2/13/1903 — b. Elizabeth Homer Morton, Canadian librarian, author. Secretary/treasurer, Ontario Library Assn(1936-43); exec sec, #Canadian #Library Council (1944). Co-founder, Canadian Lib Assn (1946), exec director/editor ('46-68). Order of Canada('68) #womenshistory #LibrarySky #BookSky #WriterSky

The Black Feminism Introductory Resource Guide The New York Public Library highlights works and resources essential to any researcher looking for an introduction to black feminism www.nypl.org/blog/2018/06... #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #feminist #womenwriters #woc #PolSky #WriterSky

2/13/1871 — b. Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet, author,critic, playwright. Essayist, short story writer,a leading Ukrainian poet + the foremost female writer in Ukrainian literature during her time. Civil,political + #womensrights advocate #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #SlavaUkraine

2/12/1855 — b. Frannie Barrier Williams, American civic leader, journalist, activist, lecturer. African-American educator, political + women’s rights advocate; co-founder of the National Association of Colored Women #womenshistory #womensrights #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #WriterSky #PolSky #EduSky

2/12/1831 — b. Myra Bradwell, American lawyer, legal pioneer. The first female attorney in the U.S.; publisher, Chicago Legal News; passed Illinois Bar(1860). Denied bar admission due to gender; a decision later upheld by #SCOTUS in Bradwell v. Illinois(1873) #womenshistory #law #LawSky #PolSky #gov

2/11/1919 — b. Gretchen Fraser, American skier. One of the first great alpine skiers; the first American to win an Olympic medal in skiing, won both gold and silver medals (1948). She was inducted into the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame (1960) #womenshistory #Olympics #Olympics2026 #sports #skiing

2/11/1783 — b. Jarena Lee, American minister, author. Pioneer Af-Am female preacher, religious writer + Methodist. She broke gender + racial inequality barriers within Christianity; the first wmn preacher of an African Methodist Episcopal Church #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #WriterSky #religion

2/10/1907 — b. Grace Towns Hamilton, American #gov official, #civilrights activist. The first Af-Am woman to win an election in the Deep South, elected to the Georgia General Assembly (1966-84). Advisor to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission (1985-87) #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #PolSky

2/10/1872 — b. Marguerite Milton Wells, American suffrage leader, political activist, writer, educator. #Minnesota suffrage leader; member, Minnesota Woman Suffrage Assn. President, @lwvminnesota.bsky.social; 3rd natl pres, @lwvus.bsky.social (1934) #womenshistory #PolSky #womensrights #votingrights

2/9/1944 — b. Alice Walker, American author, poet, historian, civil rights activist, feminist. Key figure in the development of black #feminist literature. Pulitzer for “The Color Purple”(1983),first blk woman to win a prize for fiction #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BlackHistoryMonth #woc

A little late to mark it, but to celebrate the 1918 Anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, we are looking back at Jennifer Godfrey’s blog on the Scottish women who took part in the WSPU’s Great Militant Protest of 1912 🔨 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/2025/03/06/t... #WomensHistory

2/9/1911 — b. Bessie Stringfield, American motorcyclist, nurse. “The Motorcycle Queen of Miami”; #motorcycle racer, stunt cyclist, long distance rider. The first Jamaican-Am wmn to ride solo across U.S.; founder, Iron Horse Motorcycle Club #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BHM #NurseSky #HistNursing #woc

2/9/1872 — b. Helen E. Haines, American library prof, author, lecturer. Key figure, development of #library science profession, champion of intellectual + literary freedom in the lib book selection process. Editor, ‘Library Journal’ (1896); wrote definitive lib sch text ('35) #womenshistory #BookSky

A 2,000 strong #Minnesota choir sing outside Minneapolis Marriott to the #ICE paramilitary. Be "Minnesota nice." ICE can't handle it.

