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Mar 08, 2019 05:56AM

Day 7: Women's History Month 2019

Varvara Stepanova Russian Artist

Noted figure of the Russian avant-garde who was a multitalented artist (painter and graphic, book, and theatrical set designer) and the wife of fellow artist Aleksandr Rodchenko. Later in her career, she would refer to herself as a constructivist. Her work shows a direct influence of the Cubists and the Futurist art movements and she spent her career dedicated to trying to use her work to create revolutionary change within society.

As a designer she created everything from posters and books to sets and costumes for local theaters. She became so involved with the world of theater design that she even designed textiles for use in the manufacturing of the costumes for the productions she helped design. Her work, along with the work of the rest of the Russian avant-garde and Constructivist artists, helped pave the way for all modern day graphic designers as they created art with a purpose in hopes of bettering the society in which they lived.

http://www.designishistory.com/1920/v...
https://www.moma.org/artists/5643

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Mar 08, 2019 05:52AM

Day 6: Women's History Month 2019

Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, Mongolian policy adviser, archery enthusiast, and dinosaur protector

Women have only been allowed to compete in archery in Mongolia for last few decades; their presence is not only lifting eyebrows, but also raising hopes that all the games will be open to women once again. Archery, you see, is one of the so-called "three manly sports," along with wrestling and horse racing, participated in Mongolia games, the full title of the games is eriin (man's/strength) gurvan (three) Naadam, which can translate to "the three games to challenge strength and vigor" or "the three games of men" because the word root for "strength" and "male" are the same.

In Mongolian culture, "as soon as there's a woman who is clever, who is a good leader, she is also a good archer," says Oyungerel Tsedevdamba, former Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The Mongolian queen Mandukhai, who is credited with reuniting warring factions of Mongols in the 15th century, is depicted in literature and legend as inseparable from her bow and arrow.Yet under Soviet rule, any talk of Genghis Khan or traditional Mongolian culture was banned as "anti-revolutionary."

"That's why, since the 1990s, when we can freely visit our history, we started visiting 13th century history and seeing that women had way bigger equality in 13th century than in the 16th century," Oyungerel explains. "Then we started having inspirations from our 13th century history and all its legendary women. We started inserting our traditional place, which is very important for national sports."

When not pushing for traditional access for female archers, Oyungerel's work has including helping pass laws addressing domestic violence and protecting cultural heritage sites, home to Mongolian indigenous people, as well as working to stop smugglers from illegally removing dinosaur fossils from Mongolia.

And... she is an author. In 2009, her book Shadow of the Red Star/Green Eyed Lama was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary PrizeThe Green Eyed Lama

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/articl... /
http://www.oyungerel.org/myprofile.html

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Mar 08, 2019 05:38AM

Day 5: Women's History Month 2019

Whina Cooper, New Zealand, Maori Activist

Whina Cooper was unquestionably the most extraordinary Maori woman of the the century. Born in 1895 on the mud floor of a cookhouse in the Hokianga region of New Zealand's far north that remains one of the country's poorest today, she acquired enough mana (authority, prestige and influence) to be given by her people the title 'Whaea O Te Motu' (Mother of the Nation). Yet, as her biographer Michael King noted: 'No Maori leader has attracted more public praise from Pakeha (European) people and more public criticism from sectors of Maoridom than Whina.'

Such was her mana, however, that at the age of 18 when a European farmer tried to reclaim Maori-owned mudflats in her village she was invited to offer her views. She did so, came up with an acceptable opinion and went on to organise her first protest action for her people. It succeeded.

She trained as a teacher at St. Joseph’s College and later worked as a storekeeper and postmistress. After the death of her second husband, William Cooper, in 1949, she resumed her role as a social activist. In 1951 she was elected the first president of the Maori Women’s Welfare League, through which she fought for better health care and for an increased role for women in the debate over native rights. Two years later she became a justice of the peace.

She achieved nationwide fame seven decades later, in her 80th year when, crippled with arthritis, she led 5,000 people on a 700-mile march from her Northland home to Parliament in Wellington, to highlight the fact that Europeans had seized all but 2.5 million acres of New Zealand's 66 million acres of land in 135 years of British colonisation. It did not achieve the return of any land, but as King writes: 'The march itself had succeeded in unifying Maori opinion on land issues to an extent never seen before, and it created and released a flood of Pakeha goodwill towards Maori causes.'

