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The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on June 4, 1919.
The 19th Amendment was passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification on this day in 1919.
“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...
“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...
“There is an odd side to all reformers, to all who are pursuing a new idea earnestly, that is very whimsical.” -Elizabeth Blackwell, 1895
“There is an odd side to all reformers, to all who are pursuing a new idea earnestly, that is very whimsical.” -Elizabeth Blackwell, 1895 Happy birthday to Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American woman to...
“Let the hearts of the women of the world respond to the song of the herald angels of peace on earth and good will to men.” -Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
“Let the hearts of the women of the world respond to the song of the herald angels of peace on earth and good will to men. Let them throb as one heart unified by...
“I have this quiet faith in the certain triumph of the right.” -Lucy Stone, 1869
“It is because I have this quiet faith in the certain triumph of the right, that I am entirely undisturbed by anything which venom and ill nature can do.” -Lucy Stone, 1869 Lucy Stone...
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:...
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...
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...
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...
