In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw – took control of the suffrage movement, leading the nation’s largest ...
A series of women’s suffrage murals that took root in Chicago is expanding across the United States. Three murals that pay ...
The idealistic battle between the older, conservative establishment and the young, hungry and angry generation fuels “Suffs.” ...
The origins of the award-winning, critically acclaimed musical “Suffs” — about the women’s suffrage movement — can be traced ...
A weeklong program at the birthplace of the women’s rights movement will connect history, science, and social reform through ...
Women's suffrage, but for whom? These 10 Black suffragists fought for the vote before—and long after—the 19th Amendment Open an American history textbook from the last 50 years to the women's suffrage ...
Alice Paul unfurls a banner from the balcony of the National Women's Party headquarters, celebrating the ratification of the 19 Amendment by Tennessee. The observance of Women’s Equality Day on Monday ...
The enormous success of the temperance movement among native-born American women between 1874 and 1900 entwined the destiny of the suffrage movement with the temperance movement during the last ...
LOS ANGELES — Allison Lange, a women’s suffrage historian, grew up reading the "American Girl" novels, which portrayed the lives of corresponding American Girl dolls in 19th and 20th century America.
When suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1916, she made a prescient prediction: “I may be the first woman member of Congress. But I won’t be the ...
This year marks 100 years since the passage of the 19th amendment, which sought to guarantee all American women the right to vote. Many Americans believe they know the full story of American suffrage ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A suffrage parade. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” ...