She was 75 when they called her "the most dangerous woman in America" and sentenced her to 20 years. He was shot dead on courthouse steps. His murder ignited the march to Blair Mountain. #SaintsAndRebelsFriday #LaborHistory

She was 75 when they called her "the most dangerous woman in America" and sentenced her to 20 years. He was shot dead on courthouse steps. His murder ignited the march to Blair Mountain. #SaintsAndRebelsFriday #LaborHistory
She was 17 at Stonewall. A Latina trans woman who'd been on the streets since age 10. She co-founded STAR House for homeless trans youth — and was later booed off stage at pride by the movement she helped build. She got back up. #SaintsAndRebelsFriday
She started organizing farmworkers in her forties and kept going until her nineties. She signed up more UFW members than any other organizer, helped ban the short-handled hoe, and negotiated contracts, all while raising a family. The leader they thought would just make coffee. #SaintsAndRebelsFriday
Wilbur and Orville get the credit. Katharine managed the business, nursed Orville back from a near-fatal crash, and secured the European contracts that made the airplane viable. Orville said she'd done as much as either of them. #SaintsAndRebelsFriday