This Independence Day Iโm posting about the women who advocated for independence and freedoms for women. From suffrage to contraception access (by the extremely flawed Margaret Sanger) to trying to get an Equal Rights Amendment passed. In order we have Sojourner Truth, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Ida B. Wells, Alice Paul, Inez Milholland Boissevain, the aforementioned Margaret Sanger (who also believed in eugenics, unfortunately), and Gloria Steinem. These women and so many others were beaten, starved, force fed, jailed, and otherwise abused for advocating for the rights that so many of us enjoyed in the US over the past century. We have already started losing the right of bodily autonomy, privacy, and self-determination. Further backsliding dishonors their efforts and memories. Our independence and self-determination requires our vigilance and that of good men allied with us. #independence #selfdetermination #autonomy #freedom #trueequality https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfl5VcrLZdv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
