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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is the Watch Duty fire map of the West Coast. Purple items are aircraft, red and orange are fire. Fire season is here. Stay safe!

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I just don’t think a person should have to suffer themselves in order to have empathy for others. Yet, it’s clear that the billionaires are willfully ignorant about how their (greedy) actions impact others. We could really use some modern day muckrakers to get the point across.

Jacob A. Riis, “How the Other Half Lives”. Image is of Gilded Age “street urchins” sleeping rough in NYC.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This Trump? Wearing a Hitler mustache in 1950?? Pretty sure he did!

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Hmm, I think the cell line is what made me ask for clarification in the first place. Regardless, agree that the Lacks family deserved more than they got, and Henrietta Lacks deserved more respect and dignity than she got - in life and in death.

Young confident woman smiling at the camera in a suit jacket and blouse, with arms on her hips.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

“America First” was/is a KKK slogan.

Members of the KKK on parade with an America First sign.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Picked up this book of poetry, only to discover that the bookmark was another book of poetry!

Book of poetry opened to the book mark, which is just a smaller book of poetry!

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

It’s a damn shame that they’re allowed to exploit workers for their own benefit. If they can’t control their own greedy impulses, then we need a plan to TAX THE RICH.

“I wear the chain I forged in life… I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.” — Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This is bitter sweet. I’m so grateful to CA voters, and yet so sad that it came to this. I am proud to live in a state where we had to vote and choose whether we wanted to gerrymander ourselves. Texans didn’t get that choice. We’ll see how they respond next year.

Decision Desk HQ @DecisionDeskHQ posts:

Decision Desk HQ projects Proposition 50, the Congressional Redistricting Amendment, passes in California.

Image is the state of California with a green background that says “CA Proposition 50 Redistricting Amendment, Projected Winner, Amendment Passes”

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Why is anyone surprised? “America First” has always been a dog whistle and euphemism for the KKK.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

@usrepjimmypanetta.bsky.social Disappointed that you signed this resolution w/ the GOP. I thought you understood that ICE are terrorizing our communities Protesting the holocaust of Palestinian civilians is not antisemitic, it’s anti-Netanyahu. Are you beholden to people who support genocide?

Open Secrets screen shot of Jimmy Panetta, Representative (D-CA)

Top Industry Contributions 2023-2024 are Pro Israel $281,371

Top Contributor 2023-2024 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) $256,767

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

This video does not do justice to the size of the crowds in Monterey, CA today! #NoKings

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Guess he didn’t think the leopards would eat his face. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Elon Musk wearing black on black DOGE hat, black eye, mouth open.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Margaret Sanger was a nurse and feminist. Sick of seeing women suffering after miscarriages and botched abortions, Sanger founded Planned Parenthood and sought to spread the word about birth control. She published a pamphlet, called the Woman Rebel, and sent it by mail to challenge the Comstock Act

Margaret Sanger covers her mouth in protest after being denied the right to talk about birth control, April 17, 1929.Photograph from Bettmann / Getty

The Woman Rebel
No Gods No Masters
Vol. 1 March 1914 No.1

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Bella de Costa Greene was the collector and first director of the Morgan Library & Museum. She turned J.P. Morgan’s private collection into a public resource and treasure.

Bella de Costa Greene in a close fitting hat, and high neck blouse. Chin up, she is looking down at the camera with a slight smile.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Sylvia Rivera was a trans and gay liberation activist. She cofounded STAR (Street Trans… Action Revolutionaries) with her best friend, Marsha P. Johnson, to help support young LGBTQ+ people and get them off the streets. Rivera also spoke out for trans equality within the greater LGBTQ+ community.

Young Sylvia Rivera posing in front of a fountain.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Ida Tarbell was a progressive muckraker in the Gilded Age, although she preferred to be called a Historian. Her investigation of J.D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company led to stronger anti-trust laws to limit corruption and protect the consumer. Hardly any updates on those laws since… no wonder..

Ida Tarbell in a high neck Edwardian dress with quite a bit of detail and lace around the neck and shoulders. Her hair is piled high on her head like a serious Gibson Girl.

Ida Tarbell thought suffragists were too radical until the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920 - then she switched sides, and figured that every woman that could vote, should vote. I concur. She came to her senses, so we’ll forgive her earlier lapse of judgement!

