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A hand holding a stethoscope and knife.

The Blackwell Sisters and the Harrowing History of Modern Medicine

A new biography of the pioneering doctors shows why “first” can be a tricky designation.

by Casey N. Cep via The New Yorker on January 25, 2021

Photo of Dolly Parton smiling.

The United States of Dolly Parton

A voice for working-class women and an icon for all kinds of women, Parton has maintained her star power throughout life phases and political cycles.

by Lauren Michele Jackson via The New Yorker on October 8, 2020

The Real Story Behind “Because of Sex”

One of the most powerful phrases in the Civil Rights Act is often viewed as a malicious joke that backfired. But its entrance into law was far more savvy.

by Rebecca Onion, Christina Wolbrecht via Slate on June 16, 2020

Black and white photo portrait of a woman wearing un-rimmed glasses and a short brimmed hat with a satin bow on it.

Suffrage in Spanish

Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.

by Cathleen D. Cahill via Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission on June 15, 2020

Black women hold signs in support of ratifying the ERA in Virginia.

From Women’s Suffrage to the ERA, a Century-Long Push for Equality

The Equal Rights Amendment sparked debate from its very beginning, even among many of the women who had worked together for suffrage.

via Retro Report on June 11, 2020

Black Women’s 200 Year Fight for the Vote

For two centuries, black women have linked their ballot access to the human rights of all.

by Martha S. Jones via PBS NewsHour on June 3, 2020

Votes for Colonized Women

How the politics of American imperialism often intersected with calls for women's suffrage.

by Laura Prieto via Process: A Blog for American History on May 28, 2020

The Revolutions

Ed Ayers visits public historians in Boston and Philadelphia and explores what “freedom” meant to those outside the halls of power in the Revolutionary era.

via Future Of America's Past on March 16, 2020

Time magazine covers featuring women.

100 Women of the Year

From Amelia Earhart to Michelle Obama, meet 100 women who defined the last century.

via TIME on March 5, 2020

Demonstrators outside the Supreme Court holding signs for and against abortion rights.

What Antiabortion Advocates Get Wrong About the Women Who Secured the Right to Vote

The most famous suffragists largely weren't anti-abortion and wanted women to have more control over their bodies.

by Reva B. Siegel, Stacie Taranto via Made By History on January 22, 2020

Putting Women Back Where They Belong: In Federalism and the U.S. History Survey

Looking to the local level showcases how women claimed their rights in Early America.

by Laura F. Edwards via Muster on December 27, 2019

What the Reconstruction Meant for Women

Southern legal codes included parallel language pairing “master and slave” and “husband and wife.”

by Livia Gershon, Amy Dru Stanley via JSTOR Daily on November 6, 2019

The 19th Amendment Was a Crucial Achievement. But it Wasn’t Enough to Liberate Women.

It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.

by Holly Jackson via Made By History on October 17, 2019

The Hidden Story of Two African American Women

An historian discovers the portraits of two women all bound up in the pages of a 19th-century book.

by Martha S. Jones, Kate Clarke Lemay via The Conversation on September 9, 2019

Margaret Sanger appeals before a Senate Committee for federal birth-control legislation in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1934.

The Socialist Pioneers of Birth Control

When birth control was still taboo, early socialists fought to make it accessible to working-class women.

by Adam J. Sacks via Jacobin on August 14, 2019

The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage

A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.

by Casey N. Cep via The New Yorker on July 1, 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 voters cast ballots at 57th Street and Lexington Avenue, in 1917.

New York’s First-Time Women Voters

A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.

by Jessica Kirzane, Miriam Karpilove via Jewish Currents 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

Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Does the Civil Rights Act Protect Sexual Orientation?

Fifty-five years ago, a congressman made a single addition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that changed everything.

by Todd S. Purdum via The Atlantic on April 26, 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

How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal

An immersive story about the bold women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery.

by Alicia Ault via Smithsonian on April 9, 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

The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage

The “Anthony Amendment” was introduced with no luck for 41 years. And even then, it wasn’t for everyone.

by Eleri Harris, Ellen T. Crenshaw via The Nib on March 8, 2019

The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington

On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.

by Michelle Mehrtens via TED on March 4, 2019

The Forgotten History of Feminismo Americano

Over the first half of the 20th century, the movement galvanized groups throughout the Americas who helped inaugurate what we think of today as global feminism.

by Katherine M. Marino via Tropics of Meta on February 22, 2019

A woman speaks at a union rally.

America Once Led the Push For Parental Rights. Now It Lags Behind.

It’s time to adopt paid parental leave as a right.

by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Mona L. Siegel via Made By History on February 8, 2019

Back to the Women’s Land

A new book looks at four different experiments in feminist separatism.

by Daphne Spain via Public Books on January 11, 2019

How Flight Attendants Organized Against Their Bosses to End Stereotyping

The marketing of stewardesses’ bodies was long an integral part of airline marketing strategies.

by Gillian Frank, Lauren Gutterman via Jezebel on November 29, 2018

Black and white image of Alice Paul, broadcasting from her desk at the Capitol, 1923.

Why the Fight Over the Equal Rights Amendment Has Lasted Nearly a Century

Passage of the ERA seemed like a sure thing. So why did it fail to become law?

by Erin Blakemore via HISTORY on November 26, 2018

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