• History of and for the working girl • A podcast connecting the past to the pressing issues of today! #workinggirlspod coming soon! 🎙#herstory#laborhistory
This is the Old State House in Providence, where on this day in 1776 Rhode Island became the first state to declare its independence from the British Crown. Here's to three centuries of being ahead of the curve.
#WomensHistoryMonth: Did you know, Isabel Ahearn O’Neill, the first woman to hold elected office in the Rhode Island General Assembly, introduced a bill to create 8 weeks paid maternity leave 1925? That's 95 years ago! Thx @gaylegoldin for sharing this bit of #PaidLeave history!
Only have a few minutes for lunch! Spice things up while you eat with the #workinggirlspod! Newest episode out now on Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/Kgb5uZiaOw or anywhere else podcasts are found
Don't miss out! This week on the #workinggirlspod listen to a historical profile of labor leader and union organizer for the United Textile Wokers: Elizabeth Nord! Check us on Spotify: https://t.co/wrZZADho9N or anywhere else podcasts are found!
As mentioned in this weeks episode (https://t.co/37MsekrKeb) go read in The Chronicle, “The Heavy, Unseen Labor of Writing Reference Letters” https://t.co/PtMETvKWli by @universityofri philosophy professors Cheryl Foster, Rebecca Millsop, and Doug Reed