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"No" on Impeachment Unites Today's GOP. In the 1950s, a Renegade Dared to Break Ranks

Breaking with party unity can be costly. In the 1950's, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine faced backlash after she condemned McCarthy, a fellow Republican.

by Karen M. Sughrue via Retro Report on December 3, 2019

Nonsmokers, Unite!

The complicated privilege of forming a new constituency.

by Sarah Milov via Lapham’s Quarterly on October 2, 2019

The Constitutional Revolution a Century Ago That Is Shaping the 2020 Election

And why we need another one.

by Bruce J. Schulman via Made By History on June 21, 2019

The ‘Undesirable Militants’ Behind the Nineteenth Amendment

A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.

by Adrienne LaFrance via The Atlantic on June 4, 2019

Women’s Issues Within Political Party Platforms

Every four years, political parties document their positions in written platforms. How often do women's issues appear in the text?

by Jan Diehm, Russell Goldenberg via The Pudding on May 8, 2019

Democrats’ Struggle Over Masculinity 50 Years Ago is Still Playing Out Today

Liberal politicians should trumpet a vision of masculinity that incorporates the best qualities of LBJ and Humphrey.

by Aram Goudsouzian via The Conversation on November 1, 2018

Dolores Huerta receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama.

Pioneering Labor Activist Dolores Huerta

Huerta was far more than an assistant of Cesar Chavez, leader of United Farm Workers, and she risked her life for her activism.

by Dolores Huerta, Lily Rothman via TIME on March 27, 2018

Lucy Branham addresses an audience.

The Raiment of Resistance

If women were going to be judged by their appearance, then the suffragists wanted to shape their own image.

by Elaine Weiss via Lenny Letter on March 13, 2018

The Hidden History of Black Nationalist Women's Political Activism

Contrary to popular conceptions, women were also instrumental to the spread and articulation of black nationalism.

by Keisha N. Blain via The Conversation on January 30, 2018

How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote

Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.

by Johanna Neuman, Helaine Olen via The Atlantic on December 12, 2017

Roy Moore

Roy Moore and the Revolution to Come

Women are rising. Will they be able to create lasting change?

by Kimberly A. Hamlin via Made By History on November 19, 2017

Women's Suffrage @100

We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.

by Linda Gordon via Public Books on September 22, 2017

Jo Ann Robinson's mug shot.

This Unheralded Woman Actually Organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Jo Ann Robinson is unfortunately overlooked by history.

by Keisha N. Blain via Medium on January 19, 2017

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