This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Canton–Hong Kong strike, one of the longest general strikes in history. The strike was a remarkable experiment in working-class democracy and its outcome ...
Erie women who were early leaders of the suffrage movement are featured in the traveling exhibit opening at Blasco Library on ...
The history behind freedom of assembly is rooted in free speech as a fundamental principle in the creation of our republic.
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at ...
Ketcham transformed her hometown into a hub of suffrage activism and rose to president of the Michigan Equal Suffrage ...
Women’s Equality Day happens on August 26th to honor the passage of the 19th amendment that gave women voting rights. It didn ...
Trace how the women’s movement of the 1970s carried the unfinished work of suffrage from the streets of New York to Congress ...
Eighty women gathered in a home on April 8, 1910, and resolved to revive Missouri’s moribund movement for women’s suffrage. Florence Wyman Richardson Mindful of social unease over the tactics of their ...
David Bowie created many defining moments throughout his career, but few songs capture the spirit of his Ziggy Stardust era quite like “Suffragette City.” Before becoming a fan favorite and a staple ...
Some seven decades passed between the first National Women’s Rights Convention in 1850 and the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote in 1920. That fight for such a ...
Susan B. Anthony is often the most familiar name associated with the women’s suffrage movement, but the fight for voting rights was led by many women — including Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Stanton is ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Did you know that Tennessee was the 36th and final state needed to pass the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution? Davidson County Honorary Historian Carole Bucy ...