still seeing nods to Women's Equality Day across the country. Today, a statue of activists Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton ...
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Created on 26 August 2020
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Ida B. Wells To Be Honored In Art Installation At D.C. Union Station Next Week
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(Feminism)
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... Sojourner Truth, and Mary Church Terrell whose voices were sidelined by women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
— Raquel Willis (@RaquelWillis_) August 18, 2020
Designed by artist ...
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Created on 21 August 2020
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The 100th Anniversary of (Some) Women's Suffrage: Did YOUR state support women's right to vote? Check this state-by-state history of the fight for suffrage in Ameri
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(Feminism)
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... of women’s suffrage--and not just wealthy white women’s suffrage. The state held the first National Women’s Rights Convention in 1850, hosting abolitionist and suffragist speakers such as Sojourner Truth ...
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Created on 18 August 2020
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8 Incredible People to Replace Racist Statues With
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(Living)
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... noted Schuyler was reportedly the largest slave owner in Albany. We recommend a statue of Sojourner Truth, famous abolitionist and women’s rights activist who penned the famous piece, Ain’t I A Woman, ...
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Created on 24 June 2020
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Explore More Black Women's History While Staying Fit With GirlTrek ...
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(Living)
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... As reported by NPR, GirlTrek highlights Sojourner Truth, Shirley Chisholm and Nina Simone. They also bring into focus equally important but lesser known women such as Georgia Gilmore, Olive Morris and ...
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Created on 16 June 2020
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In Honor Of Hulu's “The Great,” Here Are Some Other Women In History We'd Love To See Onscre
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(TV)
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... woman’s life, especially if one were to put an open, modern spin on things and throw some dry, British humor in the mix. Someone televise this immediately!
2. Sojourner Truth
There is not a TV show ...
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Created on 25 March 2020
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How The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Is Celebrating—And Fighting For—All Of Us
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(Feminism)
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... it would likely make them proud, the members of the U.S. women’s team chose to honor inspirational women like Sojourner Truth and Malala Yousafzai.
The jersey idea certainly got a lot of attention for ...
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Created on 15 March 2019
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15-Year-Old Claudette Colvin Refused To Give Up Her Bus Seat, Nine Months Before Rosa Parks
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(Feminism)
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... Claudette moved for the white woman.
Claudette didn't move.
In a rare later interview, she said:
"History had me glued to the seat. Harriet Tubman’s hands were pushing down on one shoulder and Sojourner ...
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Created on 03 December 2018
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"The Periodic Table of Feminism" Sheds Light On Feminism's Forgotten Trailblaze
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(Books)
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... musicians, actresses, poets, artists, and other individuals, including Sojourner Truth, bell hooks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Frida Kahlo, and Roxane Gay. Bios are also dedicated to movements including Riot ...
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Created on 07 November 2018
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How Women Are Using Knitting And Needlework As A Form Of Protest
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(Feminism)
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... information overheard in her family’s tavern to General George Washington inside her knitting balls of yarn….” Sojourner Truth taught freed slaves how to sew and knit as a means of becoming more financially ...
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Created on 19 January 2018
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Week Of Women: December 15-21, 2017
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(Entertainment)
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... December 19.
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History by Vashti Harrison
This adorably illustrated book celebrates 40 black women who changed history, including abolitionists Sojourner Truth, ...
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Created on 14 December 2017
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How Racism Split The Suffrage Movement
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(Feminism)
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... a society where their husbands had the vote and they did not was tantamount to another form of slavery. Black abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth addressed these concerns specifically when she ...
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Created on 20 February 2017
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Calling All Bad Girls: Win a Copy of "Bad Girls Throughout History"
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(Books)
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Aphra Behn, first female professional writer. Sojourner Truth, activist and abolitionist. Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer. Marie Curie, first woman to win the Nobel Prize. Joan Jett, godmother ...
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Created on 18 January 2017
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The Election Wasn't The 'Gladys Knight' In American History, And 49 Other Powerful Lady Pu
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(Feminism)
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... spoken word piece is an anti-Trump tirade that works in the names of 50 awesome ladies from Meryl Streep to Malala Yousafzai and Shirley Chisholm to Sojourner Truth. Corbin is a writer and performer based ...
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Created on 30 November 2016
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These 12 Photographs Capture The History Of Knitting
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(Living)
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... needles and check out some of these amazing photographs:
Carte de visite showing Sojourner Truth, ca. 1880. She is sitting at a table with her knitting and a book. Truth commissioned formal photographs ...
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Created on 20 October 2016
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'Hamilton' Star Renée Elise Goldsberry on Bringing Feminism and Diversity to Broadway: BUST Intervie
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(Music)
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... on the BET cypher, rapping about famous women in history like Sojourner Truth and Rosa Parks.
“It’s very much in line with what our show does and what women rappers do,” Goldsberry said. “They’re ...
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Created on 03 May 2016
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Which Of These 10 Suffragette Women Should Be On The $10 Bill? Vote For Your Favorite Here
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(Feminism)
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... joined the movie Suffragette’s #Suffragette19 initiative to ask you who you’d like to see on the $10 bill. Choose from these 10 American suffragettes below, or add your own in the comments!
Sojourner ...
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Created on 19 November 2015
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Worth a Mint: A Woman's Face Will Be On The $10 Bil
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(Feminism)
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Rosa Parks, civil rights leader
Lucy Stone, suffragist
Oprah Winfrey, entertainment mogul
Beyonce, everything
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, suffragist
And many more: Sojourner Truth, Madonna, Rachel ...
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Created on 18 June 2015
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Illustrated Feminist Role Models On Why The Movement Still Matters
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(Feminism)
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Illustrator Ellen T. Crenshaw has created a series called “We Are Entitled To Wear Cowboy Boots To Our Own Revolution,” giving us an awesome lineup of badass women and their thoughts on feminism. The ...
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Created on 26 May 2015
