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Alison Bechdel is an acclaimed author and illustrator. She published the graphic novel Fun Home, a work that looked at her relationship with her father, who was secretly gay as well; which was also turned into a Tony Award-winning musical. She is also known for the Bechdel test, an indicator of gender bias in film. Do you know someone making history? #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Hilda Doolittle was a poet of the avant-garde Imagist movement and was openly bisexual. Her writings were rediscovered in the 1970s when she served as an icon for both the gay rights and feminist movements. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Margarethe Cammermeyer served as a colonel in the Washington National Guard and became a gay rights activist. CCFWG advocates for the rights of all women to ensure they have the opportunities and resources needed to thrive. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Janet Murguia is a political activist in the United States. She is president of the National Council of La Raza, an Hispanic advocacy organization. CCFWG is committed to ensuring all women have the resources they need to succeed. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Emma Tenayuca was a Mexican American labor leader, union organizer and educator. CCFWG partners with organization in Chester County to ensure foreign women overcome the barriers they face in order to thrive. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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CCFWG has funded the Space to be Proud, Open and Together (SPOT) program, which is Chester County’s only program where LGBTQ teens can feel accepted and empowered. Donate today to ensure the programs helping these women continue to be funded. https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/551071 #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Martina Navratilova was one of the world's top tennis players in the 1970s and '80s and was one of the first openly gay athletes. Constantly speaking out for LGBT rights, she gave up millions in endorsements and sponsorships due to her unwillingness to live a lie. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Sally Kohn is a CNN political commentator, a columnist and one of the leading progressive voices in America today. Prior to joining the media, Sally worked for over a decade as a community organizer — on issues ranging from criminal justice reform, to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, to immigrant rights. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Brenda Howard was an American bisexual rights activist. Howard founded the New York Area Bisexual Network in 1988, and the first chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous specifically for bisexual people. Howard was an important figure in the modern LGBT rights movement. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
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Many of the programs funded by CCFWG such as the Volunteer English Program of Chester County and the Chester County OIC train immigrant women to overcome barriers to finding work. Donate today to ensure the programs helping these women continue to be funded. https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/551071 #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
The Fund for Women and Girls – Igniting Change in Chester County
Marisa Franco has been a community organizer ever since she graduated from Arizona State University. She is currently Director for the #Not1More Deportation Campaign of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and an outspoken advocate for immigrant rights. Your donation can help CCFWG make history today! https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/551071 #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth
The Fund for Women and Girls – Igniting Change in Chester County
Immigrant women are significantly less likely to have health insurance coverage than U.S. born women; facing barriers in accessing basic health coverage. CCFWG has granted out over $500,000 to programs providing health care for immigrant women and their families in Chester County. #MakingHistory #WomensHistoryMonth