Only the second Maori to receive the award (after the Maori Queen in 1968), she said: 'They didn't understand that I'd have more power when I'd been invested, more power to fight for them and for all the Maori people against the government.' Fight she did. When she was 87, the New Zealand Women's Weekly reported: 'The sound of Whina Cooper's determined voice on the phone can still make a civil servant's heart shrink.'

https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/pe...

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Mar 08, 2019 05:32AM

Day 4: Women's History Month 2019

Sarah "Fanny" Durack Australian Athlete

Known as Fanny, she learnt to swim in the Coogee Baths and trained in breast-stroke—the only style in which there was a championship for women. While still a schoolgirl, she won her first State title in 1906. Later she adopted the trudgen stroke and by 1911 had changed to the Australian crawl.

Although women had been forbidden by the New South Wales Ladies' Amateur Swimming Association to appear in competitions when men were present, such were her successes that there was public demand for her to go to the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm: debate among the clubs reversed the rule. It was argued that one event did not justify the inclusion of another swimmer, but the wife of Hugh McIntosh launched a successful appeal for funds.

Fanny sailed for Sweden via London, where she trained only half a mile a day. At Stockholm she swam a heat of the 100 metres free-style in 1 minute 19.8 seconds to break the world record. On 15 July in 1912 Fanny became the first Australian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming, going on to break every world record in women’s swimming from then on.

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/durac...
https://artsandculture.google.com/exh...

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Mar 08, 2019 05:28AM

Day 3: Women's History Month 2019
Maria Walanda Maramis Indonesian, Activist

Maramis started writing op-eds in a local newspaper called Tjahaja Siang after moving to Manado. In these articles, she argued the importance of the role of mothers in the family unit. She stressed that the care and health of the family were the responsibility of the mother. A child’s early education also came from the mother.

Maramis with the help of a few others established an organization called “The Love of a Mother toward her Children” (Indonesian: Percintaan Ibu Kepada Anak Turunannya (PIKAT)) on 8th July 1917 after realizing the need to equip young women for their roles as caretakers of their families. The purpose of this organization was to teach women with elementary school level education family matters, such as cooking, sewing, infant care, and hand-crafting.

Through the leadership of Maramis, PIKAT grew with the addition of branches around Minahasa, such as in Maumbi, Tondano, and Motoling. Branches in Java were also organized by local women in Batavia, Bogor, Bandung, Cimahi, Magelang, and Surabaya. On 2nd June 1918, PIKAT opened a school in Manado.

For her next project, Maramis turned her attention to the rights of women to cast votes to choose their representatives. Her efforts reached Jakarta, and in 1921 the Dutch allowed the participation of women in the elections of representatives for the Minahasa Raad.
https://globintel.com/indonesia/maria...

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Mar 08, 2019 05:18AM

Day 2: Women's History Month 2019

Fe Del Mundo Philippians Doctor
Born in Manila in the Philippines in 1911, Fe decided to become a doctor when her older sister died from appendicitis at the age of 11. She enrolled in the University of the Philippines in 1926. While earning her medical degree, she decided to pursue pediatrics.

Fe graduated in 1933 as valedictorian of her class. The president of the Philippines, Manuel Quezon, offered her a full scholarship to study any medical field of her choice at any school in the United States. She chose Harvard Medical School.

Women had been earning MD degrees in the United States since Elizabeth Blackwell became the first in 1849. Still, not many schools allowed women to enroll. (Even Elizabeth Blackwell was only admitted to Geneva Medical College because they thought her application was a joke.) The first woman to apply to Harvard Medical School, Harriet Hunt in 1847, was denied after the students organized a protest against her and three black students
https://amazingwomeninhistory.com/fe-...

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Mar 08, 2019 05:15AM

Ok! I'ma bit late! But here is 2019's Parade of Women

Day 1: Women's History Month 2019

Mother Prayoon Thailand Singer:
Born on August 30, 1933, Prayoon Yomyiam started singing in the traditional folk music style known as Lam Tad at the age of 15, according to Time. After her cassette recordings were circulated and her music heard all over the country, she rose to fame and by 1994, was recognized as a National Artist of Thailand.

Prayoon was known as a notable artist and one who worked to promote and popularize the Lam Tad tradition, which had almost faded before the singer introduced it back into popular culture on television.

In addition to helping the music make a comeback, Prayoon also introduced the folk music to other countries as part of Thailand’s state-sponsored tourism campaign.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayoon...