Feminist women in history

I can't remember how it happened, but last spring in a discussion on Facebook, a decision was made to host a Suffragette Tea. I know I was beginning to research the Hello Girls for the Centennial of the WWI armistice and somehow, this being an election year, it just seemed the thing to do! 1918 was a big year in the Women's Suffrage movement. In 1918, President Wilson switched his stand on women’s voting rights from objection to support . Wilson partially tied the proposed suffrage amendment…

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"Maybe you long to lay your hands on someone’s head and speak comfort to them from the Holy Ghost. Maybe Heavenly Mother has moved in you, and now you can’t pray to the Father alone. Maybe, maybe, maybe." #LDS https://www.the-exponent.com/so-you-think-you-might-be-a-mormon-feminist/

1970 - The Statue of Liberty Has Long Been a Magnet for Protest - A group of women rally at the Statue of Liberty in August, 1970. In the background on the Statue of Liberty reads a banner saying, “Women of the World Unite.” In 1970, feminist Betty Friedan called for a national women’s strike on August 26 to mark the 50th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted U.S. women the right to vote. (Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images). HISTORY

A group of young black women raise their fists in a black power salute. Photo credit: Getty Does anyone know when this photo was taken, who the photographer was, and where it was taken?

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"Women Unite for Women's Liberation," an estimated 4,000 men, women and children braved the sleet and snow for the first women’s liberation march on March 6, 1971 from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. Photo credit: Tony McGrath — at Trafalgar Square.

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