Lisa Townsend

1869 – Arabella Mansfield is granted admission to practice law in Iowa, making her the first woman lawyer. Ada H. Kepley becomes the first woman in the United States to graduate from law school.

1932: Hattie Wyatt Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

Married Women's Property Acts passed starting in 1848, allowing women to own property, keep their earnings, and control their financial assets. However, full financial independence and equal access to credit didn't fully come into place until the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974.

January 23, 1849: Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to graduate from medical school and become a doctor in the United States. Born in Bristol, England, she graduated from Geneva College in New York
at the top of her class.

On the night of April 26, 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode nearly 40 miles to warn some 400 militiamen that the British troops were coming. Like the ride of Paul Revere, Ludington's message helped Patriot leaders prepare for battle. Though she rode 2xs longer than Revere to carry her warning.

July 7, 1981: Sandra Day O’Connor is sworn in as the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. She retires in 2006, after serving for 24 years.

June 10, 1963: President John F. Kennedy signs into law the Equal Pay Act, prohibiting sex-based wage discrimination between men and women performing the same job in the same workplace.

To rip a page out of Senator Lewis' playbook, it's time again for some "Good Trouble".

Nah, it would still have to do the kissing in Moscow

SMITE THE TANGERINE SHITLER!!!

Gotta show "Daddy" Putin that they love him best... we're going to be speaking Russian before Christmas.

Happy Adoption Day to my big girl, Freya! 2 years ago you filled the void and made our house a home again. Thank you, sweet girl.

Top Photo: What a REAL US President looks like. Bottom Photo: What a TODDLER playing pretend looks like

“History has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own.”

– Michelle Obama

Happy BLACK HISTORY month.

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
— Harriet Tubman

“Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.”

– Jackie Robinson

“Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare.”

– Muhammad Ali

"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou

“One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an antiracist. There is no in-between safe space of ‘not racist.'”

– Ibram X. Kendi

"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity." – Booker T. Washington

"We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color". ~ Maya Angelo

"Our nation is a rainbow - red, yellow, brown, black, and white - and we're all precious in God's sight."
- Jesse Jackson

🤮🤮🤮

"Wherever there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion." —William Lloyd Garrison

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced"~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Freedom is never given; it is won" ~ A. Philip Randolph

“You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.”
— Nina Simone

“Racism separates, but it never liberates. Hatred generates fear, and fear once given a foothold binds, consumes, and imprisons. Nothing is gained from prejudice. No one benefits from racism.”
— Thurgood Marshall

I bought 9 baby chicks, due to arrive in April... I'll let you know.