4/2/1945 — b. Anne Waldman, American poet, author, performer, professor, scholar, activist. Leading figure of the beat poetry generation; member, Outrider experimental poetry mvmnt. 40+ books of #poetry and poetics; grant recipient, Natl Endowment for the Arts #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky

4/1/1872 — b. Kersten Hesselgren, Swedish government official, sociologist. The first female elected to both houses of the Swedish Riksdag (1921); she introduced the subject of the “legal status of women” at the League of Nations (1931) #womenshistory #womensrights #law #LawSky #PolSky #gov

3/31/1823 — b. Mary Boykin Chesnut, American author, confederate diarist. One of the most respected ladies of Charleston, South Carolina; she is noted for a book based on her extensive #CivilWar diary, final version published posthumously (1905) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

3/30/1901 — b. Catherine Dorris Norrell, American #gov official, educator, musician. U.S. Rep Arkansas-D(1961-63); sponsored a joint resolution calling for passage of the #EqualRightAmendment (1961).Deputy Asst Secretary of State under JFK(1963) #WomensHistoryMonth #womensrights #PolSky #LawSky #law

3/27/1899 — b. Maria Rasputin, Russian circus legend, author, #feminist icon. Circus performer, lion tamer, riveter, dancer w/ Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey; wrote three books on her life + her father, Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin #WomensHistoryMonth #circus #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

3/26/1913 — b. Jacqueline Worms de Romilly, French philologist, classical scholar, professor, author. Renown for her works on ancient Greek #language + culture. 1st woman nominated to the Collège de France, 2nd wmn to enter the Académie Française (1988) #WomensHistoryMonth #AcademicSky #WriterSky

3/25/1911 — Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial | Primary Sources: The 1910’s: Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire cnu.libguides.com/c.php?g=5817... #TriangleFire #WomensHistoryMonth #labor #safety #law #UShistory #LawSky #gov #fire Remember the Triangle Fire | Never Forget

3/25/1911 — 115th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, NYC | 123 women + 23 men burned or jumped to their deaths. The tragedy was a historic turning point for U.S. #labor rights that demanded workplace safety legislation #TriangleFire #WomensHistoryMonth #law #LawSky #PolSky #TDIH

#WomensHistoryMonth #womenshistory #womensrights #ReproRights #VotingRights #LawSky #PolSky #gov #law #19A #WomenWillRememberInNovember!

3/25/1872 — b. Natsu Higuchi, Japanese author, poet. Pseudonym Ichiyō Higuchi; an important pivotal writer in Japanese literature. Considered the most important writer, and first modern woman writer of Japan’s Meiji period (1868-1912) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky #WHM2026

3/24/1890 — b. Agnes Macphail, #Canadian #gov official, reformer. The first woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons(1921-40); early woman, Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1943-45, 1948-51). Champion of Ontario’s first #EqualPay legislation (1951) #WomensHistoryMonth #PolSky #LawSky #law #WHM

3/23/1895 — b. Salvadora Medina Onrubia, Argentinian author, anarchist, #feminist, businesswoman. Journalist, poet, playwright, translator, narrator; wrote many plays + staged productions for children,translated plays from Eng + French #WomensHistoryMonth #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #WHM

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #MathSky #SciSky #HistSci #FoodSky #BookSky #womenwriters #cookbooks #cooking #food #WHM2026

Spring 1848 — Mary Upton Ferrin, #womensrights advocate, consults a lawyer about divorce and learns that all of a married woman’s property belongs to her husband under common #law. The first woman to petition Massachusetts to change the law on behalf of women #WomensHistoryMonth #LawSky #gov #PolSky

3/20/1612 — b. Anne Dudley Bradstreet, early Colonial-American poet. The first writer to be published in the North American colonies; the first important American #poet. Her works depicted American colonial life experience + sold well in England #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky

Sally Ride was a NASA astronaut, role model, and advocate for women in STEM. In 1983, she boarded the Challenger and became the first American woman in space. Once she reached the stars, Sally spent the rest of her life encouraging girls to do the same.

Libraries are spaces where people can gather without spending money, learn together, and build the kind of shared intellectual life that authoritarianism seeks to destroy.

