American Moses
The original Moses didn’t get to the Promised Land, but at least he didn’t have to fight for his pension. His successor, Harriet Tubman, did. (Thread) #Suffrage100 #AfricanAmerican #Harriet #KnowYour19th <br /><br />Harriet is most famous for her 13 daring missions into the south, in which she rescued 70+ people from slavery and never lost a passenger. But I didn’t know of her next chapter as a military hero. <br /><br />She joined the Union Army when the Civil War began, and for three years she served as nurse, spy, and scout. In 1863 she was the first American woman to lead troops into battle - leading an armed raid that freed 700 enslaved people in South Carolina. <br /><br />Her activism continued after the war. She joined the lecture circuit, speaking for suffrage in coordination with ElizabethCadyStanton and Susan B Anthony. In 1896 Tubman helped merge multiple African-American women’s groups into the powerful National Association of Colored Women. <br /><br />After her husband’s death in 1888, Harriet got a widow’s benefit of $8/month. She spent the next decade petitioning Congress to recognize her as a veteran herself + in 1899 was finally awarded her own pension of $20/month. #twitterstorians please say more on Civil War pensions! <br /><br />More than 1,000 people attended her funeral in Auburn, NY in 1913, where she was buried with full military honors - the 1st woman, again. Tubman was revered then and now - she was chosen by the Treasury Dept and by a popular campaign to replace racist Andrew Jackson on the $20. <br /><br />The current administration put the change on hold, but I still expect to pay with “Tubmans” someday. Mural: @<a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealNaturel" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TheRealNaturel</a> p.s. There’s a movie! @<a href="https://twitter.com/HarrietFilm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">HarrietFilm</a> starring @<a href="https://twitter.com/CynthiaEriVo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CynthiaErivo</a> - opens November 1.
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26/09/2019
Movie night!
Hollywood's #Harriet Tubman is in theaters today. I haven't seen it, but @<a href="https://twitter.com/SorayaMcDonald" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SorayaMcDonald</a> has, and I'm posting her review. 👇 Don't know if it's in the movie, but John Hope Franklin recounts that in 1858 John Brown sought Harriet's advice; he referred to her as General Tubman.<br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The work in question:<a href="https://t.co/gLkElVIqAM">https://t.co/gLkElVIqAM</a></p>
— A Shady Dame From Seville (@SorayaMcDonald) <a href="https://twitter.com/SorayaMcDonald/status/1190263136412217345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2019</a></blockquote>
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1/11/2019
Passing the torch
The founding of the National Association of Colored Women in 1896 gathered two generations of prominent African-American women in the nation's capital: Josephine Ruffin and Mary Church Terrell; Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, now in her 70s; and Harriet Tubman, living legend. <br /><br />Ida, now Wells-Barnett, was there with her 4 month old son Charles. Ida’s relentlessness didn’t always make her popular, but the prominent women admired her. They moved to introduce the baby to the whole convention. The motion passed. <br /><br />Then Harriet Tubman took Ida B. Wells’ firstborn and raised him over her head before hundreds of African-American women, organized for power. #BlackSuffragists #Suffrage100
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28/02/2020
Statues
In NYC we have statues of two great suffragists. They've been standing watch over neighborhood protests these weeks. 👈Frederick Douglass at 110th St with a beautiful North Star bench 👉Harriet Tubman at 122nd w/her passengers in her skirts. More in August! #BLM #BlackSuffragists
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11/06/2020
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Women & money
The new #brexitcoin is getting a negative reaction in the UK & reminding folks of a #suffragette protest circa 1913. The @<a href="https://twitter.com/britishmuseum" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">britishmuseum</a> has a #votesforwomen coin and the backstory: <br /><br />Circulating currency can be a powerful vehicle. Just sayin'. #Suffrage100 <br />
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27/01/2020