
Sojourner Truth
This morning while strolling I came across the First Street Community Garden. Other than myself and the ghosts of the great women on its walls, the garden was completely empty. It was very peaceful there and I stayed a while looking at things and trying to see them. And then I took these pictures.

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Harriet Tubman
Emma Goldman

Susan B. Anthony

Jane Jacobs and Grace Paley

Dorothy Day
“All of our problems stem from our acceptance of this filthy rotten system.”

Eleanor Roosevelt
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This entry was posted on June 29, 2013 at 8:38 pm and is filed under Neither Fish Nor Fowl, New York Moments.
Tags: Dorothy Day, Eleanor Roosevelt, Emma Goldman, First Street Community Garden, Harriet Tubman, Jane Jacobs, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony
July 1, 2013 at 1:41 pm
I often think of this quote from Dorothy Day. I’ll have to visit the garden myself.
July 1, 2013 at 2:22 pm
You should Don. And after you do, fetch me — I live nearby — and we can have a pint or two. Or three. Or four. Or five. Or six. Or seven.