This is it! The last day to VOTE!!!!
Happy Election Day! Exercise your right to vote today & let your voice be heard in electing the next U.S. President, state and local elected officials and deciding ballot questions! Polling hours are from 7 am to 8 pm. Find more voting info on our website! bit.ly/3NB1q25
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Incredibly thankful for the amazing Lilly Ledbetter. May she rest in peace.
Lilly Ledbetter, a trailblazing activist who dedicated her life to fighting for equal pay, has died at age 86. @DavidMuir looks back at her legacy. trib.al/yxjWywU
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Join @MaWomensHistory for a FunRaiser! Deadline extended thru Tues., Oct. 22! mawomenshistory.org/news/joi…
Ticket deadline extended! Join us on the bus to NYC to see Tony Award Winner musical @SuffsMusical! Sun., Nov. 17 full day: bus trip, lunch and matinee performance! bit.ly/3NhPTVl For info & to buy tickets: bit.ly/3XQ0FXOJan. SUFFS closing Jan 5:( Join us!
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Come join us!
Join the @MAWomensHistory Sun., Nov. 17 for a bus trip, lunch and 3pm performance of the Tony Award Winner musical SUFFS!!! bit.ly/3NhPTVl For more information and to buy tickets, click here: bit.ly/3XQ0FXO Tickets must be purchased by Oct. 14, 2024. Join us!
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This wage gap is awful! Hopefully, the improving economy will help reduce this awful pay discrepancy. We must do more!
Today is Latina Equal Pay Day, the date at which it takes Latinas 22 months to earn the amount of pay that white men earn in 12 months. The goal is to raise awareness about the ongoing gender pay gap & how it affects different communities. More info below! bit.ly/4gHIVXn
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Come join us to travel to NY, have a great lunch at a restaurant - and see @SuffsMusical !!! Details coming soon! @MAWomensHistory
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It's so great that this Navy ship will travel the world and provide an opportunity for people around the world to learn about Lucy Stone from Massachusetts, a women's rights pioneer. Suffragist, abolitionist - her ideas were revolutionary at the time, and still speak to us today!
Lucy Stone honored by @USNavy this week when the Navy’s newest oiler ship was christened the USNS Lucy Stone! During the ceremony, the Sec. of the Navy noted that today’s female Chief of Naval Operations wouldn't be possible w/out women like Lucy Stone! bit.ly/3TDAMJx
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper - an incredible woman. Her birthday provides an opportunity to learn about her and be inspired by her.
HBD Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) suffragist, abolitionist & writer! 1st Black woman to publish a short story (1859) & co-founder of the Nat'l Assoc. of Colored Women’s Clubs. In 1866 gave speech at Nat'l Woman’s Rights Convention in NY City. bit.ly/3KUmAGj
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These murals are amazing! Thank you Silvia Lopez Chavez @Art_Design_Love!!!
#LatinxHeritageMonth: We shine a light on local artist Silvia Lopez Chavez, who has created numerous murals around MA! Chavez received the Common Good Awards from @MassArt & @AmplifyLatinx 100 Award! Check out some of her work throughout MA!! silvialopezchavez.com/
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Learn about this amazing woman of Cambridge, MA! Read our @MAWomensHistory new bio about Maria Baldwin: bit.ly/44sWvb4
HBD Maria L. Baldwin (1856-1922) 1st pres. of the League of Women for Community Service (LWCS) of Roxbury/Boston & 1st Black woman school principal in MA. Unveiled a suffrage marker for her w/@cambMA @ncwhs_org ! See new Maria Baldwin bio on @mwhc! bit.ly/44sWvb4
All should know about this amazing African American Bostonian woman - Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin!
HBD Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) founder of the Woman’s Era (1893) in Boston, 1st national newspaper published by & for Black women! Created The Woman’s Era Club w/Ida B. Wells & Maria Baldwin (1893), 1st civic club for Black women in U.S.! bit.ly/4fhKyKi
The 2024 Paralympics have begun! Don't miss the @MAWomensHistory exhibit about Massachusetts women since the early 1900's up through today who competed in the Olympics!
