OK, if you're a woman of note, whose birthday you believe I should celebrate here, please contact me before 16th Oct 2020, including a brief bio.
If you know of a woman of note, whose birthday you believe I should celebrate here, please contact me before 16th Oct 2020, with at least her name, preferably one of them hyperlink things.
Because today I've got nada....
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nikberry:
Oops. Just realised you need scholarly access to that link. Mea culpa.
I could recognise the 60th birthday of Sarah Margaret Duchess of York, aka Fergie, but I'm sure as hell not going to.
No ladyee (like suree, but better). Today it's Elizabeth Inchbald, English writer, journalist, and feminist (and yes, I know feminism didn't exist as a thing under that name, but cut me - and her - some slack). BTW, I am in love with...
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Elisa Wattenwyl-Des Portes founded the Swiss Girlfriends Union in 1886, which she presided over until 1891. She also participated in the construction of rescue homes for young women.
Happy 138th birthday Eugénie Cotton,
and, here's a first, an actual still-living-as-we-go-to-press
Happy 75th birthday: Charlotte Bunch
So:
Eugénie Cotton was a French scientist and Women's rights activist. She was a founding member and the first president of the Women's International Democratic Federation. She was awarded the Stalin Peace Prize in 1951 and the Gold medal from the World Peace Council in 1961.
And:
Charlotte...
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Jennie Loitman Barron was the first president of the Boston University College Equal Suffrage Organization. She was invited by Maud Wood Park to speak at open-air meetings of the Boston Equal Suffrage Association for Good Government. In 1917, she was a street-corner speaker in New York City's suffrage campaign. Once suffrage was granted, Barron worked with the League of Women Voters to address irregular marriage...
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Thank you to Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Holly Baxter for this info.
This is all about the UK, which is fair enough I think, as that's where I'm from. So, on with the fun facts:
o Around 58 per cent of carers are female, with women in full-time work still more likely to be carers than men in full-time work.
o Transgendered women remain extremely...
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This is all about the UK, which is fair enough I think, as that's where I'm from. So, on with the fun facts:
o Around 58 per cent of carers are female, with women in full-time work still more likely to be carers than men in full-time work.
o Transgendered women remain extremely...
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