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...
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...
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/
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...
After this homeopathic doctor was denied admission to medical school because of her sex, she campaigned for women’s rights and started a college fund benefiting several of America’s first female doctors. #19forthe19th @usnatarchives via...
Emmeline B. Wells was a suffragist in Utah territory, where American women began voting 50 years before the 19th Amendment. She led relief efforts for survivors of disasters such as the 1906 San Francisco...
As 2 of the first women to go to college, they bonded as they defied sexist school rules. These best friends & suffragists became sisters-in-law after marrying forward thinking brothers. via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B04Da7vhzre/ Lucy...
“Let me make songs for the people,” wrote Frances, who performed her poetry like modern slam poetry, entertaining while educating about racial justice. via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BzvPlESBFr-/ Frances Ellen Watkins Harper is one of the...
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Activists Who Built a Movement
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