In 1947, some Hollywood stars including Henry Fonda stood up to anti-communist witch hunts.
Now, Jane Fonda and artists like Viola Davis, Pedro Pascal and Billie Eilish are reviving their organization — the Committee for the First Amendment — to defend free speech again.
https://theconversation.com/jane-fonda-other-stars-revive-the-committee-for-the-first-amendment-a-group-that-emerged-when-the-anti-communist-panic-came-for-hollywood-266751
#history @histodons
Leonardo Da Vinci’s To-Do List from 1490: The Plan of a Renaissance Man
https://www.openculture.com/2025/09/leonardo-da-vincis-to-do-list-from-1490.html
The Turbulent Life of Livia Augusta, the First Roman Empress
"When Livia married Augustus, she became the first Roman empress. She is remembered both as the ideal matron and a ruthless mother."
https://www.thecollector.com/livia-augusta-first-roman-empress/
#OnThisDay, 8 Oct 1952, USAF 2nd Lt Nurse Abbie Sweetwine uses military triage in a civilian disaster, the Harrow and Wealdstone train crash in London. She saves lives and paves the way for the UK’s use of paramedics. The British press dub her "the angel of platform 6".
Read more on our blog: https://carvehername.org.uk/abbie-sweetwine-and-the-harrow-and-wealdstone-crash/
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #BritishHistory #AmericanHistory #LondonHistory #Histodons
Smurfs Log: Buttons
* Part of the "Housecleaning (Things Left in My Mom's House)" series
Mom moved out of her house about four months ago. I have been spending a few hours every week organising things. Today I began the final leg of this journey: sorting her sewing room.
Throughout her life, she collected thousands of buttons of all shapes and colours. I'm finding it very difficult to decide what to do with this treasure trove…
THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE OHIO RIVER
This new book from one of our editors documents the history, industry and pollution of the Ohio River.
#Ohio #Pittsburgh #Cincinnati #OhioRiver #ClimateChange #Pollution #Books #Author #Journalism #Illinois #Conservation #History
https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-River-Complete-History-Ohio/dp/B0D6N46CG2/
#OnThisDay, 19 Oct 1944, President Roosevelt announces Black women can join WAVES – the US Navy's women's service.
Lt Harriet Pickens and Ensign Frances Wills, pictured, become the first Black women officers a couple of months later.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 #AmericanHistory #Histodons
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#OnThisDay, 23 May 1907, 19 women take their seats in the Finnish Parliament. They are the first women Parliamentarians in the world.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #EuropeanHistory
读过 Step Aside, Pops 🌕🌑🌑🌑🌑
比 Hark! A Vagrant 先看这本的原因是底下的作者注释比较少，嗯，跟作者电波不合，不大笑得出来，不就是塞点私货到历史人物口里吗？恶搞得不刁钻，punchline 也不犀利，还是 pbf 那些够狠够疯癫。
#OnThisDay, 10 Oct 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst and others form the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Manchester, UK. Eventually known as the suffragettes, they fought for women to have the vote.
[photo circa 1906]
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory #Histodons
The fascists "solved" unemployment by converting their nations into giant war machines. The unemployed were either conscripted into the army or organized in labor battalions and put to work in war plants.
#fascism #uspol #history #propaganda
Okay so I feel like mastodon.social is a little too general for me. I feel like I want more of a safe space for #neurodivergent folks, and folks who want to #decolonize their minds. Genuine #BIPOC allies. #culture enthusiasts. #history geeks. Like #nature and #geology. #witchy but the ancestral folk wisdom, grandma kind.
...too general still? But too specific for general. 😤
A German guard once asked O'Sullivan what was in her suitcase. She laughed. “A wireless, of course!”.
Very early #OnThisDay, 23 Mar 1944 , Maureen 'Paddy' O'Sullivan parachutes into occupied France to be a radio operator for the British Special Operations Executive.
The SOE supported the French Resistance. Radio operators were at the greatest risk of capture as their position could be triangulated. O’Sullivan was never captured.
#OnThisDay, 11 Oct 1922, Alaska P Davidson becomes the first woman to be an FBI Special Agent. She was employed to focus on the trafficking of women across state lines.
J Edgar Hoover requests her resignation, along with her colleagues Jessie Duckstein and Lenore Houston, in 1924. The FBI does not appoint another woman as a Special Agent until 1972.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons
American writer, historian and poet Elizabeth Fries Ellet died #OTD in 1877.
She is best known for her works on women’s contributions to American history, particularly during the American Revolutionary War. Her extensive research and writings helped to highlight the often overlooked roles that women played in significant historical events.
Books by Elizabeth F. Ellet at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/45321
I’m currently reading “Born: A History of Childbirth ” by Lucy Inglis and thought you all might find this amusing.
There is a section in the book that talks about how some ancient Egyptian physicans believed that migraines were caused by wandering wombs.
The treatment: rub oil on the patient and blow incense smoke at her to encourage her womb to move back into proper position. 😂
As the East Wing of the White House gets demolished, writer E.B. Boyd reflects on how it erases women's history. The East Wing holds the office of the first lady.
"Here, Lady Bird Johnson launched her highway beautification program & Michelle Obama worked to fight childhood obesity and help military families. It was from the East Wing that Pat Nixon helped to open China & Laura Bush directed a global fight against HIV & AIDS"
https://www.thepersistent.com/white-house-east-wing-demolition-ballroom-first-ladies/
The Rise and Fall of Victoria Woodhull, the First Woman to Run for President
Victoria Woodhull rose to prominence during the Gilded Age as a colorful and controversial advocate for women’s rights—including the right to run for President.
https://www.thecollector.com/victoria-woodhull-first-woman-run-president/
#OnThisDay, 11 Jun 1987, Diane Abbott is elected to the British Parliament. She is the first Black woman to become an MP.
Abbott has held shadow cabinet posts in the Labour party, and is the longest serving Black MP. She is standing for re-election in the 2024 UK general election.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory
#Trans #woman #wins #MissMarylandUSA, making #history with a list of #pageant firsts
She’s 31. She’s #married to a #military #officer. She’s #AsianAmerican. And she’s a #trans #woman.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #BeautyPageants #RoleModels #Representation #Culture
I was thinking of @Forestofglory and a conversation we had a while back about cultural histories of the Tang. It made me remember this lesser known one.
This book is a cultural history of the city of Chang'An through the collected tales of failed examinees, women and foreigners. Also one of the books that sent me on the rabbit hole of foreigners and intercultural marriage in Tang China
@medievodons @histodons @bookstodon #China #history #bookstodon #bookrec #histodons #medieval
Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
43 years ago
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" is the fifth single from the Dead Kennedys, recorded in June 1981 and later released on the In God We Trust, Inc. EP
#punk #punks #punkrock #deadkennedys #nazipunksfuckoff #history #punkrockhistory
The entire #WhiteHouse #EastWing is demolished as #Trump moves forward with his #ballroom, AP photos show.
The East Wing, where #FirstLadies created #history, planned state dinners & promoted causes, is now history itself. The 2-story structure of drawing rooms & offices, including workspace for first ladies & their staffs, has been turned into rubble, demolished as part of Trump’s plan to build what he said is now a $300M ballroom nearly 2X the size of the White House.
