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Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:18 AM Jun 2016

Samantha Bee: Other Female Firsts Covered Like Hillary’s Historic Nomination

Here are the headlines (photos at link)

MAY 20, 1932
DERRY, Northern Ireland — “Amelia Earhart completed her solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic yesterday afternoon. Her landing was met with skepticism by aviation enthusiasts who claimed her aircraft gave her an ‘unfair advantage.’”
......
SEPT 20, 1973
HOUSTON, Texas — “Billie Jean King has crushed her male opponent Bobby Riggs in a highly anticipated tennis match. This raises the question: do the rules of tennis need to be changed?”
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DEC, 1903
OSLO, Norway — “Ignoring voice vote, rigged Nobel Prize committee hands award to Marie Curie.”
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JUNE 18, 1983
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — “Sally Ride makes history as first American female in orbit. But is space ready for a woman?”
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MAY 8, 1429
ORLEANS, France — “English vow to fight on, casting doubt on Joan of Arc’s victory.”

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Samantha Bee: Other Female Firsts Covered Like Hillary’s Historic Nomination (Original Post) Rose Siding Jun 2016 OP
Awesome JoePhilly Jun 2016 #1
I actually heard something very similar to her first example. spooky3 Jun 2016 #2
You know what happened the year before? jmowreader Jun 2016 #13
Foyt is a good man. spooky3 Jun 2016 #15
Mahalo for all these First Accomplishments of Women through history, Rose! Cha Jun 2016 #3
K&R! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #4
Here's another first savalez Jun 2016 #5
Actual headline: Lady with desire to run crashes marathon Rose Siding Jun 2016 #8
The Washington Post headline this week says it all. displacedtexan Jun 2016 #6
I saw one article that read savalez Jun 2016 #7
I saw that too and she slayed in CA! Rose Siding Jun 2016 #9
I know, right? savalez Jun 2016 #10
this idiot's response in the comments really stood out shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #11
If he was stronger, charlyvi Jun 2016 #12
" “English vow to fight on, casting doubt on Joan of Arc’s victory.” LOL! Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #14

spooky3

(36,109 posts)
2. I actually heard something very similar to her first example.
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:31 AM
Jun 2016

Years ago, coworkers at the lunch table were discussing the first woman to have qualified for participation at the Indy 500. Her speed during qualies put her in the middle of the pack. One coworker said, "but she had a very fast car. (several top male drivers) would have taken the pole position with it." At the time I thought, but didn't dare say, "are you telling me that (those drivers) who have a lot more money than she does would not have the best car in the field?"

jmowreader

(51,401 posts)
13. You know what happened the year before?
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 11:18 PM
Jun 2016

She arrived at the track with an old piece of shit car that kept breaking down, because she had no money. And of course, the other crews were sitting around talking shit about how she was doing badly because she was a woman. AJ Foyt (who you did NOT want to piss off!) got wind of it and dealt with the problem: he unloaded his backup car, put Ms. Guthrie in it and had her turn four hot practice laps. If it was an official qualifying attempt she would have started outside of Row 3.

All was well though; Humpy Wheeler, who owned Charlotte Motor Speedway, helped find her a team to run the World 600 NASCAR race for.

Cha

(305,137 posts)
3. Mahalo for all these First Accomplishments of Women through history, Rose!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:31 AM
Jun 2016

lol@I see they're whining about Jill Stein on the twitter feed.

savalez

(3,517 posts)
7. I saw one article that read
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:43 AM
Jun 2016

something like "Clinton avoids an embarrassing loss by winning California."

WTH?

They are a bunch of aholios.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
9. I saw that too and she slayed in CA!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 10:48 AM
Jun 2016

I noted that one to myself when I saw it. smh and thought at least she got a mention for winning.

shadowandblossom

(718 posts)
11. this idiot's response in the comments really stood out
Sat Jun 11, 2016, 03:03 AM
Jun 2016

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What an insult to all of these accomplished women. Joan of Arc! Really? If Hillary waned to join a “long line of celebrated female firsts” she would step aside and let the stronger candidate defeat Trump. Instead she has a good chance of returning the White House to a so-called republican. Either way, it seems like her ascendancy assures at least four more years of establishment politics. What a waste. What a shame for this woman to to squander such a pivotal first.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
14. " “English vow to fight on, casting doubt on Joan of Arc’s victory.” LOL!
Sun Jun 12, 2016, 04:30 AM
Jun 2016

Immediately brought this to mind...Bwaahaaaa!

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