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Re: UPDATE: Alley Naming Timeline and Voting Process
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi Haley; A couple of things. Could you provide me the name of the neighbor that submitted Furies Alley? I would like to talk with him/her to see if they would be interested in changing the submitted name to Furies Court. Court would be my preference and it seems like "court" is the preference of most of the names proposed. I like using the name of the women's collective for the alley but Furies Alley just has bad optics, makes it sound like a dangerous place. It also seems that the description of the significance of the collective could be heightened. From Wikipedia: The Furies' theoretical contributions to the women's movement outlasted the collective's existence. Future feminist groups across the country cited the importance of the Furies' theoretical developments of feminism to their own organizing efforts. Former members of the collective, such as Rita Mae Brown, went on to other organizing and activist positions, especially in media and publishing. Lammas, the DC feminist bookstore, that closed in 2001, was started by two members of the collective. In 2016 the house at 219 11th St. SE which was home to the Furies Collective was named as the first lesbian-related historic landmark in Washington, D.C., when it was unanimously voted into the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites. Second I also like Bethune Court but think the description is inadequate to explain her importance. The National Women's History Museum wrote "The daughter of former slaves, Mary Jane McLeod Bethune became one of the most important black educators, civil and women¡¯s rights leaders and government officials of the twentieth century. The college she founded set educational standards for today¡¯s black colleges, and her role as an advisor to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave African Americans an advocate in government." Plus it should be noted we have a link to the name as the statute commemorating Bethune is located 2 blocks away in Lincoln Park.?Thanks
Linda Mellgren (245 11th ST)
On 3/4/21 1:51 PM, Haley Huang wrote:
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