Sarah Bonnell History Department

[A Mighty Girl @amightygirl]

Happy #WomensHistoryMonth We look forward to sharing stories of both famous and forgotten women of history this month - and to seeing the Mighty Girls of today become the history makers of tomorrow! https://t.co/YdZfxod880

[A Mighty Girl @amightygirl]

Community Pick: Women Heroes of World War I: 16 Remarkable Resisters, Soldiers, Spies, and Medics, @Kate_Atwood. Terrific choice for teens and adults to learn more this #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/dVqN0oz7lD

[A Mighty Girl @amightygirl]

#OnThisDay in 1955, Claudette Colvin became the first person to resist bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama - nine months before Rosa Parks. Her story: https://t.co/IBOmkPzWQh

[A Mighty Girl @amightygirl]

Women's history IS history - but too often it gets sidelined. These 60 books to share with girls and boys will help us work towards a day when kids know history is about the contributions of all of humanity: https://t.co/xCK9vgAcjQ

[Sarah Bonnell History Department @SB_History]

Podcast on Queen Elizabeth I #HISTEEE https://t.co/bP547Yh2N3

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

The Jewish men forced to help run Auschwitz, and bear witness to unthinkable atrocity. #WWII https://t.co/p7wGaTo1u1

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

It's one of the most iconic photos of #1968, but do you know what happened to the three men on the medal stand afterwards? #OlympicHistory https://t.co/rmnvz5iE9M

[Biography.com @biography]

"It can't be overstated the impact that she had on American history." Activist @BreeNewsome discusses the contributions Harriet Tubman made, not only to black history, but women's suffrage as well.

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

To mark the #Suffrage100 anniversary this month, we've delved into the collection to explore objects relating to the campaign for women’s suffrage. Read more: https://t.co/fmFzFwMS3G

[National Portrait Gallery @NPGLondon]

#LewisCarroll is best known for his novel #AlicesAdventuresinWonderland but did you know his great contribution to photography? Throughout his career as a photographer he became a master of the medium. Explore his work in #VictorianGiants, opening 1 March. https://t.co/EdFIh7fSGu

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

On #ThisDayinHistory 1954, children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh received the first injections of the new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. In later years cases of polio in the U.S. dropped from 14,647 in 1955 to 5,894 in 1956. https://t.co/cNY9em9TlP

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

This isn't the first time High Schoolers have taken to the streets.

May 2-5 1963: Thousands of children leave their schools in Birmingham, Alabama, to march for civil rights. #HistoryRepeatsItself https://t.co/tk7QoHbWk0

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." #MalcolmX was assassinated on #ThisDayinHistory 1965.

[Sarah Bonnell History Department @SB_History]

Background #histcw Ten Minute History - The Russian Revolution (Short Documentary) https://t.co/4x3shyYrSf via @YouTube

[Sarah Bonnell History Department @SB_History]

https://t.co/dO0iqBXwfH Berlin Wall Gone today as long as it stood #HISTCW

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

On #ThisDayInHistory Rosa Parks was born. #BlackHistoryMonth

[Sarah Bonnell History Department @SB_History]

#LGBTHM18 STORIES OF ENGLAND’S LGBTQ PAST https://t.co/c27Rcdwijd

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

‘Freedom is a birthright’

Today marks 70 years since the assassination of Mohandas #Gandhi. A pioneer of peaceful protest, he worked tirelessly for an independent India, but was killed just six months after independence was achieved

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

On #ThisDayinHistory in 1919, Jackie Robinson was born into a family of sharecroppers on a plantation in Cairo, Georgia. Twenty-eight years later, he cemented his place in history as the first African American to compete in Major League Baseball. Happy Birthday ⚾️ #⃣4⃣2⃣!

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

Today, it’s been 58 years since the Greensboro 4 first stood up for their rights by staging a sit-in at a lunch counter.

#BlackHistoryMonth #ThisIsHistory