Ask a Suffragist Stories and Wisdom from America's First Feminists
“So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapped in a napkin and buried in the earth.” -Angelina Grimké, 1836
“So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapped in a napkin and buried in the earth. It is the duty of all, as far as they can, to improve their...
“If there is no struggle there is no progress. …Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” -Frederick Douglass, 1857
“If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing up the ground; they want rain without...
“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball — the further I am rolled the more I gain.” -Susan B. Anthony, 1896
“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball — the further I am rolled the more I gain.” -Susan B. Anthony, February...
Women of Utah Territory voted in their first election on Valentine’s Day, 1870.
It was the first time American women voted since New Jersey women lost the right in 1807. Wyoming women also had the right to vote, but had not held an election yet since women...
Utah Territory gave women the right to vote on February 12, 1870.
Utah Territory was the second place in America to extend voting rights to women, after its neighbor, Wyoming Territory.
“I am going to stay here and stand the fire.” -Sojourner Truth, circa 1843 #BlackHistoryMonth
“If the Lord comes and burns – as you say he will – I am not going away. I am going to stay here and stand the fire like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.” -Sojourner...
Vermont ratified the 19th Amendment on February 8, 1921.
The 19th had already had enough supporting states to become law, but Vermont declared their support.
