Alright, y’all! #MrsAmerica landed in Houston for this week’s episode that covers the 1977 National Women’s Conference. Forty years later, Gloria Steinem called the NWC “the most important event that nobody knows about.” But why?
Enter this #MrsAHistory thread
Yes, my friends, it is that time of year: the leaves begin to change colors, the temperature cools and the time-honored tradition of rooting for your favorite chonky bears at @KatmaiNPS begins.
Voting for #FatBearWeek starts today: https://t.co/X1t6IzREMj
The new iteration of “The Office” has been picked up to series at Peacock.
According to the official logline, the series will focus on “a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters.” https://t.co/HfMJ65oK73
Literally kicking off the sessions of #OAH24 with @PhenomenalTiana@cx_dong@Cait1ynJones and @CurwoodA
. Join us for “Way-Makers, Shape-Shifters, and Trailblazers: Black, Latina, and Asian Women’s Political Activism in the 1970s” at 11am in Balcony I!
A Sugar Land nonprofit calling for more efforts to memorialize the Sugar Land 95 has secured a $10,000 grant to create a mobile museum spotlighting the history of convict leasing in the area. https://t.co/JXnkKDRD2M
The Texas Historical Commission removed books on slavery from plantation gift shops. An agency spokesperson claimed that the move had nothing to do with politics.
Internal emails show otherwise. https://t.co/6OUBSuGnvG
"Houston is celebrated as the most diverse city in the country. If we don’t know the history here of what Houston is, we don’t have an appreciation for how it’s celebrated.” - Angela Holder
https://t.co/JJnr0HBDtS via @houstonchron
Yeah totally out of line that reporters would ask a superintendent - who heads an unelected board, has control over district pursestrings, and is a former charter school exec - about a widely unpopular decision that has the potential to harm marginalized kids 🙄
@DahviWaller Hi! I'm working on my diss about the National Women's Conference and I'm writing about the Houston episode of Mrs. America. Timing might not be great w/ the strike but would love to connect to learn more about your creative process on the show if you're interested.