11/12/1815 — b. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffrage leader, abolitionist, author, orator, politician. Early leader of the U.S. #womensrights movement, co-organizer of the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention w/Lucietta Mott (1848), president of the National Woman Suffrage Assn #womenshistory

New song! “Feminism is a F Word” is an original song by inflatable aliens. youtu.be/JRADbcKSlkA This is a tongue in cheek song about the dangers of the “Tradwife” movement. #antimaga #politicalcomedy #politicalmusic #politicalsongs #politicalsatire #music #originalsong #originalmusic #feminism

11/12/1751 — b. Margaret Cochran Corbin (Molly Pitcher), American Revolutionary War soldier. Fought with 600+ soldiers defending Fort Washington in Manhattan from 4,000 attacking British troops (1776). The first woman to receive U.S. #gov pension as a disabled soldier #womenshistory #VeteransDay

11/11/1922 — The Women’s Overseas Service League published the names of 162 women who were killed in military service during World War I #VeteransDay #WWI #military #womenshistory

11/11/1865 — Mary Edwards Walker, the first female Army surgeon, is awarded the Medal of Honor for her Civil War service; she is the only woman to ever receive this honor #womenshistory #VeteransDay #WomenVets #CivilWar #USarmy #military #WomenInSTEM #MedSky #HistMed

11/11/1744 — b. Abigail Adams, American First Lady. The wife of the second U.S. president, John Adams; advocated for #womensrights with her famous ‘Remember the Ladies’ letter “women...will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation” #womenshistory #gov #law

This isn’t only about algorithms or influencers. But it’s about what boys are learning at home, in classrooms, & the behaviour they see in the world around them. It’s the failing to teach them #respect, #empathy, accountability & #equality in day to day living. #WomensRights #SoroptimistBristol

1 in 3 women globally face violence. Progress is stalling, and women’s rights organistions are on the frontlines, providing support and fighting back despite financial crises and growing threats. Read more (UN report) here: knowledge.unwomen.org/sites/defaul... #VAWG #WomensRights #WomensPlatformNI

Veterans Day vs. Memorial Day vs. Labor Day: What’s the Difference? www.caregivertraininginstitute.com/blog/veteran... #VeteransDay #VeteransDay2025 #military #patriots

11/10/1620 — b. Anne de Lenclos (Ninon de l’Enclos), French author, philosopher, patron of the arts, salonist and freethinker. Conducted a popular Parisian salon; noted for her work “La Coquette Venge” (1659). Celebrated courtesan; mistress of several prominent men #womenshistory #womenwriters #BOTD

"There is no such thing as conservative feminism. … It borrows feminist words—’choice,’ ‘agency,’ ‘strength’—but drains them of their radical meaning, using them to defend inequality."

11/7/1916 — Jeanette Pickering Rankin, American suffragist, peace activist, reformer, becomes the first woman elected to the United States Congress, Montana-R (1917-19) #womenshistory #gov #law #SheIsTheFirst #TDIH

11/7/1867 — b. Maria Skłodowska (Marie Curie), Polish physicist, chemist, professor. Pioneer researcher of polonium, radium + radioactivity. First wmn prof, U of Paris; first person awarded 2 Nobel Prizes, physics + chemistry. Many honorary sci, med + law degrees #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistSci

11/6/1877 — b. Virginia Ellis Jenckes, American government official, author, women’s rights leader. U.S. Representative IN-D (1933-39); the first female representative from Indiana to be elected to Congress. A leader in the 19th c. women’s rights movement #womenshistory #womensrights #gov

11/5/1872 — Susan B. Anthony and 14 women vote and are then arrested and fined for attempting to cast a ballot on Election Day in Rochester, New York. They refused to pay the fines #womenshistory #womensrights #ReSisters #votingrights

