“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...
“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...
Fierce Female Friendships: Lucy Stone and Antoinette Brown #19forthe19th
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...
Ask a Suffragist coming soon to Brooklyn Public Library.
I was thrilled to hear that Brooklyn Public Library, the 5th largest American library system, is adding Ask a Suffragist to its collection. via Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Ec-8PBfHG/ Did you find Ask a Suffragist at your...
“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...
The #MeToo Generation Can Glean Sage Guidance, Strategies, Strength & Sisterhood from the Women Who Set the Stage for Them
For Every Girl, Woman or Female Activist, The most striking message woven into the fabric of April Young Bennett’s extraordinary and intimate look at the women who first stood for women’s rights 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...
“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...
“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...
