Rebellious Daughters of History #41 by Glyn Robbins (guest contribution) and ,,Judy Cox Shirley Chisholm (1924 – 2005) Shirley Chisholm was a trail-blazer for insurgent US politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #40 by ,,Judy Cox America Rising: Charlene Alexander Mitchell (1930) Born in Cincinnati in 1930 in Ohio, Charlene migrated with her working-class family to Chicago. During […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #39 by Farida Haque (guest contribution) and ,,Judy Cox Why the Statues Must Fall: Leela Roy (Bengali: লীলা রায়) (1900 – 1970) Leela was born into […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #38 by ,,Judy Cox Why the statues must fall: Wambui Otieno and the Mau Mau Uprising (1936-2011) Wambui was born in Kiambu District in southern Kikuyuland […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #37 by ,,Judy Cox The fire last time: Ada Wright and the Scottsboro Boys On March 25, 1931, nine young Black men—Haywood Patterson, Clarence Norris, Charlie […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #36 by ,,Judy Cox and Shona Pollock (guest post) America Rising: From ‘Freedom Now’ to ‘Black Power’: Kathleen Neal Cleaver (1945-) Kathleen Neal Cleaver was born […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #35 by ,,Judy Cox America Rising: Joan Tarika Lewis Tarika Lewis grew up in Oakland, California, a town infamous for police brutality and segregation. In the […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #34 by ,,Judy Cox America Rising: Fannie Lou Hamer (1917 – 1977) “We been waitin’ all our lives, and still gettin’ killed, still gettin’ hung, still […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #33 by Jack Robertson (guest contribution) and ,,Judy Cox Red Clydeside Rent Strike Leader: Mary Barbour Mary Barbour was born in the Renfrewshire village of Kilbarchan […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #32 by Judy Cox Chartist Militant and Theoretician: Elizabeth Hanson (1797-1886) Elizabeth was born in 1797. She married Abram Hanson, a shoemaker, and lived in Elland, […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #31 by ,,Judy Cox The First Black Communist: Grace Campbell (1883-1943) Grace Campbell was born in 1882 in Georgia. Her father was a Jamaican immigrant and […]
Rebellious Daughters of History #30 by ,,Judy Cox Chartist, Feminist, Journalist and Communist: Helen MacFarlane (1818-1860) Helen Macfarlane was born in Barrhead, Paisley, Scotland. Her father, George, owned a calico-printing […]