11/5/1857 — b. Ida Tarbell, American journalist, editor, lecturer, #muckraker. Wrote biographies + exposes of corporate America. Noted investigative #journalism on John D. Rockefeller resulted in federal action + the breakup of the Standard Oil under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1911) #womenshistory

11/4/1924 — Nellie Tayloe Ross (Wyoming)+ Miriam Ferguson (Texas), are elected the first + second U.S. women governors. Both elected on the same day, Ferguson was sworn in at a later date than Ross so she is considered the second U.S. wmn governor #womenshistory #gov #law | #SwearHerIn #SeatGrijalva

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A federal trial court in Hawaii has ruled that the FDA violated federal law by imposing medically unnecessary restrictions on mifepristone.

11/3/1918 — b. Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American military officer, women’s advocate, author. United States Army officer; the seventh director of the Women’s Army Corps (1966-71); one of the first two women promoted to the rank of brigadier general (1970) #womenshistory #military #gov #TDIH

It's Saturday. Time for the next installment of The #GileadGazette. Lawmakers pitching wife-training classes, forcing kids to watch fetus cartoons, shutting clinics, and calling abortion “child sacrifice.” #politicalsatire #feminism #bodilyautonomy #prochoice #tradwife #womensrights

10/31/1860 — b. Juliette Gordon Low, American youth leader. Founder, Girl Scouts of America (1913); established the first troop of Girl Guides in the U.S. (1912). Oversaw the composition of the #GirlScouts' handbook (1919), rep at the first intl meeting of Girl Scouts and Guides #womenshistory #BOTD

The Largest Witchcraft Collection in the U.S. | Cornell Library’s Division of Rare + Manuscript Collections holds 3,000+ titles in their Witchcraft Collection rmc.library.cornell.edu/witchcraftco... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #art #history

10/31/1832 — b. Mary Ann Cotton, English serial killer, nurse, housekeeper. Britain’s most prolific known female #serialkiller; convicted + hanged for the murder of her stepson (1873). May have poisoned up to 21 persons; likely killed 3 of 4 husbands #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #Halloween #DarkAngel

5 Notable Women Hanged in the Salem Witch Trials | An elderly widow, a beggar and a church-going woman who made a stand against the trials were among those executed www.history.com/news/notable... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #history

Sirens, Hags & Rebels: Halloween Witches Draw on the History of Women’s Power theconversation.com/sirens-hags-... #Halloween #witches #womenshistory #witchcraft

10/30/1793 — The National Convention assembly in France, elected to produce a new constitution after the overthrow of the monarchy, outlaws all “clubs and popular societies of women.” Two weeks later the Paris Commune barred women from its sessions #womenshistory #womensrights #law #gov #TDIH

10/29/1966 — The National Organization for Women founded by 28 women, announces its incorporation and elects Betty Friedan as president to “bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society NOW!” #womenshistory #womensrights #NOW #TDIH

The Statue of Liberty was dedicated #OTD 1886. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” 🔗 www.nps.gov/stli/index.htm

10/28/1886 — The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor; women were barred from the island and ceremony because it was deemed too crowded and rough for ladies. Women + suffragists chartered a boat to circle the island singing and shouting #womensrights messages. #history #StatueOfLiberty

The Untold Story of Demonizing Women: Why Society Labels Powerful Women as Evil timeslife.com/life-hacks/t... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #history

How the Medieval Witch Image Has Evolved Over Centuries www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h... #Halloween #womenshistory #witches #witchcraft #art #history

10/27/1893 — The National Council of Women of Canada is founded by 1500 women in Toronto, Canada. The mission “to enable the women of Canada to speak with a united voice on matters of public interest”; Lady Aberdeen is elected the first president #CanadianHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #womensrights

10/24/1830 — b. Belva Lockwood, American lawyer, educator, suffragist, feminist. The first woman to graduate from a national law school, and the first woman to practice law in front of the Supreme Court. The second woman to run for #President of the United States #womenshistory #law #SCOTUS #BOTD

