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'Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open': anarchist political activist and writer Emma Goldman, a lifelong campaigner for women's rights, was arrested for lecturing on birth control OTD in 1916 @CarveHerName @F_yeah_history @bpas1968 @MarieStopes
Birthday greetings to Sue Ion, British engineer and eminent figure in the UK nuclear industry. Has chaired the EU Euratom Science and Technology Committee since 2010, and represents the UK as an expert on nuclear fuel manufacture and technology. @WikiWomenInRed @engineers_feed
Celebrating Elizabeth Blackwell, physician, 1st woman on the Medical Register of UK General Medical Council, OTD 1849 1st woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. Promoted medical education for women @WomenInMedicine @CarveHerName @F_yeah_history @WikiWomenInRed
Birthday greetings to Jane Hutt, politician. Served as a government Minister from May 1999 - November 2017. At the time the longest serving Labour Government Minister in history. Founder member of Welsh Women's Aid @CarveHerName @WomeninPolitics @WikiWomenInRed @feministlibrary
'Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul': celebrating Emily Carr, painter, writer and environmentalist, champion of Canadian aboriginal culture. born OTD in 1871 @womenartists @DulwichGallery