The founder of the American Red Cross was also a suffragist. “Perfectly equal rights—human rights. There was never any question in my mind in regard to this.” #19forthe19th @usnatarchives via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B2RX7vshSRW/
Can we apply suffrage movement strategies to arguments on facebook or twitter? How do we amplify women’s voices within the #MeToo movement? April Young Bennett discusses applying time-tested life lessons to our modern world...
It was already law, but Connecticut showed its support by ratifying the 19th Amendment on September 14, 1920.
April Young Bennett discussed her own career journey with host Shawn Andrews and what we can learn from women who broke the glass ceiling during the suffrage era on the Critical Mass Radio Show....
New Hampshire ratified the 19th Amendment on September 10, 1919.
This 18th century French doctor and biomedical engineer paved the way for women to enter medical professions across Europe and the United States. 19forthe19th @usnatarchives via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B1_hwYAhTK5/
Minnesota ratified the 19th Amendment on September 8, 1919.
Better late than never! Alabama ratified the 19th Amendment on September 8, 1953. The 19th had become law in 1920.
“Only faith in ourselves and in each other is needed to work a reformation.” -Marie Zakrzewska, 1857 Marie Zakrzewska immigrated from Germany to the United States, and helped pioneer female opportunity to pursue the...
Ernestine Rose coined the phrase, “Women’s rights are human rights.” She was an activist in Poland and England and fought for the rights of American women after immigrating to the United States. via Instagram...
As we celebrate the Women’s Suffrage Centennial in 2019 and 2020, it is a great time to look back to what we can learn from the past as we work toward a better future....
“I say then that justice is not fulfilled so long as woman is unequal before the law.” -Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, 1866 We celebrate Women’s Equality Day each year to commemorate the day...
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