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Thread of my threads.
In which I pull together all of my history threads into one MEGA-THREAD for the ease and enjoyment and sanity of all. And by all I mean me.
Roughly in chronological order but you really never know.
Rebecca Fachner
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Rebecca Fachner
@rebecca_fachner
Historian & Tour Guide. Tweets about history, politics, travel. Book nerd. My history pod is @tourguidetell she/her
Washington, DC
Joined November 2012
- The fact that married women couldn’t get a credit in their own names until 1974 and the divorce rate started to sky rocket a decade later is not a coincidence.Readers added context they thought people might want to knowReaders added contextPer the CDC, the divorce rate began increasing in 1963, reaching an all-time high in 1979. By 1974, the divorce rate was already three-quarters of the way to its eventual peak. 1962: 9.4 per 1,000 married women 1974: 19.3 1979: 22.8 (all-time high) 1984: 21.5 2018: 15.7 Source: t.co/Mk2gYHXaYx
- The Germans at Normandy, June 6, 1944Honestly, how many fucking boats do they have?
- Fellow white ladies. Get over it. Whatever it is, get past it right now. We’re gonna elect a black woman president and I promise you it’s gonna be amazing. Get on board, no reservations.
- Cis men, if you were to walk into a public restroom and see menstrual products near the soap dispensers, how would it negatively affect your life? Please provide specific examples.
- By 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled the theft of nuclear documents acceptable because it isn’t deeply rooted in our history
- Dear Dems. Don’t get overconfident Don’t get overconfident Don’t get overconfident Signed, 2016
- If 55% of white women decided they were done being oppressed by the patriarchy, there would never again be a republican on a national ticket in this country.
- Every single woman you know has AT LEAST one. Take it to the bank."Not every single woman has a scary story about a man" Yes they do. I promise you that they do.
- I love that all us Millennials were told by our Boomer parents that we’d get more conservative as we aged and here we are in our 30s/40s and all liberal AF.
- Tell me you don’t know anything about labor history without telling me
- Ask me why they’ve removed the benches. Go on. Ask meWaiting at Union Station, Washington DC, early 20th century:
- The last time a Speaker didn’t win in the first ballot was in 1923 and so we’re gonna go live to the 4 Congressmen and 6 Senators who were there for a reaction.