South Carolina introduced their "2025-2026 Prenatal Equal Protection Act Bill 3537," that will prosecute women with death sentence or life imprisonment if they engage in any activity that results in the loss of their pregnancy! #sc #southcarolina #womensrights […]

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, what can meeting planners who support women's rights do? I have two suggestions. www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/ev... #meetings #WomensRights #abortion #RoeVersusWade #MeetingPlanners #action #eventprofs #assnchat

10/24/1734 — b. Anna Göldi, Swiss maid and witchcraft victim. She was the last person to be executed in Europe for witchcraft, and the last victim of the European witch craze. She was decapitated by sword on June 13, 1782 #womenshistory #witchcraft #witchhunt #TDIH

sick of being told I’m supposed to kneel when I’m meant to soar #feminism #matriarchynow

10/23/1881 — b. Nina Otero-Warren, American suffragist, homesteader, author, bizwmn. #Latina champion of women’s voting rights + edu in New Mexico. Chair, New Mexico’s Board of Health, exec board of the American Red Cross + NM director of an adult literacy, Works Projects Admin #womenshistory #OTD

A ballroom rises where the First Ladies once stood. The Architecture of Power exposes how Trump’s East Wing demolition turns preservation into control — and history into silence. #WhiteHouse #Democracy #USA #Politics #Resist #History #Breaking #News

It's...gone. ⚠️Make no mistake he demolished this wing because it was a "Womans" Wing, where the first lady & her staff worked from.😔 🔴Clearly, Melania doesnt care to work there & Trump doesnt care about history written by women.😔 #USPolitics #History #WomensRights #FirstLady #USHistory #WhiteHouse

10/23-24/1850 — The First National Woman’s Rights Convention is held at Brinley Hall in Worcester, Mass, bringing national recognition to the women’s movement leaders. Presided over by suffrage leader, Paulina Wright Davis; 900+ mostly male attendees #womenshistory #womensrights #ReSisters #OTD

10/22/1941 — b. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, American historian, author, professor. Pioneer scholar of black women’s history; noted for “African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850-1920” (1998). Professor of history, Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD #womenshistory #blackhistory #woc

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Republicans’ march toward unilaterally passing a congressional redistricting plan in November continued apace Tuesday, as the GOP-dominated Ohio Redistricting Commission convened for less than half an hour without accomplishing anything. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...

It's time for the next installment of the #GileadGazette.♀️✊ Death Penalty for Abortion obviously means Pro-Life 🙏😇 Watch on TT or YT: 【ꚠ】 www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Ap8rUM/ 📺 youtube.com/shorts/IgyaE... #womensrights #politicalsatire #abortionrights #reproductivefreedom #maga @jessicavalenti.bsky.social

10/22/1885 — b. Pavla Buzková, Czech author, journalist, critic, women’s rights activist. Wrote essays, fiction, and literary criticism; active in the women’s movement. Published the “Progressive Opinion on the Woman’s Question” (1909) #Czech #womenshistory #womenwriters #womensrights

📅Oct 21, 1970 The first women's liberation demonstration took place in Tokyo, sparking a new wave of feminist movement in the country. The protest demanded legalizing contraception & opposition to the prohibiting of abortion. The pill was legalized in 1999. #WomenInSTEM #WomenMakingHistory

10/20/2011 — “Miss Representation,” a documentary film on the media’s misrepresentation of the value of women and girls, airs on OWN #womenshistory #womensrights #MissRep #WomenNotObjects #media #DVAM #TDIH

10/20/1873 — b. Nellie McClung, Canadian gov official, author, suffragist, feminist,activist. One of Canada’s #FamousFive wmn who petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to legally declare wmn “Persons” so they could be appointed to the Senate #womenshistory #womensrights #PersonsDay #CanadianHistory

10/20/1847 — Elizabeth Blackwell’s application to medical school is accepted after previously being denied admission to 29 medical schools. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States + the first woman on the U.K. Medical Register #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #HistMed