Archive for July 19th, 2025

Jul

POLITICAL CARTOON OF THE DAY FROM FOX

07.19.25

Washington's signature-writing machines rumble into the digital age - The Washington Post

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Jul

WHEN RADIO WAS RADIO ~

Joe Gearing at radio station WLEU.

1950s Erie DJ Joe Gearing and WLEU Radio Station

Disc Jockey Joe Gearing These pictures are of Joe Gearing, who in 1955 was Erie's only all night DJ. The radio station was WLEU 1450, later WWGO and WEYZ. Studios and offices

In 1955, Joe was Erie’s only all night dj. There was a Sunday
feature article on him in the Erie Times on Sunday May, 29,
1955. Joe worked at WLEU, which later became WWGO and
others, from October 1954 to July 1958. By the end of the 60’s,
Joe shifted his attention to becoming a talk show host, working
at many southwestern PA radio stations, including KDKA and
WJAS in Pittsburgh.

Joe Gearing (1934 – 2015) Photo taken in 2006.

In addition to his radio career, Gearing once served as a magistrate.

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Jul

WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION IN 1848

OTD in 1848, the Seneca Falls Convention began, launching the women's suffrage movement. To learn more about the people and milestones in the fight for women's rights, access our Women's History Collection

At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, a
woman’s rights convention—the first ever held in the
United States—convened with almost 200 women in
attendance.

The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at
the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London.

As women, Mott and Stanton were barred from the
convention floor, and the common indignation that
this aroused in both of them was the impetus for
their founding of the women’s rights movement in
the United States.

The Seneca Falls Convention — Diary Entry from 1848 | by Peter Paccone | Medium