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#otd in 1888 African-American soprano Sissieretta Jones made her NY debut at Steinway Hall. She performed at the White House in Feb 1892 & toured internationally, by 1895 becoming the best-known, highest paid African American performer of her day. https://t.co/91NOklI94V #Opera

In early 1941, aeronautical engineer Beatrice Shilling developed a restrictor nicknamed 'Miss Shilling's Orifice'. It solved the problem of fighter planes cutting out during dogfights. She received an OBE in 1947 for her contribution to victory in WWII. https://t.co/BxAmZ9Zxbu

On this anniversary of the Paris Commune we remember Nathalie Lemel, a union member, equal pay campaigner and anarchist who participated on the barricades at the Commune de Paris of 1871. She later worked for the paper L'Intransigeant, and died in 1921, . https://t.co/KvobknQLao

#otd in 1954 Egyptian poet & activist Doria Shafik, who in 1951 led 1500 women to storm parliament, began an 8-day hunger strike protesting a constitutional committee without women, until the president wrote to her committing to respecting women's rights. https://t.co/m9EshcKS7J

Today we celebrate Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, born 1593 and the first woman to become a member of Florence's Accademia di Arte del Disegno. She was also a rape survivor. "As long as I live I will have control over my being.” #IWD2019 https://t.co/44yMOGSnCW

#OTD in 1897, Scottish-born writer, teacher and reformer Catherine Helen Spence became the first Australian female political candidate to stand for election. Called 'The Grand Old Woman of Australia', Spence is commemorated on the five-dollar note. https://t.co/NfvzlCwPWJ

In 1936 Danish mathematician Inge Lehmann published "P"—which revolutionised scientific understanding of our planet by showing that the earth has a solid inner core and a liquid outer core. In 1971 she was awarded the William Bowie Medal for geophysics. https://t.co/FsQwv2LL2u

Happy birthday to Hungarian-Indian avant-garde artist & painter Amrita Sher-Gil, born #otd in 1913! She won a gold medal aged 19 at the 1933 Paris Salon for her painting, 'Young Girls', and UNESCO declared 2013 the Intl Year of Amrita Sher-Gil. https://t.co/RhbbNKq5Ay #WomeninArt

#otd in 2014 Mary Barra was appointed CEO of General Motors, the auto industry’s first female CEO. She started working for GM at 18 in 1980 - and in 2014 was featured on the cover of Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World. https://t.co/ts0I8Hc2jH @mtbarra

In Jan 1959 Claudia Jones - founder of The West Indian Gazette weekly newspaper - organised a carnival of Caribbean talent in response to London's race riots, which become the famous Notting Hill Carnival. "A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom". https://t.co/gjrXE5GcZm