Edith Margaret #Garrud, born Edith Margaret Williams, was one of the first female martial arts teachers in Europe. She is known for training a unit of bodyguards in #jūjutsu techniques for the Women's Social and Political Union, so that they could respond to physical attacks on them by some anti-feminist men.
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#votingRights #suffragettes #suffragists #history #violence #selfDefence

#WomensHistoryMonth

News 12 New Jersey's Della Crews ran the #news about 'The Black Women's #Mural Project' painted on the Women's Rights Information Center's building in Englewood, NJ. These stories are vital to keeping communities updated about the #Black women #suffragists & #Blackwomen's contributions.

Luhrs & Associates was delighted to be a part of publicizing this project led by the Northern NJ Community Foundation's ArtsBergen initiative.

▶Watch: bit.ly/News12MuralReveal

#art

“The bicycle has done more for the emancipation of women than anything else in the world.” #SusanBAnthony 🚲
#WomensHistoryMonth #cycling #ebike #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #Suffragists #TransRightsAreHumanRights

I’m donating this #artwork to a fundraiser hosted by Dakotans for Health. Here’s the link: https://app.galabid.com/idreamedadream/items/01f2305e-578d-4198-9989-c9d583c0e9db?backPath=%2Fidreamedadream%2Fitems

Klaire A. Lockheart, South Dakota Liberty. Ink on Fabric on Canvas. 2020. 14x20".

[Description: An artist in a black dress hold up a horizontal canvas composed of silkscreened #dinosaurs dressed as #suffragists because women have been fighting for human rights since the dawn of time.]

#OnThisDay, 10 Nov 1917, 41 suffragists are arrested outside the White House in Washington DC whilst protesting the force-feeding of suffragists in prison.

The “silent sentinels” were the first political group to picket the White House. From January 1917 to June 1919, over 2,000 women took turns at the protest. Around 500 were arrested in total, with 168 sent to prison.

#Suffragists #VotesForWomen #Histodons #WomenInHistory #WomensHistory