Partial book cover:

The History of the Standard Oil Company
by Ida M. Tarbell
Author of The Life of Abraham Lincoln, The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Madam Roland: a Biographical Study
Illustrated with Portraits, Pictures, and Diagrams
McC P & Co

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Strawberry blossoms in the wild! 🍓🍓

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Jane Addams was a progressive social reformer and activist in the Gilded Age. She focused on improvements for women, children, and immigrants. When she noticed children playing on piles of trash, she appointed herself as Chicago’s first Garbage Inspector! Addams founded Hull House in 1889.

Young Jane Addams in an undated studio portrait. She is sitting in a heavy, gothic, wooden chair that looks like a throne! She is wearing a high neck Victorian dress with a very detailed smock front and huge puffy sleeves. It is a statement!

Postcard: Hull House, Chicago

In 1889, Jane Addams, an idealistic college graduate, rented a run-down mansion on a derelict strip of Halsted Street in Chicago’s Nineteenth Ward. The neighborhood was home to thousands of recently arrived immigrants—Italians, Greeks, Russian Jews, Bohemians, and Irish. Addams, like many young people, was searching for purpose and meaning. Her plan was to use the mansion to improve the lives of the urban poor. Named Hull-House after its original owner, Charles Hull, it would become known as America’s first settlement house.

The settlement started with a kindergarten, then added a day-care center, then an art studio. The early residents, who lived in the house to help the community, held reading groups and sewing classes. They also delivered babies, nursed the sick, prepared the dead for burial, and, from time to time, sheltered young women from abuse.

Over the next few years, Hull-House expanded to 13 buildings and became the home of many social workers who took on new tasks: English instruction, adult education, boys and girls clubs. Addams became its leader, administrator, fund-raiser, and defender. She reached out to politicians, business leaders, and philanthropists in Chicago and traveled to settlement houses springing up all over the United States.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Lucy Burns was a woman’s rights activist and another “radical suffragist”. Lucy Burns worked closely with Alice Paul to create the National Women’s Party, which was instrumental in getting the 19th Amendment passed (woman’s suffrage). If you have a chance, watch the movie Iron Jawed Angels!

Lucy Burns, with hair piled on her head, like a serious Gibson girl. She is not smiling, and shoulders are rounded.
Why did all these 1920’s suffragists do the wounded bird pose in photos, when they must have been fairly confident in real life? Let me know if you have any ideas!

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Frances Perkins was the Secretary of Labor to FDR, she was the first female cabinet member. Frances Perkins helped to create many New Deal Programs, including Social Security. She advocated for better pay and working conditions along with FDR. She identified as both a feminist and a revolutionary!

“The people are what matter to government, and a government should aim to give all people under its jurisdiction the best possible life.”

Frances Perkins
Secretary of Labor 1933-1945

www.francesperkinscenter.org

There is an image of Perkins to the right on the quote. She is wearing a dress that resembles a suit, a hat, and carrying a parcel and her purse.

*Frances Perkins was one of two cabinet members that stayed with Franklin Delano Roosevelt through each of his terms. No other person has held the position of Secretary of Labor for as long as Perkins did.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Alice Paul was considered a radical suffragist in the U.S. in the early 1900s. She suffered many injustices after being arrested for peacefully protesting outside of the White House. She was instrumental in passing the 19th Amendment (1920), which affirmed the right to vote for *many* women.

Black and white photo of Suffragist Alice Paul wearing a white dress with a sash (known to be purple, white, and yellow/gold) holds a sign that reads: Vote Against the REPUBLICAN PARTY As Long As It BLOCKS SUFFRAGE.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Victoria Woodhull was a spiritualist, a feminist, and an activist for equal rights. She ran for President with the Equal Rights Party in 1872, 48 years before the woman’s suffrage Amendment (19). Her running mate was Frederick Douglass, which was a surprise to him.

Sepia toned photo of Victoria Woodhull in the top left corner, black and white photo of Frederick Douglass in top right corner.
Beneath the photos is the top of a poster that reads:
Cosmo - Political Party.
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF THE U.S,
~In 1872.~
VICTORIA C. WOODHULL
~SUBJECT TO ~
Ratification by the National Convention

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

They had a slogan too. It was, “America First”. Sound familiar?

KKK parade, members carry a flag that reads: AMERICA FIRST
ONE GOD
ONE COUNTRY
ONE FLAG

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I can think of a few more that are not listed! What do you notice is missing?

