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Susan B. Anthony

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Statue Honors Once-Enslaved Woman Who Won Freedom in Court

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Roe Is the New Prohibition

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The Truth About Prohibition

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For Me, but Not for Thee

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Lampooning Political Women

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The Douglass Republic

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The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage

A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.

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

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Fighting to Vote

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How Midwestern Suffragists Used Anti-Immigrant Fervor to Help Gain the Vote

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This Seamstress Conquered Bike Racing in the 1890s

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The United States & 'The Young and Fearless of Heart'

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