3/19/1882 — b. Minnie Fish, American suffrage leader, political activist. A leading liberal Texas Democrat; important natl suffrage mvmnt figure. President, TX Equal Suffrage Assn(1915); co-founder, @lwvus.bsky.social; founder, Wmns Natl Democratic Club #womensrights #PolSky #gov #WomensHistoryMonth

3/18/1853 — b. Emilie Kempin-Spyri, Swiss lawyer, lecturer. The first female Doctor of Law in both Europe and Switzerland, graduated University of Zürich (1887). She was also the first Swiss woman to become an academic lecturer #WomensHistoryMonth #law #LawSky #EduSky #AcademicSky #WHM

10 Nordic Women Artists You Should Know by Joanna Kaszubowska for @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social www.dailyartmagazine.com/10-nordic-wo...

3/17/1862 — b. Martha Platt Falconer, American social worker, #womensrights activist, philanthropist. Pioneer social champion who instituted change for homeless+delinquent girls from a system of incarceration to homes for rehabilitation, #edu + social adjustment #EduSky #law #gov #WomensHistoryMonth

3/16/1920 — b. Dorothea Binz, Germary #Nazi officer. Ravensbrück concentration camp guard, deputy chief wardress #WWII (1943-45); one of the most abusive + malicious women in the SS. Trained/directed 100+ wmn SS guards; convicted of war crimes, hanged (1947) #WomensHistoryMonth #fascist #PolSky #WHM

Sara A. Underwood, who died #onthisday in 1911, was a pioneering humanist, freethinker, and suffragist whose life was dedicated to advancing rational thought, women's rights, and secular ethics. #WomensHistoryMonth #HumanistHeritage heritage.humanists.uk/sara-a-under...

3/16/1900 — b. Eveline Burns, British-American economist, author. Co-designer of the U.S. #SocialSecurity system; presidential committee on Economic Security (1934). Professor of #economics, Columbia; critic of Am Med Assn for opposing Medicare #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM #EconSky #PolSky #gov

Women's History Month - 15 March: Susette La Flesche Tibbles ("Bright Eyes") "The legislation of the government has been directed rather to the protection of the rights of money and property than to the best good of the citizen." #WethePeople #Resist #ICRI #StrongerTogether #WomensHistoryMonth

Anne Neville, Queen of England, died on this day in 1485 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2015/06/12/a...

Did you know 80% of women in jails across the US are mothers and primary caregivers? #WomensHistoryMonth

We're a bit partial to stories about the West... like Biddy Mason who was born into slavery in Georgia, was moved to CA and petitioned the court for her freedom in 1856 and won. She settled in Los Angeles, worked as a nurse, midwife, real estate entrepreneur, and philanthropist. #WomensHistoryMonth

#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #IWD2026

Since Trump has been in office women have experienced more online abuse. NOW and Incogni surveyed 10,000 women across the U.S. and found more than 1 in 4 women (27%) have experienced online abuse, with 55% of respondents identifying as a member of the LGBTQIA+ community reporting online abuse.

The Commission on the Status of Women pledges that no one will be left behind in the global fight for women and girls’ human rights and fundamental freedoms. #humanrights #genderequality #OnGender #womensrights #girlcode #ResistanceUnited

3/13/1906 — Susan B. Anthony, early American #womensrights leader and abolitionist, dies at 86 in Rochester, NY — 14 years prior to the passage of the 19th Amendment (1920). She bequeathed her entire estate of $10,000 to the cause of woman suffrage #WomensHistoryMonth #gov #law #LawSky #PolSky #WHM

3/13/1813 — b. Jane Elizabeth Jones, American abolitionist, suffragist, author, orator. Co-editor, "Anti-Slavery Bugle" (1845-49); wrote "The Young Abolitionists" (1848) for children. Speaker at the national #womensrights conventions (1852, 1856 & 1860) #WomensHistoryMonth #WriterSky #PolSky #KidLit

3/12/1934 — b. Virginia Hamilton, American author. Influential Af-Am children’s book author; changed children’s literature for generations of readers w/her impressive body of work. Wrote 41 books in many genres; recipient of every major #KidLit award #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #woc

