Women and Adversity
Women and Adversity: Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Activist
February 25, 2021On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks of Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger. She was arrested because it was the law that Black passengers cede their seats to white ...
Women and Adversity: Lucille Clifton First Black Poet Laureate of Maryland
February 11, 2021Lucille Clifton aimed to have Americans realize, through her poetry and other writings, that Blacks made noteworthy contributions in the United States. She is known for the impact her poems ma ...
Women and Adversity: Louisine Havemeyer, Suffragist, Art Collector
January 28, 2021Socialite and art collector Louisine Havemeyer understood she’d probably be arrested and jailed if she participated in the suffrage demonstration in front of the White House on February 9, 1 ...
Women and Adversity Blog: 2021
January 14, 2021Along with all the people in countries around the world, U.S. residents are happy to leave 2020 behind and look forward to a prosperous, healthy 2021. What will my blog contain in 2021? Much of ...
Women and Adversity: Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross Born on Christmas Day 1821
December 24, 2020Clarissa “Clara” Barton was born on December 25, 1821, 199 years ago in Oxford, Massachusetts, the youngest of six children. She was a shy girl, and on the recommendation of phrenologist ...
Women and Adversity: Wilhelmina Dowsett Founder, Woman’s Equal Suffrage Association of Hawaiʻi
December 10, 2020The daughter of a native Hawaiʻian mother of royal descent and a German immigrant father who was a coffee planter, Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett campaigned for the rights of th ...
Women and Adversity: Sojourner Truth Abolitionist, Suffragist
November 26, 2020Sojourner Truth died in Battle Creek, Michigan on November 26, 1883, 137 years ago today, Thanksgiving Day 2020. She is one of the bravest women in United States history. In 1826 she cuddle ...
Women and Adversity: Dolores Huerta, Modern Suffragist
November 12, 2020“Identify me as an organizer,” Dolores Huerta says, her strong, vibrant tone defying her ninety years. “Learn that I’ve dedicated my life to teach people to be responsible. Use ...
Luzelma Garza Canales, Ph.D. Latina/Latino Advocate, Rio Grande Valley, Texas
October 29, 2020Luzelma Canales remembers the first time her father, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, could vote. He came home waving the receipt for the poll tax he paid. They may not have had milk that day, ...
Women and Adversity: Deb Boyce Modern Suffragist
October 23, 2020“Never,” Deb Boyce says when asked if she ever missed voting in any election, whether local, state, or national. “I always try and vote my conscience and my heart,” she says. “I like ...