HERstory: Amelia Bloomer HERstory: Amelia Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer was an early suffragist, political activist, dress reformer and proto-feminist, and played a key part in the American female suffrage movement.
Bloomer was born in New York in 1818, where she worked as a teacher before marrying David Bloomer in 1840 and moving to Seneca Falls, Florida. Instead of becoming a passive housewife, she began volunteering at a local temperance society, and her husband suggested she write as an outlet for her enthusiasm for social reform.
In 1848, she attended the Seneca Falls Women’s Rights Convention – the first held in America – and it inspired something in her which led her to found
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Join Faction of Fools Theatre Company, DC’s Commedia dell’Arte theatre company, on Thursday, February 25th for an all day virtual soirée celebrating International Commedia dell’Arte Day! On February 25th, 1545, Ser Maphio’s troupe signed a letter of incorporation in Padua, making them the first actors to register their company as a business. On this day, the world celebrates the birth of professional Commedia and professional theatre.
Commedia is an old style, yet laser focused on the present. This Commedia dell’Arte Day, the Fools forge into the world of TikTok, a video-sharing social media platform. These short video snippets are intended to seize the current social zeitgeist and explore how our stock Commedia characters traverse society’s current trends while simultaneously educating our audience on the style of Commedia. All newly created TikTok videos will also be shared on our website and existing social media platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Mike Calabrese s storefront on Seneca Falls main drag is hard to miss.
The small building, home to his T-shirt printing business, is covered in massive pro-Trump signage. Red, white and blue TRUMP 2020 signs cover the store, with messages about American freedoms being at stake and left wing lunatics taking control.
It s loud. He receives angry phone calls and death threats because of it.
And for the last four years, he s been fine with that. But speaking over the phone on Friday, Calabrese said his fervor for Trump is waning. I m still backing the guy, but I m disappointed in the way he s leaving his presidency behind, Calabrese said. He s darkened his legacy with the last few desperate attempts to win the White House.