#OnThisDay, 10 Sept 1972, American Doreen Wilber wins Olympic gold in women's archery. It was the first time archery has been included in the Games since 1920.

Wilber took up the sport after her husband was given an archery set. For a decade, she never lost a competition at State level, and set national or world records 18 times.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory #OlympicWomen

#OnThisDay, 9 Sept 1966, Constance Baker Motley became the first Black woman to be a US federal judge when she was sworn in.

She had been the first Black female lawyer to argue a case at the Supreme Court in 1962. And she’d been the first woman to be president of the borough of Manhattan in 1965.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory

Really enjoying this. It's both an impressively erudite and remarkably accessible retelling of #USHistory that centers #Indigenous peoples and obliterates a number of national myths. Highly recommended and worth imitating for historians (like me!) working in other national contexts. #history #AmericanHistory #histodons @histodons

"My subjects don't have the same language of #trauma that we use today, but they are articulating being completely changed by what happened to them in these attacks."

#KidadaEWilliams talks about writing and teaching #BlackHistory, and about her new book #ISawDeathComing: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against #Reconstruction
https://newbooksnetwork.com/i-saw-death-coming

#ReconstructionEra #KuKluxKlan #KKK #KlanTerror #KlanHearings #BlackStudies #USHistory #AmericanHistory #WhiteSupremacy #books

#Whitemen have controlled #women’s #reproductiverights throughout #Americanhistory
https://www.alternet.org/white-men-have-controlled-womens-reproductive-rights-throughout-american-history/

Kurt Andersen in "Fantasyland" explores why America is so peculiar compared to other developed countries. I thought the book was a fascinating page turner, occasionally depressing, and full of dry humor. #KurtAndersen #fantasyland #books #AmericanHistory

#AmericanHistory https://www.history.com/news/war-of-1812-native-americans-tecumseh

#OnThisDay, 1 Sept 1773, Phillis Wheatley's collection of poetry is published in London: the first known collection by an African-American poet.

Read more about her life, and selected poems at: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley (CW: contains descriptions of enslavement)

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #BlackHistory

The rebellion led by an enslaved individual named Gabriel began in Virginia #OTD in 1800. Learn more about Gabriel's Rebellion by listening to ep. 2.21. #history #americanhistory #ushistory https://www.presidenciespodcast.com/221-i-am-gabriel-that-stands-in-the-presence-of-god/

#OnThisDay, 28 Aug 1917, ten of the Silent Sentinels are arrested outside the US White House.

The sentinels were campaigning for women's suffrage, and picketed the White House in silence for two and a half years. Many were assaulted, arrested or jailed during their protest.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen

@michaelgemar @beatnikprof @Tierno158
Reading DuBois' #history of the #Reconstruction & really wishing it were required for anyone majoring in #AmericanHistory

We need a new one, that's for sure:
#PoorPeoplesCampaign

#OnThisDay, 24 Aug 1896, an unknown woman cyclist has a beer at the bar in New Jersey - making headlines in the New York Times.

Chapeau!

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #Cycling #WomenCycling #AmericanHistory #ThrowbackThursday

#reparations #BlackAmericans #BlackHistory #History #AmericanHistory
#FocusNewsAfrica

https://tinyurl.com/yckcu2sc

Born enslaved, craftsman Henry Boyd purchased his freedom and built a successful furniture factory in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Born into slavery in Kentucky, craftsman and entrepreneur Henry Boyd (1802–1886) became one of the most successful African American businessmen of the 19th century.

SOURCE: searchable museum

https://www.searchablemuseum.com/henry-boyds-manufacturing-company

#OnThisDay, 23 Aug 1941, American Virginia Hall arrives in France to work for the British Special Operations Executive for 15 months. The SOE supported the French Resistance to Nazi occupation.

Hall was on the “most wanted” list as 'the limping lady', as she had a false leg due to a shooting accident before the war. She escaped over the Pyrenees to Spain. She then returned to France with the American Office of Strategic Services.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #WorldWar2 #AmericanHistory

The American Antiquarian Society offers visiting fellowships for creative and performing #artists, #writers, #filmmakers, #journalists, and other people producing imaginative works dealing with pre-20th-century #AmericanHistory, #literature, and #culture. The fellowships will provide recipients a period of uninterrupted research, reading, and collegial discussion at the Society, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. The application deadline is October 5. https://american-antiquarian-society.breezy.hr/p/e4eb6c24daed

This children’s book is perfect ! The art and text are amazing. Author Dave Eggers and artist Júlia Sardà spin a quirky historical event into a whimsical and tall-ish true tale of human ingenuity. Highly recommended if your child has a hard time reading nonfiction or history books.

#candlewickpress #picturebook #childrensbook #kidlit #history #historybooks #nonfiction #nonfictionforkids #homeschoolbooks #house #pig #dog #mine #americanhistory

@kidlit @bookstodon

Listening to the audiobook version of "A Fever in the Heartland" by Timothy Egan, which focuses on the rise and (almost) fall of the KKK. On the one hand, the author is drawing intentional parallels to the American political and social turmoil of the last decade. On the other, those parallels certainly exist, and some of them are horrifically stark. I keep grimly muttering, "nothing new under the sun."

https://www.timothyeganbooks.com/afeverintheheartland

#AmReading #history #nonfiction #racism #AmericanHistory

#OnThisDay, 18 Aug 1920, women in the US gain the right to vote when the 19th amendment is ratified by Tennessee, the 36th state to ratify it.

#WomenInHistory #Histodons #AmericanHistory #VotesForWomen #FlashbackFriday

Why does Missouri have the (geographic) bootheel?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Bootheel
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geography #history #cartography #USA #states #missouri #bootheel #americanhistory #gischat

#AmericanHistory https://www.history.com/news/successful-american-women-entrepreneurs-history