She drew crowds so large that a representative proposed “a committee be appointed to examine the foundations of the State House of Massachusetts, to see whether it will bear another lecture from Miss Grimké.”...
I was just at the South Jordan Library and spotted my book on display! If you’re in my neighborhood, now is a great time to borrow it! #WomensHistory #19thamendment via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B4V9chlhMXb/
The sign reads: Controversial Black Abolitionist. Essayist, lecturer, religious activist. Her speeches, published by William Lloyd Garrison, were first publicly delivered speeches by an American woman on politics & women’s rights. via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B39ggPwBCf6/...
On a student budget? Check out Ask a Suffragist from the BYU Harold B. Lee Library and read it for free! #BYU #LDS via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B39d32qBN41/
2020 WVCI’s Educational Center offers great resources to get informed and excited for the 100th anniversary of the #19thAmendment, including (of course) #AskaSuffragist via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B3o1vV7B_lP/ Visit the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative...
This #19forthe19th @usnatarchives Instagram challenge is different. This time, we are posting pictures of ourselves making history. Here I am (April Young Bennett, author of #AskaSuffragist) at a women’s rights march I helped organize...
She was both the first black North American woman to publish and edit a newspaper and the first to be admitted to law school. #19forthe19th @usnatarchives via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HX5tBhE6j/ Mary Ann Shadd Cary...
Writing gave her a platform for causes she believed in like feminism and pacifism (ironic for a woman best known for writing the Civil War anthem Battle Hymn of the Republic). #19forthe19th @usnatarchives via...
Hanging out with suffragists Susan B. Anthony, Emmeline B. Wells and Martha Hughes Cannon at the 100th anniversary celebration of Utah ratifying the 19thAmendment. via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B2p7h4bBPG7/ Ask a Suffragist author April Young Bennett...
This black woman, who was raised as an indentured servant, may have been the first to break a 19th century American taboo against women giving political speeches with men in the audience. #19forthe19th @usnatarchives...
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/
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/
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