#OHIOUniversity Dean of Women Irma Voigt hosts a cozy fireside chat with students in her home for today’s #TBT 💚 Circa 1948. Full image: https://bit.ly/ou-ua-voigtfireside1948 #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #OHIOUniversityArchives

3/11/1849 — b. Eliza Jane Nicholson, American newspaper publisher, editor, journalist, poet. Newspaper pioneer; owner, ed, pub "The Daily Picayune," New Orleans (1876-96). President, Wmn’s Natl Press Assn(1884); pres, Intl Wmn’s Press Assn(‘85) #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #FreePress

Visit our website cwhf.org, Go to our channel, youtube.com/@ctwomenshalloffame,bios and watch bios of our inductees. #WomensHistoryMonth #HarrietTubmanDay #CWHF ;#HarrietTubman #KristenGriest #JosephineBaker #VirginiaHall #FlorenceFitch #ReginaRushKittle #WomenWarriors #SupportWomensHistory”

New poll from NOW: Women feel less safe reporting abuse and sexual assault in the wake of the #Epsteinfiles. 63% of women say reporting feels less safe—yet only 46% of men recognize that reality. 😔 now.org/media-center...

3/10/1850 — b. Hallie Quinn Brown, American clubwoman, educator, author, activist, orator. Leader, Af-Am women’s club mvmnt; principal organizer, Colored Women’s League of Wash, DC (1893). Dramatic elocutionist; key role in Harlem Renaissance #WomensHistoryMonth #EduSky #PolSky #WriterSky #woc #BHM

3/9/1928 — b. Graciela Olivarez, American lawyer, #gov official, professor. The first female + the first Hispanic graduate, Notre Dame Law Sch. Director, U.S. Community Services Admin (1977); chair, Mexican-American Legal Defense + Education Fund #WomensHistoryMonth #EduSky #LawSky #law #PolSky #WHM

The Historical Timeline of #InternationalWomensDay • National Woman’s Day was first observed in the U.S. on Feb 28, 1909, in accordance w/a declaration by the Socialist Party of America • At the 2nd Intl Conference of Working Women (1910), Clara Zetkin proposed that every year in every country

3/8/1856 — b. Mary Wright Plummer, American librarian, children’s author. Library science pioneer; set-up first art reference dept + a kid-friendly children’s library. President, NY #Library Club (1896); 2nd pres, American Lib Assn(1915) #InternationalWomensDay #WHM2026 #LibrarySky #BookSky #KidLit

3/6/1879 — b. Carmela Nieto de Herrera, Cuban journalist, author, social advocate, feminist, philanthropist. The first female journalist in Cuba; wrote political works, #kidlit + many essays, stories, articles for mags + newspapers #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #IWD #FreePress

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSports #IWD2026 #WHM2026 #InternationalWomensDay #surfing #Barbie

Almost three in 10 of the world’s top universities are now led by a woman, a new record, according to data collected by Times Higher Education #internationalwomensday #highered https://ow.ly/qlaX50Yo43h

More than half a billion women and girls living today are, or were, child brides. Among young adult women aged 20 to 24, one in five was married before age 18. msmagazine.com/2026/03/04/c...

3/5/1847 — b. Emma Kaili Metcalf Beckley Nakuina, American historian, author, curator, jurist. Hawaiian historian, cultural writer; authority on ancient laws + water rights #law. First curator of Hawaii National Museum; early female Hawaiian judge #WomensHistoryMonth #womenwriters #WriterSky #LawSky

Rules demanding identical passport names risk discriminating against women who are legally required to use different surnames. The government must clarify the exemption and guarantee fair treatment. #Equality #WomensRights

3/4/1889 — b. Pearl White, American actor, stunt person, #womensrights activist. The “Stunt Queen” of #silentfilms; one of the most successful early American film stars. Intl renown for “The Perils of Pauline” (1914), a role in which she performed her own stunts #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM #WomenInFilm

3/3/1913 — The Great Suffrage Parade of 1913 | Alice Paul + Lucy Burns organize a National American Woman Suffrage Assn parade of 5000+ women who march along Penn Ave in Wash,DC on the day preceding Pres. Wilson’s inauguration #WomensHistoryMonth #womensrights #votingrights #PolSky #LawSky #law #gov