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Mother’s Peace Day
In 1870, Julia Ward Howe, abolitionist,… … called for a “Mother’s Peace Day” dedicated as a celebration to the eradication of war. She organized “Mother’s Peace Day” festivities in Boston for years. Below is the proclamation she wrote in 1870: Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or…
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Revolutionaries (Part 14): Nana Obiyaa, Queen Nanny Of The Maroons
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…
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Revolutionaries (Part 13): Titina Silá, Freedom Fighter
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…
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Revolutionaries (Part 12): “Mama Warrior”, Dolores Cacuango
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…
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Revolutionaries (Part 11): Before Rosa, there was Irene – The Bus Ride of Irene Amos Morgan (Kirkaldy)
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…
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Revolutionaries (Part 10): Sophie Scholl, Weiße Rose (White Rose)
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…
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Revolutionaries (Part 9): Lozen, Tchihende (Chihenne) Nde Warrior
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…
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Revolutionaries (Part 8): Buffalo Calf Road Woman (Brave Woman)
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…
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Revolutionaries (Part 4): Las Soldaderas
(A series brought to you by Feminist Global Resistance) The Series:: Patriarchy ensures that male (almost exclusively white colonizer) history is remembered though a few women shine through or are given a twisted footnote. More often, women are relegated to lost tomes and forgotten lore. Some shine through in song and tales while others, more…