#OnThisDay, 29 Nov 1949, Iriaka Rātana is elected to the New Zealand parliament (Pāremata Aotearoa). She was the first Māori woman to become an MP. She held her seat until her retirement in 1969.

#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars.

Not included in the 1974 Nobel prize for the discovery, Bell received a £3m prize for her work in 2018. She's used it to set up a foundation to improve the diversity in STEM.

#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1893, over 90,000 women in Aotearoa New Zealand voted in parliamentary elections for the first time.

#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1720, Mary Read and Anne Bonny are found guilty of piracy and sentenced to be hanged.

Both executions were paused, as both women claimed to be pregnant. Read died in prison, Bonny was released.

Read more about historical women pirates: https://carvehername.org.uk/mary-read-ann-bonny-and-other-historical-women-pirates/

“The only attribute of a good officer we amateurs had any real trouble to acquire,” said Allen, “was the correct, slow police step.”

#OnThisDay, 27 Nov 1914, Mary Allen and Ellen Harburn of the Women Police Volunteers reported for duty in Grantham, UK.

This is a that takes a turn.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 26 Nov 1867, Lily Maxwell voted in Chorlton-upon-Medlock’s Town Hall, Manchester.

It was one of the first recorded instances of a woman voting for an MP in the UK.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory #Histodons

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#OnThisDay, 25 Nov 1960, sisters Patria, Minerva and Maria Teresa Mirabal were assassinated for their political opposition to the Dominican dictator Trujillo.

In 1999, the UN designated 25 Nov as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in the sisters' memory. The day now marks the start of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

#OnThisDay, 25 Nov 1741 (OS), Tsarevna Elizabeth Petrovna seized power over the Russian Empire in a Palace coup.

She was crowned Elizabeth I the following year and remained Empress of Russia till her death in 1762. She had a policy of not executing people.