by Susan | Jul 19, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 19, 1848 The first Women’s Rights Convention in the U.S. was held at Seneca Falls, New York. Its “Declaration of Sentiments” launched the movement of women to be included in the constitution.When suffrage finally became a reality in 1920, seventy-two years...
by Susan | Jul 19, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
July 19, 1916 Eve Merriam I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, “Mother, what was war?” July 21, 1911 Marshall McLuhan “There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.” July 24, 1920 Bella Abzug “Our struggle today...
by Susan | Jul 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 18, 1872 Great Britain, under the leadership of William Gladstone, passed a law requiring voting by secret ballot. Previously, people had to mount a platform in public and announce their choice of candidate to the officer who then recorded it in the poll book....
by Susan | Jul 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 17, 1970 The Young Lords Party, a Puerto Rican nationalist movement, entered Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx, New York. The hospital, located in a condemned and dilapidated building, was filled with pain, degradation, neglect, flies, and humiliation. The YLP...
by Susan | Jul 16, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
July 16, 1945 The first atomic bomb exploded, Trinity Site, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Detonation was not made public for three weeks, when two others like it devastated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Powered by a sphere of plutonium the size of an...