2/6/1905 — b. Merze Tate, American scholar, historian, professor. The first African-American woman to be enrolled at Oxford University (1932). The first black woman to receive a Ph.D. in #gov from both Harvard University and Radcliffe College #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #AcademicSky #woc

2/6/1577 — b. Beatrice Cenci, Roman noblewoman. Early woman to be publicly executed for killing her father to defend against his violent rapes. She aroused public sympathy after she was condemned to death by Pope Clement VIII. Subject of many #literary works #womenshistory #womensrights #VAWG #rape

The wait is finally over — the Athena Film Festival documentary and feature film lineup has arrived! The 2026 lineup features stories of political trailblazers, advocates, uncompromising journalists, and truth-tellers. Read more in @thr.com: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

2/5/1945 — b. Sarah Weddington, American lawyer, #gov official, #law professor, lecturer, author. One of the most influential lawyers of the 20th c.; significant contemporary #feminist. Successfully argued milestone Roe v. Wade before #SCOTUS at age 25. State Rep TX-D (‘73-77) #womenshistory #PolSky

2/5/1905 — b. Mirra Komaroysky, Russian-American sociologist, author, #feminist. Innovative sociology pioneer of gender, family and edu. Pres, Am Sociological Assn(1973); wrote "Women in College"+"Women in the Modern World"; professor, Barnard Coll #womenshistory #womenwriters #WomenInSTEM #SocioSky

Pentagon threatens to pull military support from Boy Scouts unless they restore ‘core values’ www.yahoo.com/news/article... #equalrights #DEI #gov #military #PolSky

2/4/1913 — b. Rosa Parks, American #civilrights activist, author. Her act of refusing to give up her bus seat because she was black began the Civil Rights movement (1960s). Presidential Medal of Freedom; posthumous statue, U.S. Capitol Statuary Hall #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #PolSky

Edmonia Lewis, American artist. Neoclassicist sculptor; the first professional African American and #NativeAmerican sculptor (1860s). World renowned for her realist sculptures; noted for works with classical and religious themes #womenshistory #womenartists #womensart #BHM #woc #BlackHistoryMonth

2/4/1865 — b. Lila Meade Valentine, American educator, health reformer, suffragist, lecturer. Edu + #publichealth champion; co-founder/pres,VA Equal Suffrage League. Introduced Richmond,VA kindergartens + vocational training. Lectured for suffrage in the eastern states #womenshistory #PolSky #EduSky

Frances E. W. Harper, American author, essayist, poet, suffragist, abolitionist. Well-known Af-Am writer; the first black wmn to published a short story,“The Two Offers”, Anglo-African Mag(1859). Co-organizer, Natl Assn of Colored Women #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BlackHistoryMonth #woc

2/3/1870 — b. Beatrice Grimshaw, Australian author, traveler, explorer. Prolific writer of 37 travel books, novels and short-stories on many topics including adventure + the supernatural. Traveled extensively throughout the Pacific South Seas islands #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

Mary Ellen Pleasant, American civil rights pioneer, entrepreneur. The “Mother of Civil Rights in California”; one of the wealthiest & most powerful people in California. Key role in major #civilrights court cases; California black rights activist #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #PolSky

2/2/1878 — b. Katharine Houghton Hepburn, American #feminist, suffrage leader, birth control pioneer, freethinker. President, CT Woman’s Suffrage Assn; legislative chair, Natl Exec Comm of Natl Woman’s Party; co-founder, American Birth Control League #womenshistory #womensrights #ReproRights #PolSky

2/1/1978 — A United States postal stamp featuring Harriet Tubman is issued in Washington, DC. The first United States stamp to honor a black woman #womenshistory #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM #woc #OTD

2/1/1857— b. Lucy Wheelock, American educator, author. Early childhood educator; a key figure of the U.S. kindergarten movement. Founder of Wheelock College, Boston; wrote and edited numerous articles, books, and journals #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky #edu #highered

1/31/1918 — b. Millie Dunn Veasey, American #WWII staff sergeant, civil rights activist, educator. Wmn’s Army Corps, Wmn’s Auxiliary Army Corps + only all-black wmn overseas unit, 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (1942-45). Pres, Raleigh-Wake #NAACP (1965) #womenshistory #woc #BHM #military

1/30/1942 — The United States Congress establishes the Women’s Reserve of the United States Naval Reserve. Over 86,000 WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) were enlisted for active duty #military service during World War II #womenshistory #USnavy #Navy #WWII #PolSky #USpoli #TDIH

Civil rights rollbacks in education are part of a broader effort to reassert patriarchal control over who learns, teaches and works.

