The women were clubbed, beaten and tortured by the guards at the Occoquan Workhouse. The 33 suffragists from the National Woman’s Party had been arrested Nov. 10, 1917, while picketing outside the White House for the right to vote.
The male guards at the Northern Virginia prison manacled the party’s co-founder Lucy Burns by her hands to the bars above her cell and forced her to stand all night. Dorothy Day, who would later establish the Catholic Worker houses, had her arm twisted behind her back and was slammed twice over the back of an iron bench. Read More...
Idina Menzel, whose birth name was Idina Kim Mentzel, was born on May 30, 1971, in New York City, New York. She is a well-known American singer, songwriter, and actor. Menzel spent her childhood in both New Jersey and Long Island. She began her career as a wedding and bar mitzvah singer when she was 15 years old. She received her high school education from Syosset High School and her bachelor’s degree in theater from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1992. Read More...
Unfortunately, Great Stuff does not list waterproof as one of the properties of this product. In almost all their descriptions, the manufacturer says “expands to take the shape of cracks and voids to form an airtight, water-resistant bond “Click to see full answer. Similarly, you may ask, is spray foam in a can waterproof?Answer: Some spray foam insulations are waterproof. Rather, open cell foams can hold a tremendous volume of water. Read More...
