💙📚 On this day in 1538, Elizabeth Boleyn, mother of Queen Anne Boleyn, died after witnessing the tragic fall of her family in 1536. Her death marked the quiet end of a woman who stood at the centre of Tudor court life.

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🗓️Feb 19 2014: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova & Maria Alyokhina, former members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, were arrested & later released after protesting during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. #WomenInHistory #OTDHistory
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🗓️Feb 17,1870: Esther Hobart Morris, became the 1st woman (another 1st for Wyoming Women) to serve as Justice of the Peace, in South Pass City Wyoming. Her courtroom work was real history; the ‘tea party’ origin story is the legend that grew later. #WomenInHistory #OTDHistory
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🗓️Feb 9 1864: The Women's national loyal league petitioned the U.S. Congress to outlaw slavery in all states. Part of an ongoing effort by women's organization to support the abolitionist movement and advocate for ending slavery.
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