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Go to our channel, youtube.com/@ctwomenshalloffame,bios and watch bios of our inductees.
#WomensHistoryMonth #HarrietTubmanDay #CWHF ;#HarrietTubman #KristenGriest #JosephineBaker #VirginiaHall #FlorenceFitch #ReginaRushKittle #WomenWarriors #SupportWomensHistory”
New poll from NOW: Women feel less safe reporting abuse and sexual assault in the wake of the #Epsteinfiles.
63% of women say reporting feels less safe—yet only 46% of men recognize that reality. 😔
now.org/media-center...
Hallie Quinn Brown | c.1880s
3/10/1850 — b. Hallie Quinn Brown, American clubwoman, educator, author, activist, orator. Leader, Af-Am women’s club mvmnt; principal organizer, Colored Women’s League of Wash, DC (1893). Dramatic elocutionist; key role in Harlem Renaissance #WomensHistoryMonth #EduSky #PolSky #WriterSky #woc #BHM
Graciela Olivarez in the Oval Office with President Jimmy Carter
3/9/1928 — b. Graciela Olivarez, American lawyer, #gov official, professor. The first female + the first Hispanic graduate, Notre Dame Law Sch. Director, U.S. Community Services Admin (1977); chair, Mexican-American Legal Defense + Education Fund #WomensHistoryMonth #EduSky #LawSky #law #PolSky #WHM
"Female Symbols II" | Art by Feministory ©2021
there should be a Women’s Day celebration on the same day. Unanimously approved, #IWD was established
• International Women’s Day was first observed + launched on March 19, 1911
• In 1913, #InternationalWomensDay was transferred to March 8th + has remained the official global date since that year
"Female Symbols I" | Art by Feministory ©2021
The Historical Timeline of #InternationalWomensDay
• National Woman’s Day was first observed in the U.S. on Feb 28, 1909, in accordance w/a declaration by the Socialist Party of America
• At the 2nd Intl Conference of Working Women (1910), Clara Zetkin proposed that every year in every country
Mary Wright Plummer standing
3/8/1856 — b. Mary Wright Plummer, American librarian, children’s author. Library science pioneer; set-up first art reference dept + a kid-friendly children’s library. President, NY #Library Club (1896); 2nd pres, American Lib Assn(1915) #InternationalWomensDay #WHM2026 #LibrarySky #BookSky #KidLit
Carmela Nieto de Herrera
3/6/1879 — b. Carmela Nieto de Herrera, Cuban journalist, author, social advocate, feminist, philanthropist. The first female journalist in Cuba; wrote political works, #kidlit + many essays, stories, articles for mags + newspapers #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #IWD #FreePress
#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSports #IWD2026 #WHM2026 #InternationalWomensDay #surfing #Barbie
Almost three in 10 of the world’s top universities are now led by a woman, a new record, according to data collected by Times Higher Education #internationalwomensday #highered https://ow.ly/qlaX50Yo43h
More than half a billion women and girls living today are, or were, child brides. Among young adult women aged 20 to 24, one in five was married before age 18.
msmagazine.com/2026/03/04/c...
Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina seated
3/5/1847 — b. Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, American historian, author, curator, jurist. Hawaiian historian, cultural writer; authority on ancient laws + water rights #law. First curator of Hawaii National Museum; early female Hawaiian judge #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #LawSky
Rules demanding identical passport names risk discriminating against women who are legally required to use different surnames.
The government must clarify the exemption and guarantee fair treatment.
