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#OnThisDay, 2 Apr 1917, Jeanette Rankin is sworn in, becoming the first woman to sit in the US Congress. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

“Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, who was drafting the Declaration of Independence. He declined her suggestions.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 30 Mar 1982, Bertha Wilson was sworn in to the Canadian Supreme Court. She is the first woman appointed to sit on it.When she had started at law school in 1955, she was reportedly advised to 'take up crocheting' instead.Her 1988 ruling decriminalised abortion in Canada.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #CanadianHistory #Histodons

Plewman was executed at Dachau in Sept 1944. She posthumously received the Croix Du Guerre and the King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. A street in Marseilles is named after her.2/2

#OnThisDay, 13 Mar 1990, Ertha Pascal-Trouillot became the provisional president of Haiti. She was the first woman to hold the role. She stabilised the country for long enough for it to hold a free and fair election.“I accepted the position in the name of Haitian women. I did it as a service to my country. I did it with love and determination.”#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #CaribbeanHistory #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 12 Mar 1994, the first 32 women are ordained as priests in the Church of England. Angela Berners-Wilson was the very first.#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomensHistoryMonth #EnglishHistory #Histodons