D.E.I. INCLUDES:

- ramps and sidewalk curb cuts
- subtitles & captions (TV & Phone)
- family restrooms
- changing tables in men’s restrooms
- breast feeding/pumping stations & accommodations
- floating paid holidays
- pay equity & transparency
- parental leave (time & pay)
- coming back to a job after birthing a child
- not having to accept workplace harassment
- work accommodations for a variety of disabilities
- flexible work arrangements
- size of inclusive chairs and beds in medical facilities
- belt extenders on planes

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Dorothy Pitman Hughes was an activist for children’s welfare and a feminist in the women’s liberation movement, and beyond.

Black and white image of Dorothy Pitman Hughes standing in front of a brown stone building. There is a sign on the steps behind her that reads, “Coming Soon! Sojourner Bed & Breakfast - Harlem’s Guest House.

There is a quote on the right that says, “When you help women, you help everybody” - Dorothy Pitman Hughes. This seems to be in reference to the idea that once women were able to open bank accounts and take out loans on their own - without a man - then they would open their own small businesses (like this B&B) and improve the neighborhood. Having said that, the sentiment has many applications!

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Zephyr Wright was the personal chef and friend to President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) and Lady Bird Johnson. Mrs. Wright was a civil rights activist and shared her experiences in the Jim Crow Era with LBJ, pushing him to do more for Black Americans, and holding him to a high standard.

Zephyr Wright is in a white chef’s dress, her hair is pulled back, and she smiles for the camera while pulling two loafs of bread from a large oven.

Zephyr Wright is second to the right, in a sleeveless shift with matching hat, white gloves and matching purse.

This is just after Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) has signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. They are at the signing ceremony, and LBJ is reaching out to hand her the pen he had used to sign the act, reportedly saying: "You deserve this more than anyone else."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as other women and men look on, smiling and clapping.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Dorothy Vaughan was a teacher, a mathematician for NASA, and one of the first female computer programmer and coder after teaching herself Fortran in the 1960s. Mrs. Vaughan broke barriers in STEM and at NASA by becoming the first female African American supervisor.

Black and white photo of Mrs. Vaughan as an older lady with grey hair.

Vaughan with her human computer colleagues Lessie Hunter, and Vivian Adair, sitting in auditorium chairs and drinking bottles of Coca Cola. Margaret Ridenhour and Charlotte Craidon are standing in the back.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Katherine G. Johnson was a mathematician and pioneer in space science at NASA. She calculated the launch windows and trajectories, as well as the retrieval and emergency return paths for the early manned space shuttle missions.

Sepia toned image of Katherine as a young woman. This might be a school photo.

On the left: an image of Katherine Johnson when she working at NASA. She is wearing glasses, and a pin on the collar of her striped jacket.

On the right: “Do the research. Ask the questions. Find someone doing what you’re interested in! Be curious!

In memory of Katherine Johnson 1918-2020

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Mary Jackson was a mathematician and the first Black female engineer at NASA. Mary Jackson worked to break gender and racial barriers in STEM throughout her career.

Black and white photo of Mary Jackson standing in front of some machinery at NASA. She is wearing glasses and a lab coat, and appears to be taking notes. She is smiling at the camera.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Still insane that ibis local branches are not listed on the website!

Screen shot of BlueSky posts:

Kelly Lynn D’Angelo:
California folks - was just able to finally get through and leave a message for Senator Adam Schiff using this line: 415-393-0707

TheSickness:
HIS WEBSITE DOESN’T HAVE LOCAL BRANCH NUMBERS MADDENING!

cruelzone:
310-914-7300
415-393-0707
559-485-7430
619-231-9712

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Notorious RBG, was a lawyer with the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project until becoming a judge for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. She became the second female Supreme Court justice in 1993. Throughout her life, she was an advocate for Gender Equality and Human Rights.

Top left: “Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.”
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Bottom right: image of RBG with hair pulled back, glasses, earrings, and black justice robe with iconic white lace collar. Eyebrows are raised and she has a closed lip smile.

Background is white.

Left side is clipped image of one of the official Supreme Court portraits. She is standing behind a red chair, in front of a bookcase for of law books. Her hair is poultry back, as always, she is wearing glasses, earrings, and her black justice robes with a white lace collar and jabot.

Right side, white script on red background reads:
So often in life, things that you regard as an impediment turn out to be great, good fortune.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I sure hope so. 🙏🏽

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Mary Ellen Pleasant was the Mother of the Civil Rights movement in California. She was a keen observer and a charming conversationalist, which she used to her advantage to build connections and amass a fortune. She used her money and her influence to help fight slavery and segregation.

