Woman's Place UK

 

15 February 2021

 

Woman's Place UK

10 posts today

RT @OnThisDayShe: #OTD in 1946 the US Army unveiled ENIAC—the 1st all-electronic digital computer—& cheered the men who'd built it. The women who'd programmed it—Frances Spence, Betty Holberton, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn ...

February 15th @ 9:55 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @rebelyarns: Over 1400 people have signed this petition so far. https://t.co/2B1UdU... The comments show how much it matters that our domestic abuse services are run by a trusted, local, women's organisation like @riseuk. Please sign and share. ...

February 15th @ 9:55 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @Jwheelwright: @Womans_Place_UK And she was one of an estimated 400 women soldiers who fought during that conflict, including Sarah Emma Edmonds, a Canadian woman who enlisted as Franklin Thompson at Flint, Michigan.

February 15th @ 8:45 am |

Woman's Place UK

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Pauline Cushman (1833-1893) Union spy & actress. Used her celebrity to spy on confederate troops, reporting on their movements. She was eventually caught, taken to Lt. Gen. Forrest (later head of the ​KKK). Was sentenced to hang but rescued when the ...

February 15th @ 8:42 am |

Woman's Place UK

10 posts today

Pauline Cushman (1833-1893) Union spy & actress. Used her celebrity to spy on confederate troops, reporting on their movements. She was eventually caught, taken to Lt. Gen. Forrest (later head of the ​KKK). Was sentenced to hang but rescued when ...

February 15th @ 8:41 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @womensaid: 📢 Today we launch a new report, ‘Fragile funding landscape: the extent of local authority commissioning in the domestic abuse refuge sector in England 2020’, which reveals the huge number of refuge services running without any ...

February 15th @ 3:53 am |