“We shall not be in our prime before fifty.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1857
“We shall not be in our prime before fifty, and after that we shall be good for twenty years at least,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton told Susan B. Anthony in 1857. She was 41...
Tagged: New York
New York gave women the right to vote on November 6, 1917.
Many of the earliest prominent suffragists were New Yorkers: Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth, Ernestine Rose and Antoinette Brown Blackwell, to name a few. However their efforts were most often rewarded...
The ballot means bread, education, and so much more. #Vote
“Resolved, that the ballot, alike unto the woman and the negro, means bread, education, intelligence, self-protection, self-reliance and self-respect.” -American Equal Rights Association (AERA), New York City Convention, Dec. 7, 1866 That’s what...
“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but nouns, not mere appendages made to qualify somebody else.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1880. Happy International #DayOfTheGirl
“I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but nouns, not mere appendages made to qualify somebody else, but independent, responsible workers in carrying forward the grand eternal plans in the redemption of...
Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from Activists Who Built a Movement
Where can I buy the book? Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from Activists Who Built a Movement is coming soon. Pre-order on Amazon: Hardcover Paperback Large Print Edition Pre-order from your local bookseller:...
“Only faith in ourselves and in each other is needed to work a reformation.” -Marie Zakrzewska, 1857
“Only faith in ourselves and in each other is needed to work a reformation.” -Marie Zakrzewska, 1857 Marie Zakrzewska immigrated from Germany to the United States, and helped pioneer female opportunity to pursue the...
“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1848
In the Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first Woman’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton expanded the vision of the founding fathers, declaring that all men and...
Girl Museum interviews Ask a Suffragist author April Young Bennett about young activists in the suffrage movement
The team at Girl Museum recently interviewed Ask a Suffragist author April Young Bennett as part of their series about scholars who study the suffrage movement. They asked, “What do you think is the...
“Mankind need only be aroused to thought to destroy forever all wrong customs.” -Antoinette Brown, 1853
“Mankind need only be aroused to thought to destroy forever all wrong customs.” -Antoinette Brown, 1853 Happy birthday to Antoinette Brown Blackwell, born on May 20, 1825. Antoinette Brown Blackwell was the first Protestant...
Announcing all four books of the Ask a Suffragist series
We are pleased to announce that Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists will be followed by three more Ask a Suffragist books, channeling the lived experiences of suffragists spanning 100...
April Young Bennett on Educated, Activist Women Who Opened College Doors for the Rest of Us at the Ohio History Connection
April Young Bennett, author of Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America’s First Feminists, was invited to participate in the Ohio Women’s Activism blog series at the Ohio History Connection. Educated, Activist Women...
