Quick question: when you visit your patients in the mountains on house calls, do you take a horse and buggy, or go bareback on your mule like Dr. May Cravath? I thought so. 🐴 💼👩🏻⚕️ #tennesseewomenshistorycalendar#womenshistory Learn more >> https://t.co/cHqopy5elX
“It’s important to recognize Lilias Adie and the thousands of men and women accused of witchcraft in early Scotland were not the evil people history has portrayed...They were the innocent victims of unenlightened time.”
Read more: https://t.co/2LEIYVi2Md via @smithsonianmag
"Participating Orgs are planning events for entire community to participate in dialogue, learning, performances, exhibits & voter education, & to recognize work it takes to maintain a thriving democracy." https://t.co/WL28sTrjcN #NashSuffrage100#WomensVote100
"In her investigations into the causes of blindness, she...soon connected the mistreatment of the blind to the oppression of workers, women, and other groups, leading her to embrace socialism, feminism, and pacifism." https://t.co/DaQn2A5JDg
New on the blog from the Women's History Affinity Community! Exploring women's history through the items they carried with them at the @EssePurseMuseum. https://t.co/sm86qwPMOV
Thread 3/3: “It is our hope that public historians and museum professionals will apply this Value Statement to their 2020 programming and develop robust interpretation that offers deeper historic understandings of the multiplicities and inequalities of suffrage in America.”
Thread 1/3: @AASLH Releases 19th Amendment Centennial Value Statement to help guide #Suffrage interpretation as we approach this important anniversary. @ChickHistory President/CEO Served as Chair of Task Force. https://t.co/FulslL8AUQ
Thread 2/3: “Interpreting this history is both rewarding and challenging. As with all American history, suffrage comes with many victories and inspiring narratives, but it also comes with complexities and flaws,” said Rebecca Price, Chick History President/CEO.