1/30/1890 — b. Angie Debo, American historian, curator, professor. Western History; wrote many historical papers and texts. Fought political threats and #libel for revealing conspiracies to cheat #NativeAmericans out of their land; board member, Assn of Am Indian Affairs #womenshistory #gov #PolSky

1/30/1829 — b. Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite, American lawyer, suffragist, journalist, author, publisher. Early suffragist; co-founder, Illinois Wmn Suffrage Assn (1869). Founder, editor of the “Chicago #Law Times” (1886); president, Woman’s Intl Bar Assn (1888) #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky

1/28/1938 — Crystal Bird Fauset is elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature, she becomes the first African American female state legislator. She was later appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as a Civil Defense race relations advisor #womenshistory #gov #woc #BHM #PolSky #SheIsTheFirst

1/28/1873 — b. Sidonie-Gabrielle (Colette), French author, journalist, essayist, woman of letters, music hall actor, mime. One of France’s greatest and most famous contemporary writers; adaptions of her popular novellas were made into Hollywood films #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

1/27/1964 — Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman elected to both the U.S. House & the U.S. Senate (Maine-R), announces her candidacy for President of the United States at a luncheon of the Women’s National Press Club luncheon #womenshistory #Maine #gov #SheIsTheFirst #PolSky

Barbara Black, Legal Scholar + Historian, Dies at 92 | The first female dean of an Ivy League law school, Columbia University (1986) www.law.columbia.edu/faculty/barb... #womenshistory #law #LawSky #AcademicSky #IvyLeague @columbiauniversity.bsky.social

1/26/1944 — b. Angela Davis, American feminist, author, scholar, lecturer, professor. Civil rights + #womensrights activist, prison reformer; wrote the instant #feminist classic + formative text,“Women, Race, and Class”(1981). Tried + acquitted of conspiracy (1971) #womenshistory #womenwriters #woc

1/26/1892 — b. Bessie Coleman, American aviator, stunt pilot. “Brave Bessie”; the first Af-Am woman to fly a plane + hold a pilot’s license. The first American woman to earn an international pilot’s license(1921). Intl Women’s Sports HOF (1992) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #AvSky #aviation #woc #BHM

1/25/1871 — b. Maud Wood Park, American suffrage leader, lobbyist, author, orator. Co-founder, Boston Equal Suffrage League + College Equal Suffrage League (1901); powerful lobbyist for the Natl Am Woman Suffrage Assn; first president @lwvus.bsky.social (1920-24) #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky

1/24/1864 — b. Marguerite Durand, French journalist, feminist leader, suffragist. Founder of the world’s first #feminist daily ‘La Fronde’ (1897), run exclusively by women, advocated for #womensrights. Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand (1932), a leading #womenshistory research institution #PolSky #OTD

From Julia Morgan to Rosalind Franklin, history is filled with women whose brilliance reshaped the world—often without recognition. Their stories matter By Huzaima Bukhari @huzaima.bsky.social Read more: thefridaytimes.com/23-Jan-2026/... #WomenInHistory #GenderEquality #WomenInSTEM #HerStory

1/23/1813 — b. Camilla Collett, Norwegian author, feminist, #womensrights activist.The first Norwegian feminist; wrote first Norwegian novel critical of wmn’s societal position. A leading Norwegian writer of memoir lit; sis of natl poet HenrikWergeland #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky

1/22/1973 — The U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion in the historical Roe v. Wade case by a 7-2 decision barring state interference in a woman’s reproductive freedom and privacy. The Court also ruled that an Unborn Fetus is not a Person #womenshistory #womensrights #ReproRights #gov #law #RoeVwade

1/22/1943 — b. Nadine Taub, American lawyer, women’s rights leader, professor, #feminist. Early leader in women’s rights #law; legal champion who made historic arguments claiming the Constitution protected #womensrights. Professor, Rutgers Law Sch, founder, Rutgers Wmn’s Rights Clinic #womenshistory

🚨🗳️BREAKING: Today, we sent a letter with ACLU National and @campaignlegal.org on behalf of CAIR Ohio & @lwvohio.bsky.social to Secretary of State Frank LaRose regarding Senate Bill 293’s noncompliance with the National Voter Registration Act.

1/22/1906 — b. Willa Brown Coffey, American aviator. The first Af-Am woman to earn a pilot license (1938); the first Af-Am member, Civil Air Patrol. Co-founder, Natl Airmen’s Assn of America and the Coffey Sch of Aeronautics to train Af-Am aviators #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #aviation #AvSky #woc

Today should have been the 53rd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. We should be celebrating the historic constitutional recognition of our inalienable right to bodily autonomy; instead, we are mourning the injustice of this right being cruelly stripped away.

“This new law puts eligible Ohio voters at risk of being wrongly removed from the voter rolls,” said Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio. www.acluohio.org/press-releas...