This Easter Bunny is a brown, feminist Persister here to teach us a lesson. The shocker? She's been around since 1939.

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Should we be saying the 'Wright Siblings'? The world believed Orville and Wilbur Wright owed their success to their sister, Katharine, something it took America a while to understand

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The Wright Sister was a sensation in Europe. Has the U.S. forgotten her?

The secretary who took over the Metro. Carmen Turner headed one of the railway's biggest expansions, dazzling Capitol Hill with her ability to get public transportation funding during the Reagan era

Read about this woman who dazzled on so many fronts — a pioneer, a Persister who worked her way to the top and still got her hands dirty, a woman who defied politics to get sh*t done! open.substack.com/pub/petuladv...

What's left after 19 suicide attempts? A lot. She starts most days with a message - she's still here.

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Thanks for reading. I’m always surprised that I’m surprised at how much women endured and keep enduring.

The 'rape kit' was a woman's idea. Why was it named for a man? It was first known as a "Vitullo Kit", for the police sergeant who put his own name on Martha Goddard's groundbreaking idea

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America's "Most Dangerous Woman" was an Irish immigrant Mother Jones was a Persister who survived famine, a coffin ship, yellow fever, the Chicago Fire, prison, death threats and so much hate.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone who wants to remember this Irish immigrant and hell raiser who fought for workers’ rights and against child labor. (And who would be appalled that Arkansas meat packing plants can hire kids again thanks to Gov Sarah Huckabee Sanders!) substack.com/@petulant/no...

The Persisters who think Relisha is alive It's been 12 years since Relisha Rudd's disappearance from a D.C. homeless shelter jolted the nation's capital. Could the Epstein scandal be the key to her fate?

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It’s been 12 years. Will Epstein give her case more urgency? Meet the Persisters who think so…
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She told men to get into the kitchen - in 1926 Lillian Gilbreth was a psychologist, industrial engineer, the thought leader presidents regularly consulted with and mother of 12. Yes, 12.

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What part of the Olympics are we 'f**king talking about'? Not the times, scores and distances. The stories of persistence are what stay with us.

This is why we love the Olympics…

The Washington Post Quit you. Here's how we're going to fight back

The Washington Post quit on so many of us, but I can’t quit writing. Please follow me on Substack and my newsletter, Persisters, where I write stories about (all kinds of) people who don’t give up!

The new generation of young punks have been speaking out about I.C.E….

Thousands of guns at a protest? We’ve been there…

Stick. Shift. A long post (or a short story) about transmissions and transitions

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My Giving Tuesday list is back — open.substack.com/pub/petulant...

A rock icon and a 100-year-old WWII veteran tell America’s story Kiss front man Gene Simmons paid tribute in D.C. to a man who helped liberate a concentration camp where his mother had been held.

Thank you, veterans.
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Oct. 19, 1925 — Calvin Coolidge’s progressive speech in Omaha focusing on a post-war America continued to ruffle feathers #100yearsagotoday :

Wicked fun to be in Boston today — where true patriots began the “No Kings” movement in 1773! From dancing lobsters and Dunkin’ jokes to a woman standing in silence holding a single lantern — one if by land — high, Boston did it right.

October 15, 1925 — After the KKK marched on Washington, Calvin Coolidge hit on the danger of growing intolerance in America during a speech in Omaha. His remarks were highlighted in a full page ad in The Post #100yearsagotoday.

🧵…It gave citizenship, though not voting rights, to roughly 300,000 Native Americans, whose ancestors lived on that land long before colonists arrived.

October 14, 1925 — The representatives from 24 tribes of the New England region gathered for their third-annual pow-wow in Rhode Island #100yearsagotoday. It was the year after Calvin Coolidge, who claimed to have “a trace of Indian blood”, championed the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924…🧵

Oct. 10, 1925 — New D.C. police superintendent Edwin B. Hesse made his first address to officers #100yearsagotoday. “Nothing is more important to the police department than the deportment of its individual members,” he said. Their duty is to citizens, he said, asking officers to prioritize courtesy.

Oct. 8, 1925 - The Post made history #100yearsagotoday by using a motorcycle, airplane and car in a bold race to get readers photos from the 1925 World Series in Pittsburgh. Head to my Substack for more about the (sometimes dodgy) ways newspapers transmitted photos before we all had send buttons.

🧵…lobotomies, insulin-induced comas and aversion therapy — lead to violence, chaos and federal investigations #100yearsagotoday . The massive campus is now home to the Department of Homeland Security…and some happier things. #history

October 6, 1925 — St. Elizabeth’s was the first federally-funded asylum in the U.S. It aimed for more humane treatments, like hydrotherapy and views of nature. However, overcrowding — it was packed with Civil War veterans, and LGBTQ people subjected to electroshock therapy.. 🧵

#100yearsagotoday, Johnson took the time to write and tell her which of his children is the best ball player. Take a guess. (You go, girl!) #history #womeninbaseball #walterjohnson #leagueoftheirown #womensprobaseballleague #girlsbaseball

Oct. 4, 1925 — Star pitcher Walter Johnson heard about a disappointed D.C. baseball fan who said, upon giving birth to a girl: “Oh, I was wishing for a boy, so he could be a pitcher like Walter Johnson.”Well…
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MAGA trolls sent death threats this alien barbarian After decades of slaying massive puppets of public figures, GWAR just got their first - very specific - death threat

MAGA trolls sent death threats this alien barbarian
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What Hegseth wants is a GWAR department Trump's world wants ferocious warriors on American streets. They were right there, at Riot Fest

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September 29, 1925 — Yup, you get cancelled for being ageist #100yearsagotoday. Meyer’s Shop in D.C. ran a cheeky ad telling “old chap(s)” they had more than the wide-leg pants and suits in “ice cream shades” that young guys were wearing. The outcry was enough for an apology in print the next day.