Women power, R.I.P Irene Morgan Kirklady
Irene Morgan Kirkaldy (1917 – 2007)
From Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame
In July 1944, Irene Morgan Kirkaldy made a courageous decision that would turn into one of the first major advancements in the American Civil Rights Movement. Kirkaldy was born on April 9, 1917, in Baltimore, Maryland.
On a July morning in 1944, Kirkaldy, recovering from a miscarriage, boarded a Greyhound bus in Gloucester, Virginia, to return to her home in Baltimore. She selected a seat in a section of the back of the bus designated for black passengers. A half hour into the trip, a white couple boarded the crowded bus and the bus driver, under authority given to him by Jim Crow laws and segregation practices, demanded that Kirkaldy give up her seat.
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Nice post!
I reposted it, its important to know about historic women figures since women aren’t well praised as their male counter parts.