I am a feminist and painter about David's age, who looked forward to his daily posts. He showed how Facebook could be a  wonderful communication tool . HIs historic, well researched, thorough writings and,.... my favorite part, the archival photos I had never seen, taught me so much. There were times I wished he would include more feminist issues than Women's Suffrage, but he made it a big subject. The post that comes to mind first for me is the one on the Women's House of Detention in New York City which used to be on 6th Avenue next to the Jefferson Market Library. Now that building has been torn down and  the site is a beautiful public Community garden, I sat in there last week during the heat wave and remembered how I used to hear the women calling out of the top floor windows to their families and how David posted a photo of those days.  His posts made his readers including me  feel that activism was worth it,!!!! that we must be well informed and vote and appreciate what enormous effort went into getting us women of all races and incomes the vote. . It is more than a nice story, it includes force feeding, persistence, door knocking, prison time, analysis, lots of conversations including some with powerful resistant presidents ,, marches, and it finally worked. It was part of what I hope optimistically is progress. The fact that he was a guy made his message even a little more vivid. He seemed like a kind person, disciplined and open. I wrote him a few times and he always gave me generous responses. I was surprised how upset I got at his death, kept hoping he would recover. Thank you Roger. My sympathies for your loss. Thank you David.