Today in HERstory 1536 – Anne Boleyn stood trial in London on charges of high treason, adultery, witchcraft, & incest. Henry VIII claimed she “bewitched him,” and she was accused of having sex with her brother and three other men. She was condemned to death & executed on May 19th

Today in HERstory - 1888 Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil signed the Lei Áurea (golden law), abolishing all slavery in Brazil. Her previous laws had freed all children born to slave parents, and all slaves who reached the age of 60.
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For all kinds of moms 🫶🏼💐

Today in HERstory 1817 – Fanny Cerrito was born. She was a prima ballerina and choreographer of Rosida; one of the few women in the 19th Century to be acclaimed as a choreographer.
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Today in HERstory 1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was born. She was an astronomer & astrophysicist, first person to receive a Ph.D. in astronomy from Radcliffe.She was the first to apply laws of atomic physics to the study of the temperature and density of stellar bodies

Today in HERstory 1953 – Eleanor Roosevelt lobbied Congress for a National Teachers’ Day. In 1985, the National PTA expanded her idea into Teacher Appreciation Week, held during the first full week in May, and co-sponsored by the National Education Association
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Today in HERstory 1929 – Miyoshi Umeki was born. She was an actress & singer; first Asian and first Asian woman to win an Academy Award for acting, for her supporting role as Katsumi in Sayonaraz.
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Today in HERstory 1748Olympe de Gouges was born. She was a playwright, philosopher, feminist, & abolitionist. She wrote the famous Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen after the petition for equal rights for women presented to the National Assembly
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Grab your saw and your flannel shirt! It’s time to step into the world of the Lumberjills! In this live action role play game you can learn more about the women of the WWII Women’s Timber Corps while felling trees!
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Today in HERstory 1880 – Winifred Brunton was born. She was an Egyptologist, painter, and illustrator; her portraits of Egyptian pharaohs were published in Kings and Queens of Ancient Egypt (1926).
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Today in HERstory 1864 – Nellie Bly was born. Nellie is the pen-name of journalist & author Elizabeth Jane Cochrane. She was a pioneer of investigative journalism, especially for her exposé of conditions in a mental institution, & record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days.

May the 4th be with you ✨🌌

Today in HERstory 1960 – The Anne Frank House opened in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Celebrating 250 episodes with new merchandise! Everything is available on Tee Spring. Just click the link below. And of course thank you all for your constant support, we love you all. 💛
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Today on HOTR it’s episode 250! And we are talking about Patrizia Reggiani and Aspasia! Download today everywhere you listen to podcasts! 🌿
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💥FIVE HUNDRED WOMEN 💥
Today Katie & Allie are releasing their 250th episode of HERstory on the Rocks 🍸! They’ve now covered 500 good women, bad women, fictional women, and non-fictional women from all times and places because - women have nuance 💟

Today in HERstory 1891 – Lillian Estelle Fisher was born. She was a historian; one of the first women to earn a doctorate in Latin American history in the U.S.  Fisher published important works on Spanish colonial administration.
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Today in HERstory 1993 —Top-ranked women’s tennis player Monica Seles, age 19, was stabbed in the back by a deranged male fan of Steffi Graf, during a match in Hamburg, Germany.
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These negligees from the 20s/30s are screaming for a come back 💛💚🤍🩶

Today in HERstory 1888 – Anita Loosborn, novelist and screenwriter, best known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She wrote screenplays for Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Clark Gable, and Jean Harlow, as well as memoirs and Twice Over Lightly with Helen Hayes.
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