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Women's Rights & Issues

niyad

(113,342 posts) Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:54 PM Feb 2013

today in women's herstory

February 15
This Day in Women's History

1820: Susan B. Anthony born

1836: Sarah Fuller born

1858: Marcella Sembrich born

1879: Female attorneys are permitted to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States, in a bill signed this day by President Rutherford B. Hayes

1953: Tenley Albright won the world figure skating championship, the first American to do so

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/02calendar/a/0215calendar.htm

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today in women's herstory (Original Post) niyad Feb 2013 OP

I went to Google today, hoping to see a SBA doodle Lifelong Protester Feb 2013 #1

I know, that was my thought, as well. certainly a doodle would have been easy to do niyad Feb 2013 #2

Lifelong Protester

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1. I went to Google today, hoping to see a SBA doodle

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:37 AM

Feb 2013

I was sadly, disappointed. They had the Zamboni guy, they had Ferris, but not Susan B. Anthony. Figures *sigh*

niyad

(113,342 posts)

2. I know, that was my thought, as well. certainly a doodle would have been easy to do

Reply to Lifelong Protester (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:40 AM

Feb 2013

a "votes for women" banner, the suffragist colours of purple, gold and white--a ballot box marked "men only". . .lots of things they could have done.

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