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Women

Marguerite Kearns: Unfinished Women’s Rights Revolution (Podcast)

June 11, 2021 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast the guest is Marguerite Kearns, author of Unfinished Revolution: Edna Buckman Kearns and the Struggle for Women’s Rights (SUNY Press, 2021). The book explores how Edna Buckman Kearns’s focus on women’s suffrage and world peace affected her family then and now. [Read more…] about Marguerite Kearns: Unfinished Women’s Rights Revolution (Podcast)

Filed Under: Books, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Podcasts, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Layered Citizenship: Amended Podcast’s Final Episode

May 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Amended PodcastWhen the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, millions of Native American women still could not vote. The U.S. government did not recognize them as citizens. And if U.S. citizenship required renouncing tribal sovereignty, many Native women didn’t want it. But early-twentieth-century writer, composer, and activist Zitkála-Šá was determined to fight for both. [Read more…] about Layered Citizenship: Amended Podcast’s Final Episode

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Indigenous History, Native American History, Podcasts, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Author Asks: What Was The Suffrage Movement Really Like?

April 13, 2021 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

An Unfinished RevolutionMarguerite Kearns started asking questions about her suffragist grandmother Edna Buckman Kearns when she was ten years old. She couldn’t understand why no photos of Edna were displayed in the home where she was raised. She realized later that family members hadn’t processed the grief of Edna’s death in 1934. They loved her, and reminders of family history, including photos, made the matter worse. [Read more…] about Author Asks: What Was The Suffrage Movement Really Like?

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Books, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

Trailblazing Women: Geraldine Ferraro

March 29, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Jimmy Carter with Congresswomen Geraldine FerraroGeraldine Ferraro, born in Newburgh and later of the South Bronx, would make history as the first female Vice Presidential nominee for a major party. In 1984, Democratic Presidential nominee Walter Mondale announced that Congresswoman of New York would be his running mate. [Read more…] about Trailblazing Women: Geraldine Ferraro

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: National Archives, Newburgh, Political History, The Bronx, Women, womens history

Trailblazing Women: Mae Jemison

March 24, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Mission Specialist Mae Jemison courtesy National ArchivesMae Carol Jemison became the first African American woman accepted into NASA’s space training program on June 4th, 1987. Five years later, on September 12th, 1992, she became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor. [Read more…] about Trailblazing Women: Mae Jemison

Filed Under: History Tagged With: National Archives, Women, womens history

Trailblazing Women: Jeannette Rankin

March 22, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Jeannette Rankin in motion picture newsreel films used for a documentary series on World War IAfter helping to secure women the right to vote in Montana in 1914, Jeanette Rankin was the first woman to be sworn into Congress in April 1917. [Read more…] about Trailblazing Women: Jeannette Rankin

Filed Under: History Tagged With: National Archives, Political History, Women, womens history

Trailblazing Women: Amelia Earhart

March 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Amelia Earhart courtesy National ArchivesIn 1922, Amelia Earhart set a record for reaching the highest altitude for a woman pilot, flying to 14,000 feet. Six years later, Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.

In the following 10 years, Earhart continued to set aviation records for speed and distance. She also helped create a women’s aviation club, the Ninety-Nines, and was elected the first president. The organization still exists today and works to promote female pilots. [Read more…] about Trailblazing Women: Amelia Earhart

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Aviation History, National Archives, Women, womens history

Women Spies for the French Resistance

March 19, 2021 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast the guest is Sarah Patten, author of The Measure of Gold (Ashland Press, 2020) a historical novel set in Europe in the Second World War with a focus on French Resistance women spies. Patten discusses the lives of actual spies including Virginia Hall, an American woman who later served with the CIA. [Read more…] about Women Spies for the French Resistance

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Military History, Podcasts, Women, womens history

Trailblazing Women: Shirley Chisholm

March 18, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rules Committee 95th Congress 1977In 1969, Shirley Chisholm became the first African American woman to serve in Congress, representing New York’s 12th Congressional District. She was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971 and the Congressional Women’s Caucus in 1977. Chisholm was also the first woman and the first African American to seek the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972. [Read more…] about Trailblazing Women: Shirley Chisholm

Filed Under: History Tagged With: National Archives, Political History, Women, womens history

Hair Stylist Miriam Cordwell Subject of Rockland History Podcast

March 16, 2021 by Clare Sheridan Leave a Comment

crossroads of rockland historyOn the latest episode of the “Crossroads of Rockland History” podcast the topic was the life and legacy of Miriam Cordwell (1908-1986) – the trailblazing, innovating and award-winning hair stylist. Clare Sheridan’s guest was Cordwell’s niece, Judith Brodil. [Read more…] about Hair Stylist Miriam Cordwell Subject of Rockland History Podcast

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Historical Society of Rockland County, Podcasts, Rockland County, Women, womens history

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