#Suffrage

Let’s take a moment to remember the #suffragists who were #vegetarian, a thread. They recognized how oppressions were connected. Some of the information is from my book, The Sexual Politics

Today we celebrate #WomensEqualityDay commemorating the 100th year anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which allowed some women the rights to vote. As a Puerto Rican woman, commemorating

Adrielle Herring

AdrielleHerring

1/14 I’m proud to live in the state whose women were the first in the modern nation to walk up to a ballot box, as legally recognized voters, and make

David Wildstein

In the days before absentee ballots, Woodrow Wilson took a train from Washington to Princeton to vote yes in an October 19, 1915 suffrage referendum to give women the right

Vicky Iglikowski-Broad

For #WorldBookDay this is a list of books borrowed from the British Museum reading rooms by members of the Women's Social and Political Union. This list of reading materials gives

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

Renounce: To give up, to resign, to surrender; esp. to give up in a complete and formal manner. Laura Clay ran the Kentucky Woman Suffrage Assoc. from its founding in

1/ A century ago today, on Aug. 26, 1920, the #19thAmendment was adopted, making voting a right regardless of sex.Although this was a watershed moment in our democracy, it

Dr. Rachel Michelle Gunter

Thread: On the anniversary of the #VotingRightsAct & in the centennial of #suffrage, voting rights are under attack through targeted voter ID laws, efforts to restrict the formerly incarcerated from

1/ To celebrate women’s suffrage and the upcoming election, my barn mate @KirstieDobbsPhD and I have started a #horsegirlsvote campaign to energize the equestrian community as we count down to

Vicky Iglikowski-Broad

A little thread of bits & bobs I’ve been working on since lockdown. In case you’re interested in what keeps us archive people busy. Other than dressing as Rosie the

Happy Women's Equality Day! To celebrate, I wrote about a fun, forgotten piece of Utah history.On Election Day 1920, a Utah woman became the first mother in U.S. history to

When @TexasSouthern goes to the polls. #Election2020 First day of early voting at @TexasSouthern #HarrisVotes #Election2020 Around the corner from students casting ballots at @TexasSouthern, a campus mural

mahisian_wahine

Thank you everyone. Miss 12 was deep in thought today after reading the school provided material on Kate sheppard and the wctu then reading the links you all provided. She

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

So many talented African-American women became teachers when outlets for intellectual and managerial skill were few.Sarah Smith Garnet began teaching when she was 14 years old, and in 1863 she

Corrine McConnaughy

What does “white feminism” look like in its purest form? I give you some primary source material from the records of the ERA Club of New Orleans—a white women’s suffrage

Women's Equality Day: Thread26 August, Women Equality Day is to celebrate the day on which women in the U.S. got equal right to vote due to the 19th Amendment of