10/1/1910 — b. Bonnie Parker, American outlaw, murderer, thief, folk figure. Half of the infamous #outlaws couple known as “Bonnie & Clyde”; she and Clyde Barrow committed a Southern #crime spree of #robberies and #murders (early 1930s); immortalized in #BookSky + movies #womenshistory #law #LawSky
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No Statute of Limitations on Rape | Cornell 7 Women Will Remember in November #womensrights #rape #law #LawSky #RapeCulture #SA #VAW #VAMG #patriarchy #misogyny #reprorights #PolSky #womenshistory #gov #CourtsMatter #JudgesMatter #PolSky #MeToo #PassERA #TitleIX #Cornell7 #IvyLeagues #HigherEd
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Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
9/30/1847 — b. Wilhelmina Drucker, Dutch #womensrights leader, author. Pseud: E. Prezcie, Gipsy + Gitano; early Dutch #feminist. Founder, Free Women’s Assn, an early Dutch women's movement org which addressed wmn’s economic, political + legal equality #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky
Here's a new website dedicated to accountability for the Cornell Seven. www.thecornell7.org Let's make sure these guys suffer. And let's also hammer the administration. #womensrights #cornell7 #rapeculture
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Go ahead. Try and tell me Monty is wrong. It’s long past time for aggressive action. Enough is !%#@ing enough. #rape #laws #justice #womensrights
Dozens of men were in that group chat.
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9/29/1866 — b. Gertrude Barnum, American social worker, #labor reformer, suffragist. National union organizer for the Natl Women’s #Trade Union League. Supervisor of important women’s #strikes addressing humane working conditions (the first decade of the 20th c.) #womenshistory #unions #womensrights
Abortion is healthcare! And it should be treated as such. That’s why our lawyers work around the globe to get outdated laws and policies off the books and ensure safe and private access to care WITHOUT punishment. Learn more about this important work:
What Is Abortion Decriminalization? - Center for Reproductive Rights
Abortion decriminalization means treating abortion as healthcare, not a crime. Learn what it is, why it matters, and how it protects health, rights, and access to care.
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9/28/1865 — b. Emma Guy Cromwell, American #gov official, suffragist, #womensrights activist. Early female Kentucky politician; KY state librarian(1896). First KY wmn state office holder as sec of state (1923), treasurer (1927), director of libraries+archives ('37) #womenshistory #LibrarySky #PolSky
Trump refused to sign UN resolution of equal rights for women women are nothing to them not even Human just to be used like toilet paper. The right wing has zero respect for women girls wives teenagers grandmothers anyone without a penis doesn't count to them and we are 51% of the population
🕊️ Suffragette Disagreements: How the Women’s Freedom League was founded in September 1907 In 1907 a delegation of notable suffragettes — including Teresa Billington-Greig and Charlotte Despard —
9/25/1863 — b. Nellie Nugent Somerville, American #gov official, suffrage/temperance leader, child labor activist. Founder, Mississippi Wmn Suffrage Assn(1897); treasurer, Southern Wmn Suff Assn(1913), VP of NAWSA (1915). First wmn state rep, Mississippi(1923-27) #womenshistory #womensrights #PolSky
She spent her career fighting rules that told her what women couldn't do. Barbara "Dusty" Roads was a stewardess, a union leader, and one of the women who took on the airline industry — and helped rewrite the rules for working women everywhere. ElaineRock.com #BookTok #WomensHistory #DustyRoads
9/24/1825 — b. Frances E. W. Harper, American author, essayist, poet, suffragist, abolitionist. Well-known African-American author; the first Af-Am wmn to be published,“The Two Offers” story, Anglo-African Mag(1859). Co-organizer,Natl Assn of Colored Wmn #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #woc
9/23/1970 — The first Virginia Slims woman-only tennis tournament is held. Previous professional women's #tennis tournaments were always held in conjunction w/mens events, promoters thought wmns events would not draw enough attendees #womenshistory #WomenInSports #sports #YouveComeAlongWayBaby #WNBA
9/23/1942 — b. Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican #gov official, businesswoman, philanthropist. The first female and eighth Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (2001-05), the mayor of San Juan (1997-2001), the 12th Secretary of State of #PuertoRico (1988-89) #womenshistory #PolSky #law #woc
📜 New blog post! @claireelder.bsky.social explores the life of Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar, revealing a multifaceted portrait through her correspondence on domestic matters, legal affairs and religious affiliations womenshistoryscotland.org/2026/09/20/m... #WomensHistory #EarlyModernHistory
9/23/1843 — b. Emily Warren Roebling, American engineer, attorney, activist. Chief civil engineer of the #BrooklynBridge after her husband became ill; responsible for the completion of the bridge (1883). Law degree, New York Univ wmn’s #law class (1889) #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #CivilEngineering
9/21/1855 — b. Etta Semple, American author, freethinker, #publishers, philanthropist, feminist. Novelist, newspaper editor, medical intuitive, atheist, radical, socialist, humanitarian. Founder, Kansas Freethought Assn; published the “Free Thought Vindicator” #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky
The photo from yesterday's entry was wrong it will be re-posted with the correct photo
9/22/1857 — b. Anita Augspurg, German lawyer, jurist, feminist, pacifist. The first doctor of law in the German Empire not permitted to practice (1897). Campaigned for #womensrights in German Civil Code; co-founder wmn suffrage assn, Hamburg (1902), Bavaria (1913) #womenshistory #law #LawSky #PolSky
The 412 number was as of Sept., 2025. As of then, Alabama, Oklahoma, and South Carolina accounted for the majority of cases. #AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensRights www.pregnancyjusticeus.org/press/new-da...
9/18/1889 — b. Doris Blackburn, Australian #gov official, social reformer, pacifist, #civilrights activist. Member of Parliament, Australian House of Representatives (1946-49); president of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (1928-30) #womenshistory #PolSky #pacifists #reformers
9/17/1872 — b. Cora Frances Stoddard, American temperance reformer, author, lecturer. Key authority on the scientific aspects of #alcohol; leader, Scientific Temperance Federation (30yrs); #gov rep for both US & intl congresses on #publichealth + alcohol #womenshistory #womenwriters #HistSci #PolSky
This administration's EPA won't regulate emissions or do anything that actually protects the environment, but they will do this unscientific and misogynist nonsense. From @jessicavalenti.bsky.social:
BREAKING: EPA Will Test Drinking Water for Abortion Pills & Contraception
The federal agency just caved to years of anti-abortion pressure
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9/16/1851 — b. Emilia Pardo Bazan, Countess of Pardo Bazán, Spanish author, journalist, #literary critic, poet, playwright, translator. Wrote novels + short stories; the first female professor in Spain, chair of #literature at the University of Madrid #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #EduSky