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There's someone in history for all of us! Find yours with the #HerStoryPodcast! itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Celebrate Women's History Month with @prsanashville and @ChickHistory on March 31. Follow the link for details: eventbrite.com/e/prsa-nashvil…

Quick question: when you visit your patients in the mountains on house calls, do you take a horse and buggy, or go bareback on your mule like Dr. May Cravath? I thought so. 🐴 💼👩🏻‍⚕️ #tennesseewomenshistorycalendar #womenshistory Learn more >> march.chickhistory.org

Jackie Mitchell, signed to #ChattanoogaLookouts & struck out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in 1931 exhibition game. Swing and a miss! 😲🙌🙌⚾️Featured in the #tennesseewomenshistorycalendar! #baseball #Chattanooga #womenshistory #sportshistory. Learn more >> march.chickhistory.org

Callie House, founded a national “ex-slave” reparations association in 1896 in #Nashville ✊🏾🇺🇸🦅featured in the #tennesseewomenshistorycalendar #marchtothe19th #africanamericanhistory #womenshistory Learn more >>>> march.chickhistory.org

Minnie Lou Crosthwaite...in 1897 became first African American teacher in #Nashville public schools 📚👩🏾‍🎓🍎...featured in #Tennesseewomenshistorycalendar #womenshistory #Tennessee #africanamericanhistory #Marchtothe19th Learn more >> March.chickhistory.org

“It’s important to recognize Lilias Adie and the thousands of men and women accused of witchcraft in early Scotland were not the evil people history has portrayed...They were the innocent victims of unenlightened time.” Read more: #sD2yz74qxD7cvQME.99" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wan… via @smithsonianmag

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"Participating Orgs are planning events for entire community to participate in dialogue, learning, performances, exhibits & voter education, & to recognize work it takes to maintain a thriving democracy." #more-3798" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">chickhistory.org/2019/08/16/chi… #NashSuffrage100 #WomensVote100

The black Georgia school teacher who turned out to be a Union spy ajc.com/news/state--re…

"In her investigations into the causes of blindness, she...soon connected the mistreatment of the blind to the oppression of workers, women, and other groups, leading her to embrace socialism, feminism, and pacifism." yesmagazine.org/people-power/t…

New on the blog from the Women's History Affinity Community! Exploring women's history through the items they carried with them at the @EssePurseMuseum. aaslh.org/esse-purse-mus…

It’s What’s Inside That Counts: The ⁦@EssePurseMuseum⁩ | via ⁦@AASLH⁩ aaslh.org/esse-purse-mus…

Thread 3/3: “It is our hope that public historians and museum professionals will apply this Value Statement to their 2020 programming and develop robust interpretation that offers deeper historic understandings of the multiplicities and inequalities of suffrage in America.”

Thread 2/3: “Interpreting this history is both rewarding and challenging. As with all American history, suffrage comes with many victories and inspiring narratives, but it also comes with complexities and flaws,” said Rebecca Price, Chick History President/CEO.

Thread 1/3: @AASLH Releases 19th Amendment Centennial Value Statement to help guide #Suffrage interpretation as we approach this important anniversary. @ChickHistory President/CEO Served as Chair of Task Force. chickhistory.org/2019/07/01/aas…

A 13-year-old girl’s Holocaust diary is reborn — on Instagram cnn.it/2PF10cr via @CNN

We are proud to present "East Tennessee Voices: #AfricanAmerican Women & Political Activity" produced in partnership with @TheBeckCenter & @EastTennPBS with funding from @etfoundation. View full program here: youtube.com/watch?v=KjosGR… #suffrage #Marchtothe19th

How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-in…