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As we celebrate the Women’s Suffrage Centennial, it is a great time to look back to what we can learn from the past as we work toward a better future. April Young Bennett, author...
Ask a Suffragist Stories and Wisdom from America's First Feminists
“Mankind need only be aroused to thought to destroy forever all wrong customs.” -Antoinette Brown, 1853
“Mankind need only be aroused to thought to destroy forever all wrong customs.” -Antoinette Brown, 1853 Happy birthday to Antoinette Brown Blackwell, born on May 20, 1825. Antoinette Brown Blackwell was the first Protestant...
Better late than never! Florida ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on May 13, 1969.
The Nineteenth Amendment, extending votes to women, had been law since 1920.
The Activist Origins of Mothers Day
Julia Ward Howe “Women need no longer be made a party to proceedings which fill the globe with grief and horror.” -Julia Ward Howe, 1870 Mothers Day did not begin as a dedicated time...
Better late than never! Maryland ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 29, 1941.
The Nineteenth Amendment, extending votes to women, had been law since 1920.
Better late than never! Mississippi ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 22, 1984.
The Nineteenth Amendment, extending votes to women, had been law since 1920.
“Woman must have a purse of her own.” Susan B. Anthony, 1853 #EqualPayDay
In 1852, Susan B. Anthony toured New York setting up local women’s temperance societies in several towns. A year later, she was dismayed to find that they had all closed due to lack of...
Washington state ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 22, 1920.
Washington state ratified the 19th Amendment on March 22, 1920.
Alaska Territory gave women the right to vote on March 21, 1913.
Alaska Territory gave women the right to vote on March 21, 1913.
West Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment on March 10, 1920.
West Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment on March 10, 1920.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! #IWD2020 #EachforEqual #GenerationEquality
“There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.” -Alice Paul Happy International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is celebrated every March 8th. It is a global day...
“That vote has been costly. Prize it!” -Carrie Chapman Catt #WomensHistoryMonth
“Women have suffered agony of soul which you can never comprehend, that you and your daughters might inherit political freedom. That vote has been costly. Prize it!” -Carrie Chapman Catt, 1920 March is Women’s...
“I am going to stay here and stand the fire.” -Sojourner Truth, circa 1843 #BlackHistoryMonth
“If the Lord comes and burns – as you say he will – I am not going away. I am going to stay here and stand the fire like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.” -Sojourner...
