Seeds of Fire: A People’s Chronology

Recalling events that happened on this day in history.
Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence.

Compiled by Ulli Diemer

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February 19, 1942
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes the internment of Japanese-Americans. As a result, people of Japanese ancestry are excluded from the entire Pacific coast of the U.S. In total, about 110,000 people are forced into “War Relocation Camps”
February 19, 1963
Publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique, one of the germinal works of the “second wave” of feminism in the United States.
Related Topics: FeminismHouseworkWivesWomen in HomeWomen's Issues



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