Black and white photo of Ms. Pleasant sitting in a detailed Victorian Era dress with drop shoulders. She is wearing a white choker over the high neck of the dress, and is also wearing a long white veil, which is not covering her face.

Unclear if this is a wedding photo, as the veil worn in the Spanish style was very popular in California during the gold rush period, when she arrived. If anyone has additional detail about when or where this photo was taken, I would be very interested to know!

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Cathay Williams enlisted with the U.S. Army under the name William Cathay, in 1866. She was only 17, but she was determined to make her own living. Once she was discovered to be a woman, and honorably discharged, she continued the adventure by becoming the only known female Buffalo Soldier.

Black and white photo of Cathay Williams standing against a stone wall. She is wearing a white collared blouse tucked into a skirt, as well as an open jacket and slouchy sun bonnet. She is looking away from the camera.

U.S. Army illustration of William Cathay. Posing as a man, she went undetected until after she had small pox and the post surgeon discovered she was female. Up to then, the only other people that knew her secret were a cousin and a friend that she also enlisted with. She said she did it because of them, and because she wanted to make her own living, without being dependent on others.

In this illustration, she is dressed in a men’s Army uniform and carrying her pack with bedroll on her back, a rifle with bayonet, and her Army cap. Her hair is brushed back and tucked behind her ears. She is standing in a masculine pose, but her features are somewhat delicate.

She said of herself, “I can be both strong and soft. Capable and needing support. Struggling and doing my best. Foster a non-judgmental way of being with yourself.”

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Mary Fields was the first Black Woman to carry direct mail for the U.S. Postal Service. In 1895, Mary was in her 60’s when she began delivering mail in Montana. She was so consistent with her deliveries that she picked up the name “Stagecoach Mary”.

Sepia toned image of Mary Fields, looking down and away from the camera. She is wearing a professional looking Victorian dress with a full skirt and a narrow belt, with a matching jacket and hat.
She is holding the rifle that she always kept with her on the treacherous route, along with a pistol. These were needed to protect her from wolves, highwaymen, and wolves dressed in men’s clothing.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Henrietta Bowers Duterte married a cabinet maker at the age of 35, but 6 years later he was dead. Bereaved, but determined, she took over his business and became both an undertaker and a conductor on the Underground Railroad, hiding people in caskets and transporting them in funeral processions.

This is the only known photo of Henrietta Bowers Duterte. It is sepia toned. She is wearing a black dress with her hair pulled back, and holding a baby who’s eyes are closed. None of Mrs. Duterte’s children survived to adulthood. This may have been a very somber moment for the family (see Victorian mourning photos).

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Zora Neale Huston was an anthropologist and author during the Harlem Renaissance. She was most concerned with documenting and sharing African American culture and traditions. Her books often portrayed the struggles of African American people living in the Jim Crow era.

Black and white image of Zora Neale Hurston wearing a 1930s style dress, with long sleeves, slightly puffy shoulder and a high neck. The dress is light in color. She is wearing matching gloves and hat set, hair is curled. Other accessories include a wide belt with a flower motif and a statement necklace.

Zora Neale Hurston is standing and smiling at the camera, while other men and women are seated around her. They appear to standing near a wood fence or barn.

On the left is the quote: “Even in the heater-smelter skirmish that is my life… I do not weep at the world - I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.” - Zora Neale Hurston.

On the right is a black and white photo of Zora Neale Hurston smiling at the camera. Not pictured is the book in her lap, and the cigarette in her hand!

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Ella Josephine Baker was called the Grandmother of the Student NonViolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Her work with the NAACP and other civil rights groups led her to develop peaceful, group oriented strategies for change. She trained and inspired a whole generation of student activists.

Portrait of Ella Jo Baker as a young woman. Her head is facing the camera, but her body is turned away from it. Her hair appears to be set in a subtle bouffant style. Her collar has a white ruffle and she is wearing a light colored jacket.

Ella Jo Baker is standing outside, wearing cat eye sunglasses, and addressing a crowd. She is holding a microphone and speaking passionately with her other arm raised high.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading 70 people out of bondage to freedom in the North. She carried a small pistol with her: for protection, and to give courage to those who wanted to turn back. The message was clear: there is no going back. We are not going back!

Harriet Tubman in 1868 or 1869, from the Library of Congress. Image is sepia toned.

