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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
“Rightfully Hers” at the U.S. National Archives celebrates 100 years since the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Just before the #pandemic, I had the opportunity to visit #RightfullyHers @usnatarchives. So inspiring to read the words of #suffragists in their own handwriting! #womenshistory #suffrage100
Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build. -Julia Ward Howe, 1874
“Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.” Julia Ward Howe, 1874 Happy birthday to Julia Ward Howe, born May 27, 1819. Julia Ward Howe is one of the suffragists featured in the first Ask...
“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...
Announcing all four books of the Ask a Suffragist series
We are pleased to announce that Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists will be followed by three more Ask a Suffragist books, channeling the lived experiences of suffragists spanning 100...
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.
Ask A Suffragist is now available as a paperback!
Good news! The paperback edition of Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists has been released. Order this lightweight, budget-friendly option today!
The Activist Origins of Mothers Day
“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 to shower mothers...
Educated, Activist Women Who Opened College Doors for the Rest of Us
April Young Bennett, author of Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists, was invited to participate in the Ohio Women’s Activism blog series at the Ohio History Connection. Educated, Activist Women...
April Young Bennett in the news: how more egalitarian church practices could help religious women during the COVID-19 crisis
Ask a Suffragist author April Young Bennett spoke with the Salt Lake Tribune about the how religious organizations are coping with COVID-19, and how more egalitarian church practices could help religious women during this...
“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...
“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...
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.
