Georgetown University’s Department of Performing Arts is performing Bitter Flower, a play that examines the racism of the white suffrage movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Written by ...
Re: Keith Gallagher’s March 14 letter, “Poor understanding of history”: Mr. Gallagher claims that the Congresswomen who dressed in white at the State of the Union in solidarity with the women’s ...
"Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things," Lucy Stone, Original ...
August marks a century since the ratification and official adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment. This landmark law proclaimed that “the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be ...
A new national monument honoring the women’s suffrage movement has been approved for the National Mall, marking the first ...
Ohio will unveil a Women's Monument on the Statehouse grounds in 2026 to honor the state's role in the suffrage movement and ...
In 1920, the United States saw the passage of the 19 th Amendment, which ruled that women had the right to vote. One hundred years later, PBS and WGBH are celebrating that landmark amendment, and the ...
A policeman tries to seize a banner from a suffragette during Britain’s Black Friday on Nov. 18, 1910. The Daily Mirror Just days before Black Friday 2023, I learned about the Black Friday of 1910 — ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The more things change, the more they stay the same, right? That seems to be the resounding ...
2020 marks 100 years since the culmination of one of the most profound political movements in America, the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. The 19th Amendment is named ...
Time can often twist the real story, turning rumor into legend. There's plenty of "history" surrounding the 19th Amendment and the suffragists that needs to be unlearned. The idea that all women ...