Mrs. Tubman is sitting sideways on chair, with her arm draped over the top. She has her hair parted down the middle and secured in a low bun at the nape of her neck, which was a popular style in the Victorian era. She has on a drop shoulder top, with small buttons down the front, and lace and satin details.

Not pictured: full skirt with petticoats or a hoop, light in color with contrasting check pattern.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

They made an Ida B. Wells Barbie in 2022 - I had no idea!

Ida B. Wells Barbie stands in a news office, holding a copy of the Memphis Free Speech newspaper. She is wearing a high neck, black, Victorian dress with a white ruffle at the neck and black lace details. He hair is piled high on her head.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

They made a Madam C.J. Walker Barbie in 2022!

Madam C.J. Walker Barbie has straight styled hair in the front that becomes more textured toward the back. She is wearing drop earrings. Her top is a high neck Edwardian style with puffy sleeves, a ruffled bust, and white lace trim. The top is purple and turquoise blue, which are said to be Madam Walkers favorite colors. She is wearing a matching blue skirt. She is holding some Walker product and standing at a display table.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Madam C.J. Walker was a Gilded Age entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social equity activist. She created an affordable and reliable system for hair care, and in the process made a fortune! She was lifting, even as she climbed, and employed up to 40,000 Black women and paid an above average wage.

Madam C. J. Walker behind the wheel of her Model T Ford 1912 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
archival pigment reproduction print
Madam C. J. Walker Collection, Indiana Historical Society
R2021.0301.001

Madam C. J. Walker sits behind the wheel of her Model T Ford. They are parked at the curb outside of a house or business. Madam Walker is wearing an Edwardian style dress with white trim around her shoulders and neck. She is wearing a dark hat with a large white feather.

Her niece Anjetta Breedlove is in the passenger seat. Walker's bookkeeper Lucy Flint, and her factory forelady Alice Kelly ride along in the back seat. All women are wearing dark dresses with hats.

Madam Walker lacked a formal education. Kelly, a native of Mobile, Alabama, was fluent in Greek, Latin, and French, and served as Walker's private tutor, as well as foreman (this info is borrowed from the SFO Museum website - very informative and more images are available there).

Madam C.J. Walker Collection, Indiana Historical Society
Item ID
M0399_P_BOX1_FOLDER1_009.tif

Description
Black and white image of Madam C.J. Walker standing with Booker T. Washington (to her left) at the dedication of the Senate Avenue YMCA in 1913.

Madam Walker is wearing a dark (not black) Edwardian style floor-length dress, with white sleeves, the neck appears to have a slightly darker lace trim and she has a flower corsage, she is also wearing a hat with two ostrich feathers, she is holding a fan. Madam Walker donated $1,000 to the project and worked tirelessly to bring in more donations for the project. While she is known for her business ambitions, she was also devoted to helping those less fortunate.

Booker T Washington is standing to her left, one step higher, wearing an unbuttoned suit with a bow tie, he is holding his hat by his side.

The other gentlemen in the picture, from left to right are:

Indianapolis Freeman publisher George Knox, standing just left of Madam Walker on a lower step. He has grey ear length hair and long white mustache. He is wearing cowboy hat, and a long light colored suit jacket and pants.

Walker Company attorney F.B. Ransom is standing behind Madam Walker on a higher step in linen suit and straw hat.

Indianapolis World publisher A.E. Manning is standing right of Booker T. Washington wearing a darker colored three-piece suit with vest and tie, as well as a straw hat. He is leaning jauntily on a cane.

Dr. Joseph H. Ward is standing behind Me. Manning in a grey suit. He has a tall round hat, it is light in color with a dark band.

Louisville YMCA secretary R.W. Bullock is standing right of Mr. Manning on a lower step. He is wearing a dark suit with a white shirt and black hat.

Senate Avenue YMCA secretary Thomas Taylor is farthest right on the lowest step, also in a dark suit and white shirt, but with a straw hat that has a wide dark band.

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Patty L.oves History @phantompatty.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Langston Hughes was a poet, activist, and a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He portrayed the lives of everyday people, and in that way broke down racial and class stereotypes.

Black and white portrait of Langston Hughes. He is in a suit and tie.

Still Here
Langston Hughes

I been scarred and battered.
My hopes the wind done scattered.
Snow has friz me,
Sun has baked me,

Looks like between ‘em they done
Tried to make me

Stop laughing’, stop lovin’, stop liven’—
But I don’t care!
I’m still here!

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