Today marks the beginning of the 2024 Paralympics! From August 28th to September 8th! Join us in cheering on MA native Femita Ayanbeku, as she competes in the 100-meter T64 sprint with a shot at winning her 1st medal! Learn more about MA Olympic women! mawomenshistory.org/exhibits…
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Congratulations GabbyThomas from @NorthamptonMA. Her third Gold medal in 2024 Olympic Games! @MAWomensHistory!
Thank you @AfricanArchives for posting about Alice Coachman. Her story - her dedication, perseverance, and achievement despite all she had to endure, is amazing and inspiring! @MAWomensHistory
On this day in 1948, Alice Coachman became the first black woman (of any country) to win an Olympic gold medal following a record-setting high jump despite nursing a back injury.
She was often unable to use the training facilities due to segregation and also trained barefoot and used old equipment.
—Alice Coachman became the first black woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal when she competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, UK. Born November 9, 1923, in Albany, Georgia, to Evelyn and Fred Coachman, Alice was the fifth of ten children. As an athletic child of the Jim Crow South, who was denied access to regular training facilities, Coachman trained by running on dirt roads and creating her own hurdles to practice jumping.
Even though Alice Coachman parents did not support her interest in athletics, she was encouraged by Cora Bailey, her fifth grade teacher at Monroe Street Elementary School, and her aunt, Carrie Spry, to develop her talents. After demonstrating her skills on the track at Madison High School, Tuskegee Institute offered sixteen-year-old Coachman a scholarship to attend its high school program. She competed on and against all-black teams throughout the segregated South.
In 1943, Coachman entered the Tuskegee Institute college division to study dressmaking. She played on the basketball team and ran track-and-field, where she won four national championships for events in sprinting and high jumping. Coachman completed a degree in dressmaking in 1946. In 1947, Coachman enrolled in Albany State College (now University) to continue her education. Coachman completed a B.S. degree in Home Economics with a minor in science at Albany State College in 1949 and became teacher and track-and-field instructor.
During World War II, the Olympic committee cancelled the 1940 and 1944 games. Alice Coachman’s first Olympic opportunity came in 1948 in London, when she was twenty-four. On August 8, 1948, Alice Coachman leapt 5 feet 6 1/8 inches to set a new Olympic record and win a gold medal for the high jump...
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Fantastic!! Thank you @MassGovernor, and all those in the legislature, advocates, and so many more who fought for this important bill to help close the wage gap for women!! @Mawomenshistory THANK YOU!!!
MA is the #1 state for women – but when we still earn 79 cents for every dollar men make, it’s not enough. Let's close the gap for good.
Today with legislators, advocates, labor, and business leaders, I signed a bill requiring employers to put salary ranges in job postings.
ALT Governor Healey signing wage transparency legislation.
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Check the new @MAWomensHistory Exhibit - MA women in the Olympics since 1928!
The Olympics are underway! Since 1928, MA women have shown their athletic skills at the Olympic Games. Bay State women have excelled on the highest stage in the sports world and continue to reach new heights! View a timeline of MA women in the Olympics! bit.ly/3AeQsMd
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To honor the birthday of Ida B Wells, check out this great @MAWomensHistory interview of @MichelleDuster talking with Charlotte Golar Richie, about the book Ms. Duster wrote about her great grandmother, Ida B Wells: mawomenshistory.org/news/con…
Happy Birthday Ida B. Wells! In 2021, @MichelleDuster, Ida B. Wells’ great granddaughter joined us for a live Zoom event when Charlotte Golar Richie interviewed her about her book, Ida B. the Queen! Check out the Zoom event on our website!
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Thankful for this great organization with its important work!
OTD 1977, the Chinese Progressive Assoc. was founded to fight for the empowerment of the Chinese community in Greater Boston and beyond, by gathering support for victims of racial violence & helping tenants w/ eviction issues. @CPAJustice is still active! bit.ly/46nbCUe
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