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August 2020: Celebrating a Women’s Suffrage Anniversary in New Hampshire

Posted on 1 August, 2020 by Janice Brown

A special celebration of suffrage is approaching (actually two)!  One hundred years ago, on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote was finally ratified (meaning resolutions were passed by the required 36 State legislatures … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Tidbits: March 2020 is Women’s History Month

Posted on 1 March, 2020 by Janice Brown

Each year the National Women’s History Alliance selects a theme to encourage authors of all levels and abilities to write about women and to be inclusive of them in our collective history. Their 2020 Women’s History Month theme is “Valiant … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire’s Cow Appreciation Day

Posted on 1 July, 2019 by Janice Brown

There is a day or a month devoted to almost any object, event or pastime that you can imagine.  One day each year in July is devoted to Cow Appreciation.  This year [in 2019] the celebrations are being held on … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Suffragist, National & Local Civic Leader, Peace Proponent, Lecturer, Teacher: Mary Nettie Chase of Andover (1863-1959)

Posted on 22 May, 2019 by Janice Brown

With the upcoming 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment being passed by the U. S.  Congress, my focus shifts to women (and men) who promoted suffrage in New Hampshire and nationally.  When Mary Nettie Chase’s name was mentioned on “The … Continue reading →

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New Hampshire Tidbits: Fun Things To Do Before 1880

Posted on 1 December, 2018 by Janice Brown

The Cheer of New England Life For one, I utterly deny that the rural society of New England, taken as a whole, is in a grim, stern or extravagantly repressed condition. I do not know much of Connecticut, but I … Continue reading →

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