Luisa Capetillo, born on this day in 1879, was a Puerto Rican labor organizer, feminist, and Christian anarchist. Capetillo advocated for women's suffrage, was arrested for wearing pants in public, and helped raise the minimum wage.
As a labor activist, Capetillo organized workers throughout the United States, worked as a reporter for the FLT (Federacion Libre de Trabajadores), and traveled throughout Puerto Rico, educating and organizing women. Her hometown, Arecibo, became the most unionized area of the country.
Capetillo is considered to be one of Puerto Rico's first suffragists. In 1908, during the FLT convention, Capetillo asked the union to approve a policy for women's suffrage, insisting that all women should have the same right to vote as men. Along with other labor activists, she also helped pass a minimum wage law in the Puerto Rican Legislature.
Today, Capetillo is perhaps best known for being arrested for wearing pants in public, although the charges against her were later dropped.
In 2014, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico honored Capetillo, along with eleven other women, with plaques in the "La Plaza en Honor a la Mujer Puertorriqueña" (Plaza in Honor of Puerto Rican Women).
Capetillo, Luisa - a biography
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i practiced outside for about an hour and thirty minutes.
Fast Tap Stroke, staying loose at working between rates, avoiding tension. both hands 10 mins each Fast Full Stroke, staying loose at working between rates, avoiding tension. both hands 10 min each Letting the stick bounce as much as possible with French Grip . 5 mins each hand. Doing doubles with French Grip at 65BPM but at different rhythmic rates. 5 mins each hand. Solo No. 34 in Wilcoxin All-American Snare Drum for about 20 minutes?
The wind started blowing really hard which made letting the stick bounce in French grip hard, it kept slipping out of position. But it was interesting because I noticed that it was confirming the looseness of my grip. It seems everytime I practice outside I get some goofy nature-based practice idea. One time I was able to work on some rudiments using a cricket as a metronome lol
I'm working Solo No. 34 up, it's really easy but after I get it a little more in my brain the idea is that I'm going to be playing with the tempo more.
I'm about to stop working on german grip stuff and focus on french grip for awhile again. Working on loosening up has pushed my single stroke roll into the 280BPM territory which is insane to me.
I think something I need to work towards is actually getting my thoughts out there into the music community and also providing free lessons for the community I came from. These are two things I really want to do. I hate that all the knowledge I've acquired was pretty much locked behind a systematic paywall, music kinda sucks. It should all be free and we should all be able to participate in this shit.
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