#OnThisDay, 12 Jun 1948, the Womens Armed Services Integration Act is signed by US President Truman, allowing women to serve in the military outside wartime.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory
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And one by one the lights came on, a reminder -- for those who needed it -- that night was approaching, and with it, the end of the day and all its busyness.
It was a time to be calm, and silent, and rested, because the life of a human being is not meant to be spent in constant, relentless activity.
Lights of Matera canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/lights-of-matera-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #italy #europe #travel #sunset #night #city #history #matera #light #ayearforart #artist
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Wonderful young ladies at the beginning of their careers 🌹💜
Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson on the night of the first B-52′s gig at CBGB, June 1978
Photo by Bobby Grossman
#punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory #otd
#art #history: i honestly don't think that even a surrealist master of jean cocteau's calibre could've conceived of the weirdness that is our current reality.
i tip my pen to him, nonetheless, to honour his birth on 5 july, 1889.
#surrealism #illustration #jeanCocteau #artist #film #poet #cinema #polymath
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#art #history: harry 80th, debbie, you beautiful juggernaut of talent, originality & humanity.
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#debbieHarry #music #musique #illustration #newJersey #nyc
It's been a while since I first introduced myself here, so thought I'd post an up to date #Introduction.
48 year old with he/him pronouns living in #Manchester in #England. Proud father of two great kids.
A bit of a #Science geek, concerned about #ClimateChange.
Hates fascism and bigotry, and frequently screams into the void exasperated about the global lurch to the right, #NewsTooter
Keen #Cyclist. Enjoys watching #Cricket. Interested in #History.
Feel free to say hello!
#OnThisDay, 14 Jun 1939, Ethel Waters stars in The Ethel Waters Show on NBC, becoming the first black person to have their own show on US TV.
Photo is from her radio show.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #Histodons
How Did Van Gogh Influence Matisse?
The Van Gogh Museum has just acquired its first work by Matisse that reveals the Post-Impressionist's huge influence on Modern art.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/how-did-van-gogh-influence-matisse-2654811
Van Gogh and Matisse at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40393
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=matisse
"The air is the only place free of prejudices."
#OnThisDay, 15 Jun 1921, Bessie Coleman gained her pilot's license, becoming the first civilian African-American pilot in the world. And the first of Native American descent.
Read more about her in our NEW blogpost! https://carvehername.org.uk/bessie-coleman-and-other-early-american-aviators/
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #AviationHistory #Histodons
#OnThisDay, 16 June 1963, Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, orbiting Earth 48 times in Vostok 6.
She is currently a member of the Russian State Duma (lower house), and supporter of Putin.
#WomenInSpace #SpaceHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
Politics is a game that hides power. It purports to have "sides" -- A or B, red or blue, good or bad -- so that parasites wield control while followers on each side snipe at one another.
But if we must discuss sides, it should focus on the ridiculously, appallingly rich who grasp, wield, and use power and . . . the rest of us.
We Just Wanted to Be Free canvas print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/we-just-wanted-to-be-free-steve-henderson.html?product=canvas-print
#politics #news #USA #history #power #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #ayearforart
Now online: “The Tree that Never Grew: A Literary Journey Through Glasgow’s History” – Annika Sinner’s talk for Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz’s READING SCOTLAND series, given on 27 May 2025
Alice Austen’s body of work is considered among the earliest and most prolific by a female photographer.
Now recognized for her significant contributions to the canon of American photography and her heretofore ignored yet influential role in LGBTQ+ history, the pioneering photographer's archive returns to her ancestral home in New York.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/alice-austen-photographs-repatriated/
"You have trampled under foot every vital principle of our government. My natural rights, my civil rights, my political rights, my judicial rights, are all alike ignored."
#OnThisDay, 17 Jun 1873, Susan B Anthony is tried for illegally voting in the 1872 US Presidential election.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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#NationalPark gift shops directed to remove items that ‘disparage Americans’
#Trump officials have directed staff at #NationalParks to review all items in gift shops for *anti-American* content, according to an internal directive reviewed by The Washington Post. The move is part of the administration’s wider campaign to scrub federal institutions of “corrosive ideology” recognizing historical #racism & #sexism.
#revisionism #whitewashing #history #AmericanHistory
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/12/national-parks-shops-products-review/
Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France
Sent by Louis XIV, the filles du roi were sent to North America to birth new generations of colonists and help conquer the land.
On September 22, 1663, thirty-six young women arrived in a French colony on the shores of the St. Lawrence River in a region that we now call eastern Canada.
By: Ann Foster
https://daily.jstor.org/filles-du-roi-the-founding-mothers-of-new-france/
Books about New France at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1225
We’re gearing up for an exciting weekend! These superb dancers from the fresco from the villa of Cicero in Pompeii capture our #FrescoFriday mood perfectly 🥳
Daily Life in the Medieval Home
https://www.medievalists.net/2025/05/daily-life-medieval-home/
Books about Medieval Civilization at PG:
Happy New Year, my friends
I wish you, your family and friends a great 2025, stay healthy and take care of yourselves 🍀
#punk #punks #punkrock #staypunk #punkeveryday #punk4life #history #punkrockhistory
The Teen Idles ✖️ I Drink Milk (1981)
Ian with hair is sensationel😊
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hardcore #teenidles #history #punkrockhistory
#OnThisDay, 18 Jun 1983, Sally Ride is the first woman to be a US astronaut, on board the Challenger shuttle.
A new documentary, 'Sally' (2025, Cristina Costantini) explores her achievements and why she felt she had to hide her sexuality.
#WomenInSpace #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons
In today's Good Life newsletter, we featured the story of Opal Lee, the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," and what she's doing now that she's achieved what she set out to do. Find it in this @Flipboard Storyboard, alongside articles about the Juneteenth flag, recipes, and how to celebrate the holiday when civil rights are under threat.
https://flipboard.com/@theculturedesk/what-to-know-about-juneteenth-5lfn8jis1l9sp9rd
#Juneteenth #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #America #USA #History @histodons
On Juneteenth, here's a new Surf feed from @Flipboard that focuses on America's Black history, today and every day.
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jy4yj0jmq7jcek145g0s0j0a
If you'd like to try Surf, sign up for the beta here, using the invite code SURFSHARES.
#SurfFeeds #BlackHistory #Juneteenth #History @histodons @blackmastodon
They did not land as strangers. They were returning to a continent that had already been stolen from them. The streets were named for Clay and Ashmun. The flag had stripes and a single white star. The capital was called Monrovia. This was Liberia—built from memory, stitched in exile. A mirror held to the American republic.
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#History #Photography #BlackMastodon
Image: Ad for Firestone's factory and exhibition building at the World's Fair. Source: The Newberry Collection, ca. 1930-1939.
One thing I love about traveling -- whether on vacation or a business trip -- is the element of exploration: we're in a new place, where people eat differently, live differently, think differently (one hopes; not everyone, yet, thinks along the lines of U.S. TV culture!), and there is so much to discover.
A simple walk becomes an expedition . . .
Under Wooden Arches framed print -- https://2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/featured/under-wooden-arches-steve-henderson.html?product=framed-print
#Italy #Europe #travel #art #artwork #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #summer #history
