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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
Two hikers sit on a mountaintop and look at the view.

Climbing Mountains for the Right to Vote

On the 1909 National American Woman Suffrage Association Convention in Seattle.
by Susan Ware via Literary Hub on May 13, 2019
Collage of old political cartoons related to the question of women's suffrage.

Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote

A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.
via Massachusetts Historical Society on April 26, 2019

The Internationalist History of the US Suffrage Movement

What we miss when we tell the story of women's rights activism as a strictly national tale.
by Katherine M. Marino via National Park Service on March 28, 2019
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How New York’s New Monument Whitewashes the Women’s Rights Movement

It offers a narrow vision of the activists who fought for equality.
by Martha S. Jones via Made By History on March 22, 2019

How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All

A look at the question of race versus gender in the quest for universal suffrage.
by Martha S. Jones via Smithsonian on March 8, 2019
Demonstrators march with pro-ERA and LGBT signs.
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Why The Equal Rights Amendment Might Be On The Verge Of A Comeback

The ERA has been dead for 36 years, but now women may have the tools to overcome opposition.
by Allison K. Lange via Made By History on June 18, 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
Female medics during the 1918 pandemic.

How the Devastating 1918 Flu Pandemic Helped Advance US Women's Rights

With many men 'missing' from the population in the aftermath of the 1918 flu, women stepped into public roles that hadn't previously been open to them.
by Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W. Parker, Morten Wendelbo via The Conversation on March 1, 2018

Masher Menace: When American Women First Confronted Their Sexual Harassers

The #MeToo movement is not the first time women have publicly stood up to sexual harassment.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 14, 2017

How Hoop Skirts Actually Advanced Women's Rights

The difficult-to-wear skirt helped to break down class barriers.
by Skye Makaris via Racked on December 7, 2017

The Women and Girls of Telegraph Ave

The women of Telegraph Avenue whose stories remain untold.
by Madeline Appel, Sally Littlefield via The Berkeley Revolution on July 7, 2017

How a Magazine Cover From the '70s Helped Wonder Woman Win Over Feminists

Nearly 45 years after they put the female superhero on the cover of Ms. magazine's first issue, the players behind the cover consider its impact.
by Katie Kilkenny via Pacific Standard on June 21, 2017

The Many Lives of Pauli Murray

She was an architect of the civil-rights struggle-and the women's movement. Why haven't you heard of her?
by Kathryn Schulz via The New Yorker on April 17, 2017

Read a Newly Rediscovered Letter From Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

A window into the day-to-day workings of the movement for the enfranchisement of women.
by Lily Rothman via TIME on April 3, 2017

How Women's Studies Erased Black Women

The founders of Women’s Studies were overwhelmingly white, and focused on the experiences of white, heterosexual women.
by Erin Blakemore, V. P. Franklin via JSTOR Daily on February 11, 2017

A Short History of the Tomboy

With roots in race and gender discord, has the “tomboy” label worn out its welcome?
by Elizabeth King via The Atlantic on January 5, 2017

“Take Me Out to the Ball Game”: The Story of Katie Casey and Our National Pastime

The little-known story of one of the best known sing-along songs, and its connection to women's suffrage.
by George Boziwick via Our Game on October 8, 2013
Kamala Harris waving at the Democratic National Convention.
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Kamala Harris Is Borrowing From the Feminist Playbook

Harris is taking a page from the playbook that has long helped women advance the quest for equality.
by Melissa Blair via Made By History on September 26, 2024
Alice Morgan Wright with unknown friend, sitting on a tree stump.

Reconstructing the Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

Rouse reveals the hidden queer histories of suffragists like Alice Morgan Wright, who balanced activism with private, erased relationships.
by Wendy L. Rouse via Gay And Lesbian Review on September 20, 2024

Activist Businesses: The New Left’s Surprising Critique of Postwar Consumer Culture

Activists established politically informed shops to offer alternatives to the consumer culture of chain stores, mass production, and multinational corporations.
by Joshua Clark Davis via Process: A Blog for American History on May 2, 2023
Dorothy and the Wicked Witch of the West in "The Wizard of Oz."

The Feminist of Oz

Learn more about the story of Matilda Gage, whose writings inspired the witches in "The Wizard of Oz."
by Anna K. Danziger Halperin via New-York Historical Society on March 1, 2023
Black and white photo of the young Mary Ellen next to an empty chair

Origins of Child Protection

Legend says that the campaign to save abused children in New York was driven by the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The truth is more complicated.
by Matthew Wills, Lela B. Costin via JSTOR Daily on November 26, 2022
US Airforce nurses treating patients.

The Better Roe: The Case of Struck v. Secretary of Defense

When Susan Struck fought being discharged for pregnancy from the US Air Force, it brought the right to choose into a different light.
by Kara Dixon Vuic via Perspectives on History on August 10, 2022
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony with backdrop of abortion protest posters

What Did the Suffragists Really Think About Abortion?

Contrary to contemporary claims, Susan B. Anthony and her peers rarely discussed abortion, which only emerged as a key political issue in the 1960s.
by Treva B. Lindsey via Smithsonian on May 26, 2022
Third World Women's Alliance member demonstrating in crowd

How Black Feminists Defined Abortion Rights

As liberation movements bloomed, they offered a vision of reproductive justice that was about equality, not just “choice.”
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via The New Yorker on February 22, 2022
Black and white photograph of four men standing amongst barrels of alcohol.

The Truth About Prohibition

The temperance movement wasn’t an example of American exceptionalism; it was a globe-spanning network of activists and politicians against economic exploitation.
by Mark Lawrence Schrad via The Atlantic on January 1, 2022
Illustration of Achsa Sprague by Fan Pu

She Spoke to the Dead. They Told Her to Free the Slaves.

In 1850s Vermont, Achsa Sprague swore that the spirits who helped her walk again also possessed her with a crucial mission: freeing every soul in America.
by Madeline Bodin via Narratively on October 21, 2021
Collage of women's rights symbolism. Woman outline waving flag.

Who Lost the Sex Wars?

Fissures in the feminist movement should not be buried as signs of failure but worked through as opportunities for insight.
by Amia Srinivasan via The New Yorker on September 3, 2021
Lithograph of two men shooting one man on the ground

The Young America Movement and the Crisis of Household Politics

In the 19th century, freedom from government interference mapped onto opposition of women's rights.
by Mark Power Smith via The Panorama on July 7, 2021
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