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6/11/1875 — b. Addie Waites Hunton, American educator, suffragist, political organizer, author. Civil + #womensrights leader; natl organizer, Natl Assn of Colored Wmn(1906-10). A leading suffragist for blk wmn voters @ Natl Woman’sParty convention(1921) #womenshistory #WriterSky #PolSky #EduSky #woc
6/10/1866 — b. Frances Willard Munds, American #gov official, #womensrights activist, suffrage leader, educator. The leader of the suffrage mvmnt in Arizona; a key figure in passage of statewide suffrage (1912). State senator, second AZ legislature (1915-17) #womenshistory #law #LawSky #PolSky #edu
#womenveteransday
6/12/1878 — b. Isabel Oyarzábal de Palencia, Spanish diplomat, author, editor, actor. Spanish minister, Spanish loyalist; the first Spanish woman to hold an ambassador post. Editor of ‘La Dama’, the first women’s magazine in Spain #womenshistory #gov #diplomacy #PolSky #WriterSky #womenwriters
6/9/1865 — b. Helen Marot, American librarian, author, #labor organizer, public official, reformer. Established her own private Philadelphia library on social reform; published the“Handbook of #LaborHistory” (1899). Co-founder, Wmn’sTradeUnionLeague (1903) #womenshistory #Librarians #BookSky #PolSky
6/8/1910 — b. María Luisa Bombal, Chilean writer. Novelist, short-story writer; an early Latin-American writer who broke away from realist tradition. She created her own influential surreal narrative writing style #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky #femaleauthors
To paraphrase Mark Twain, “Those who do not read have no advantage over those who cannot read.”
Women’s History Scotland has a Call for Papers for its Annual Conference 2026. Submissions are welcome from all career stages, especially postgraduate researchers.
❗The deadline for proposals is 1 July 2026.
Details can be found here:
womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/05/04/c...
#womenshistory
On #WomenVeteransDay, we’re proud to honor those who stepped up to serve, like St. Paul, MN Branch 28 member and 27-year letter carrier Amanda Greer. Sister Greer is among tens of thousands of NALC members who chose to continue their commitment to serving our communities as letter carriers.
Identifying as someone who categorically rejects books suggests a much larger deficiency of character.
Meet Josephine Clifford McCrackin — the "Savior of the Sequoias." She survived an abusive marriage, fled a wildfire, lost everything then wrote the editorial that launched California's oldest state park.
Full story: https://ow.ly/8Sy650Z6Qji
#EnvHistory #WomensHistory #WorldEnvironmentDay
