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Many people wore masks to slow the spread back then, as we do now. A National Woman’s Party sash and a Jailed for Freedom pin, which suffragists wore to commemorate time spent in jail...
It lists four dates: 1870, when Utah women first voted, the 19th Amendment in 1920, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and today. #suffragecentennial #suffrage100 #election2020 via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CG4u-qXhWFi/ P.S. I voted!
I celebrated the 100th anniversary of the #19thamendment by finding images of living and historical Utah women on the mural and telling my son about these great role models. Can’t wait to look up...
We stand in the center in this photo, after reminders of the fight for suffrage decades before the amendment, including winning the vote in Utah 50 years before the 19th Amendment passed, and beyond...
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, the children’s newspaper News-O-Matic interviewed April Young Bennett about how it was won, why it mattered, and why more steps were needed before every...
Suffragists found this symbolism ironic, because they has so few freedoms that men enjoyed. #womenshistory #suffrage100 #suffragecentennial suffrage via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CCdiPlBhkVY/
Sojourner Truth‘s face is one of the first you see at the Votes for Women tour at the United States Capitol. via Instagram https://instagr.am/p/CDjiZfxBXzz/ Sojourner Truth is one of the suffragists featured in the...
In this clip, from the Next Level Leadership Women’s Program of the American Gas Association in Washington DC just prior to the COVID-19 crisis, April Young Bennett talks to business leaders about how they...
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
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!
Happy votes for women anniversary, Utah! Utah women voted for the first time on February 14, 1870. What a great Valentines Day that must have been! via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jYiiRhJ6h/
April Young Bennett talks about how learning history helped her become a better modern activist and what she has learned from some of her historical heroes, such as Francis Ellen Watkins Harper and Sojourner...
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