“Central Otago” landscape painting by Rita Angus
3/12/1908 — b. Rita Angus, New Zealand artist. A leading 20th century New Zealand art figure, a modern painting pioneer and a prominent Regionalist artist. She created works primarily in oil + watercolor; worked as an illustrator (1934-37) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womensart #PaintSky #WHM
Ohio Democrats blasted the state’s top election official for handing the DOJ the private data of nearly 8 million Ohioans and warned they would fight back against his compliance.
The clash reflects a larger national battle over the department’s push to obtain states’ unredacted voter information.
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Lisa Loeb seated with guitar
3/11/1968 — b. Lisa Loeb, American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, author. Rock + folk genres; Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories + solo artist. Loeb was the very first unsigned artist to chart a #1 U.S. single #WomensHistoryMonth #MusicSky #WomenInMusic #MusicChallenge #WMH #rock #folk
Anna Hyatt Huntington standing in front of a pedestal holding her equestrian statue
3/10/1876 — b. Anna Hyatt Huntington, American artist, art patron. Sculptor; noted for her exquisite works of animals. Her bronze of “Joan of Arc” in NYC has been widely replicated; founder + #designer of the 1st outdoor #sculpture museum in the U.S. #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womensart #WHM
One more because it is a true favourite.
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Keely Smith
3/9/1935 — b. Keely Smith, American singer. Pop, jazz, and swing vocalist; she is best known for the song "That Old Black Magic," a duet with her husband Louis Prima (1950s) #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #jazz #WHM #IWD
Never give up the fight to empower women! #internationalwomensday
Women curators, designers, and collectors have played a huge part throughout our history at The Museum of English Rural Life.
For #InternationalWomensDay 2026, read about the stories of three women from our earlier years in our new blogpost.
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Constant threats and backlash undermine women's rights around the globe, but women still continue to fight against repression.
This International Women's Day, we honor the courage of those working to improve the lives of women and girls everywhere. #IWD26 #InternationalWomensDay
"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
"Parklandschaft" by AnnaGerresheim
3/8/1852 — b. Anna Gerresheim, German artist. Landscape and portrait painter, etcher, graphic artist; the co-founder of the Baltic artists’ colony, Ahrenshoop #WomensHistoryMonth #InternationalWomensDay #womenartists #womensart #IWD2026
For a bunch of guys who talk about “law and order” they sure seem to not be able to follow copyright law
I’m so tired of bad people getting away with doing bad things.
Portrait miniature oval painting of herself | Anna Claypoole Peale
3/6/1791 — b. Anna Claypoole Peale, American artist. Painter of portrait miniatures & still lifes; one of few early 19th c. professional U.S. #womenartists. Painted 200+ #miniatures; she & her sister were the first wmn elected to the Penn Acad of the Fine Arts #WomensHistoryMonth #womensart #WHM2026
Stephanie Gilmore, the world's most successful competitive female surfer, meets Barbie, the world's most famous toy doll.
#stephaniegilmore #barbie #internationalwomensday #surf #surfing
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
The Metropolitan Museum of Art just released 100 high-quality 3D scans on its website for free. Now you can get up-close and personal with a voluptuous Neolithic marble figurine, Monet’s haystack paintings, and more.
"Head of Girl" Pastel by Mária Lehel | 1931 ©Museum of Fine Arts – Hungarian National Gallery
3/5/1889 — b. Mária Lehel, Hungarian artist. Post-impressionist painter; produced landscapes, nudes, still-life paintings, and drawings in oil and pastels. Studied in the artist colony of Nagybánya (1906-14); she primarily worked in pastel after WWI #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womensart #WHM
Painting by Pietronella Peters
3/4/1848 — b. Pietronella Peters, German artist. Successful genre/figurative painter; from a family of #painters. She primarily painted scenery+illustrative portraits of children. The Braith-Mali-Museum holds a large collection of her works #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womensart #5WomenArtists
Beatrice Wood seated at her potter's wheel with her hands extended outward
3/3/1893 — b. Beatrice Wood, American artist, craftsperson, author. The “Mama of Dada”; an avant-garde painter, ceramicist, potter. Painted oils for yrs in the Dada style, and exhibited with the #Dada movement. She is best known for her ceramics #WomensHistoryMonth #womenartists #womensart #ceramics
Dale Bozzio in her self-designed costume standing and holding the microphone stand
3/2/1955 — b. Dale Bozzio, American singer, actor. Solo career + lead singer of progressive new wave synthpop band MissingPersons(1980s), w/WarrenCuccurullo + TerryBozzio (husband 1979-86); all noted for their work w/Zappa #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #GreatWomenOfRock #MusicChallenge
#GreatWomenofRock: Wanda Jackson, the queen of rockabilly. Wanda signed her first record deal at fourteen, dated, then dumped Elvis, wrote her own hit songs, played guitar, crossed over to country - all before 1960. And she’s still awesome. #WandaJackson #RockHonorRoll 3/2 new photo David McClister
Edna Manley seated next to a figurative sculpture at the French Galleries in London | 1937
3/1/1900 — b. Edna Manley, Latin-American artist, arts educator, art patron. A leading Caribbean + Latin American sculptor; a major contributor to Jamaican culture, she taught a generation of Jamaican artists #WomensHistoryMonth #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #sculpture #ArtSky
Join the Rock Music Association in celebrating Women’s History Month, in March. Examine some of the founding women of rock and roll, and reflect on their contributions. #GreatWomenOfRock #RockHonorRoll
RIP...Neil Sedaka! 🙏🏽❤️🌹💐🕯
Neil Sedaka, songwriter and hitmaker over multiple generations, dies at 86
Source: Los Angeles
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Black and white photo of a tabby cat in full Brünhilde gear (winged helmet, breast plate of armor) staring off camera. Presumably toward some early 20th century churro-type treat.
And a thank you to @librarycongress.bsky.social IG page for today’s #Caturday photo.
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