February 15: National Gumdrop Day

Gumdrops have been around for at least 200 years – who could flavored gelatin coated in sugar? They’re tasty and easy to decorate with! (okay, well, I greatly prefer chocolate or a cookie or something, but everyone else seems to like them.)

So, February 15 is National Gumdrop Day. After all the chocolate from Valentine’s Day, now is the time to go get a bag of gumdrops  and start playing with your food!

February 15: Susan B. Anthony Day

Susan B. Anthony was born February 15, 1820. Although we remember her primarily for her work promoting women’s rights, she was also an abolitionist (arguing for civil rights around the time of the Civil War). Susan B. Anthony Day celebrates her birthday and the women’s suffrage movement.

The B. stands for Brownwell

Shown with fellow women’s rights activist, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

She died in 1906, 16 years before the 19th amendment was passed and women received the vote.

In 1979 she became the first woman to be featured on a U.S. coin.