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...
Ask a Suffragist Stories and Wisdom from America's First Feminists
“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.
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.
Delaware ratified the 19th Amendment on March 6, 1923.
The 19th had already had enough supporting states to become law, but Vermont declared their support.
Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century
In addition to being a suffragist and abolitionist, Mary Ann Shadd Cary was both the first black American woman to publish and edit a newspaper and the first to attend law school. Mary Ann...
