On a sunny afternoon in May 1912, as the sun began to descend over the Washington Square arch in New York City, thousands of women gathered for a march. Women of every age and background packed onto ...
Ann Tweedy, Book Review, Uncovering the Little-Known History of Suffragists of Color, JOTWELL, reviewing Cathleen D. Cahill, Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement ...
This story was updated on Oct. 18, 2024, to correct an inaccuracy. Hit the ice, grab a new winter read, or take in some bluegrass and roots music live on stage this weekend. From a book fair that has ...
Hunger takes many forms. While Viola becomes fascinated with London's suffragette hunger strikers, her husband, Edward, and her lover, James, come closer to starvation with each mile in their journey ...
This article is part of She Resisted, an interactive experience celebrating the pioneering strategies of the women’s suffrage movement. Black women formed clubs to support their communities as early ...
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NMAH copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Bread and yeast -- Breakfast and tea cakes -- Eggs and omelets -- Soups -- Fish, oysters, and clams -- Meats -- Vegetables ...
Huge strides have been made for women’s rights since the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Now, just more than a hundred years later, the yellow roses — which suffragettes wore to symbolize ...
Author Wendy Rouse unearthed the stories of queer suffragettes in her book, "Public Spaces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Suffrage Movement," including some who lived in Massachusetts. She ...