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Sue Gardner Named 2021 Martha Washington Woman of History

February 23, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Sue GardnerHistorical archivist and librarian Sue Gardner has been named the 2021 Martha Washington Woman of History.

This award is given annually by Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site to a woman who has made a contribution to the history of the Hudson Valley through education, promotion, or preservation. Martha Washington resided in the Hudson Valley with her husband, General George Washington, during the last days of the Revolutionary War. [Read more…] about Sue Gardner Named 2021 Martha Washington Woman of History

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Washington's Headquarters, Women, womens history

Women’s Rights Park Offers Digital Collection of Hunt Papers

December 31, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Women’s Rights National Historical Park has announced the digital availability of a set of personal and business papers held by the Jane and Richard Hunt family.

The Hunt Family Papers include over 1,100 plans, contracts, essays, store records, and correspondence dating from 1828 to 1856. [Read more…] about Women’s Rights Park Offers Digital Collection of Hunt Papers

Filed Under: History, Western NY Tagged With: Suffrage Movement, Women, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, womens history

Amended Podcast: Embers and Activism

December 27, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

amended podcastOn March 25th, 1911, a fire swept through the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, claiming the lives of 146 workers. Most of the victims were young immigrant women from Eastern and Southern Europe. In the wake of the fire, a group of women labor activists fought to ensure that the tragedy led to concrete change. [Read more…] about Amended Podcast: Embers and Activism

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Books, Immigration, Podcasts, Suffrage Movement, Women, womens history

An Interview With Feminist Activist Muriel Fox

December 25, 2020 by Clare Sheridan Leave a Comment

crossroads of rockland historyOn the December 2020 episode of “Crossroads of Rockland History,” Clare Sheridan welcomed feminist trailblazer Muriel Fox. While living in Tappan, Muriel Fox made history with Betty Friedan when they, and other prominent feminists, founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1966. [Read more…] about An Interview With Feminist Activist Muriel Fox

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: feminism, Historical Society of Rockland County, Podcasts, Political History, Rockland County, Women, womens history

New Book: The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902

December 15, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Great Kosher Meat WarBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

Scott D. Seligman’s new book The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902: Immigrant Housewives and the Riots That Shook New York City (Potomac Books, 2020) is a full account of the Great Kosher Meat War of 1902, a milestone in the history of Jewish-American women. [Read more…] about New Book: The Great Kosher Meat War of 1902

Filed Under: Books, Food, History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Culinary History, Cultural History, Immigration, Jewish History, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, Religion, Religious History, womens history

Harlem’s “Black Beauty” Mills; London’s Josephine Baker

December 7, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp 2 Comments

Bassanos portrait of Lord KitchenerBorn in 1799, Clemente Bassano (the family name originates from the Veneto region of Italy) settled in London and started his career as a fishmonger in Soho. By 1825 he ran a warehouse from Jermyn Street, St James’s, importing almonds, oil, capers, and macaroni.

His daughter Louise was an opera singer who toured with Franz Liszt on his London visit in 1840/1. Her brother Alessandro became a high society photographer with a studio in Regent Street. His portrait of Horatio Kitchener was used during the First World War for an iconic recruitment poster. [Read more…] about Harlem’s “Black Beauty” Mills; London’s Josephine Baker

Filed Under: Arts, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: art, Art History, Black History, Dance, Harlem, Harlem Renaissance, Performing Arts, Theatre, Women, womens history

Frances Perkins: The First Woman Named To A Presidential Cabinet

December 4, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast Jim Kaplan chronicles the achievements of the first woman member of a Presidential cabinet. Frances Perkins was FDR’s Secretary of Labor who helped design Social Security.  [Read more…] about Frances Perkins: The First Woman Named To A Presidential Cabinet

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Podcasts, Political History, politics, womens history

Opportunity to Honor Suffragists Extended

December 4, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

pomeroy foundation signThe William G. Pomeroy Foundation has announced that its Women’s Suffrage Marker nomination deadline has been extended to January 15th, 2021. [Read more…] about Opportunity to Honor Suffragists Extended

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Suffrage Movement, William Pomeroy Foundation, Women, womens history

Kathryn Starbuck: Saratoga Suffragist, Attorney, and Politician

November 30, 2020 by Guest Contributor 1 Comment

Kathryn Helene StarbuckKathryn Helene Starbuck was born in Saratoga Springs in 1887, only a few years after her father, Edgar Starbuck, had moved to town and purchased a department store on Broadway. Kathryn was a bright young girl and after graduating from Saratoga Springs High School went on to earn a degree from Vassar College in 1911.

In 1914, she became one of the first female graduates of Albany Law School and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association the following year. [Read more…] about Kathryn Starbuck: Saratoga Suffragist, Attorney, and Politician

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Political History, politics, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Saratoga County History Center, Saratoga County History Roundtable, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Statute of Liberty Protest: Picture Book Highlights Women’s 1886 Demonstration

November 2, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Book purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

Angelica Shirley Carpenter’s new children’s picture book The Voice of Liberty (South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2020), with illustrations by Edwin Fotheringham, tells the story of three women’s rights activists, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Lillie Devereux Blake, and Lillie’s daughter, Katherine Devereux Blake, who staged a protest at the dedication of the Statue of Liberty on October 28, 1886.

Why protest that statue? Because they thought it wrong for Liberty to be portrayed as a woman when women had no liberty, not even the right to vote, in the United States. [Read more…] about Statute of Liberty Protest: Picture Book Highlights Women’s 1886 Demonstration

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Statue of Liberty, Suffrage Movement, womens history

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