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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · 5d ago
#OnThisDay, 22 April 1969, Bernadette Devlin makes her maiden speech in the House of Parliament in London. An Irish Republican, she had rejected their tradition of abstention in order to take her seat. She remained an MP until 1974. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #BritishHistory #Histodons
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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social · Nov 15, 2025
#OnThisDay, 15 Nov 1982, at least 11 women* from the Greenham Common Peace Camp in the UK are sent to prison. They had refused to be bound over to keep the peace after occupying a sentry box on the US base. *some sources say 23, others 11. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #ColdWarHistory #Histodons 1/2
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