#Equality #WomensRights
Pearl White
3/4/1889 — b. Pearl White, American actor, stunt person, #womensrights activist. The “Stunt Queen” of #silentfilms; one of the most successful early American film stars. Intl renown for “The Perils of Pauline” (1914), a role in which she performed her own stunts #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #WomenInFilm
Inez Milholland on white horse leading the Great Parade
Hedwig as "Columbia" | The Great Suffrage Parade of 1913
3/3/1913 — The Great Suffrage Parade of 1913 | Alice Paul + Lucy Burns organize a National American Woman Suffrage Assn parade of 5000+ women who march along Penn Ave in Wash,DC on the day preceding Pres. Wilson’s inauguration #WomensHistoryMonth #womensrights #votingrights #PolSky #LawSky #law #gov
Inez Haynes Irwin seated at desk with paper and pencil in hand | Library of Congress • March 16, 1923
3/2/1873 — b. Inez Haynes Irwin, American author, journalist, suffragist, feminist. Co-founder,College Equal Suffrage League; member, Natl Wmns Party + the feminist org Heterodoxy. Wrote the “Maida” book series; editor of ‘TheMasses’ socialist mag #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky
Bessie Margolin standing on steps holding a briefcase with the U.S. Capitol in the background
3/1/1909 — b. Bessie Margolin, American lawyer, #gov official. Champion of gender equality+fair labor; attorney, Dept of Labor(1939-72). Argued 24cases before #SCOTUS, won 21. Co-founder @nationalnow.bsky.social; drafted Nazi war crimes rules,NurembergTrials #WomensHistoryMonth #LawSky #law #PolSky
Infographic with text: Only 4% of the world’s women and girls live in the United states, but the U.S. confines 25% of the world’s incarcerated women and girls. Source: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women/2025.html
The U.S. has the highest incarceration rate for women in the world.
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we're thinking of all the women locked behind bars, away from their families. They can't get lost in the fight to end mass incarceration.
Mercedes de Acosta
3/1/1893 — b. Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, author, playwright, costume designer, socialite. Wrote three vols of poetry, books of prose, scripts, and a controversial auto-biography documenting her lesbian relationships with many HLWD actors #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #designer
Nannie Burroughs standing
Nannie Burroughs, American educator, businesswoman, religious leader, #civilrights activist, #feminist, orator. Co-founder, Natl Assn of Colored Wmn (1896); founder + first pres, Natl Trade+Professional Sch for Wmn+Girls, Wash,DC (1909-61) #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #EduSky #PolSky #BHM #woc
It is #BlackHistoryMonth. Peggy (fl. 1766–1827) was one of the hundreds of Black people enslaved in Upper Canada. She and her children were held in bondage on Peter Russell’s estate & farm. Surviving documents attest to her resistance to subjugation.
www.biographi.ca/en/bio/peggy... #BHM
Tune in to the latest episode of Rattling the Bars premiering tomorrow at 12 p.m. EST, where I'll be in conversation with Professor Justene Hill Edwards about her latest book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank.
#BlackHistoryMonth, #BHM
youtu.be/VhNc-3IZwRc?...
Charlayne Hunter-Gault
2/27/1942 — b. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist, #civilrights activist. Award-winning journalist, NPR foreign correspondent; topics include African culture + civil rights mvmnt. Natl Assn of #BlackJournalists HoF (2005) #womenshistory #womenwriters #BlackHistoryMonth #WriterSky #BHM #woc
#WomensHistory #BlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackGirlMagic
Edith Sampson
Edith Sampson, American lawyer, jurist. The first African-American woman elected to Illinois bench as judge of the Cook County Circuit Court (1962). The first African-American U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #LawSky #law #UnitedNatons #gov #BHM #woc
Photo collage of women's symbols
MARK THE CALENDAR!
MARCH is Women’s History Month
&
MARCH 8th is International Women’s Day!
#WHM2026 #IWD2026
#WomensHistoryMonth
#InternationalWomensDay
#womenshistory #RIP #WomenInSTEM #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd #AstroSky #SciSky #HistSci
The #EpsteinFiles meet #TheUList. Harvard President Emeritus Summers Resigns. 23 universities with Epstein ties now tracked and counting. buff.ly/lR3UE29
🪜 🎓 📜 🍎 ♀️ #PhDSky #Blackademia #AcademicChatter #AcademicSky #MeToo #HigherEd #PhDChat #WomenInStem
Emma Boos-Jegher
2/26/1857 — b. Emma Boos-Jegher, Swiss #womensrights leader, education advocate. Progressive #feminist activist in Zurich; co-founder, VP, Swiss Women’s Assn (1885). Founder, pres, Zurich Assn Women’s Reform (1893); co-founder, Swiss Federation of Women’s Assns (1899) #womenshistory #EduSky #PolSky
