#Suffrage

Lynn Sherr

LynnSherr

1,/Oh come on @washingtonpost! So much to celebrate! Why embark on half truths?https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/01/12/black-women-who-paved-way/ 2/" Harris will be sworn in...more than 170 years after abolitionist Sojourner

Molly Reynolds

mollyereynolds

When @publichistory and @EmilyCleffiT asked me to contribute to this, I realized that I needed to do some reading first to help organize my thoughts (shocking, right?). If you’re interested

Simmons Suffragists

SimmonsSuffrage

Leading off our #suffrage parade is GERTRUDE BARISH! She reportedly left her Russian homeland in order to escape political persecution during WWI. Barish’s fiery personality & determined spirit jumped off

Jessica Bennett

jessicabennett

Today is the centennial of the #19thAmendment ’s ratification — which promised suffrage to American women. Like most people, I learned about this history in school. The story went like

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

What does this guy have to do with this woman?Hint: dynastic politics.Thread. Charles S. Whitman was elected Governor of New York in 1914. By that time he was a committed

Greg Giroux

greggiroux

100 years ago today (Aug. 18, 1920): Tennessee adopted what would become the #19thAmendment , giving supporters of women's suffrage the 36 states needed for ratification. 1/ Tennessee legislator Harry

Emily Ramshaw

eramshaw

When we started @19thnews, we knew we wanted to name it for the 19th Amendment — but struggled with the fact that its passage excluded so many from the franchise.

Katie Holmes

RunYoung50

Why are we still having a conversation about equal distances in cross country? asks @tomwilliams1974 I'm not sure of the answer but here are some thoughts about the history: @run_equal

BetterDays2020

BetterDays2020

As we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, we recognize that women's work for equal voting rights began long before 1920 and continues long afterward. Hannah Kaaepa (R)

Dr. Rachel Michelle Gunter

PhdRachel

1/8 It’s the official centennial of the #19thAmendment which prevents the govt from barring voters based on sex, & what a strange centennial it is... A Thread. (photo for

Topher Mathews

GeorgetownMet

The first time a black man was allowed to vote in the nations capital was February 25, 1867. This was 116 years after the first municipality (George Town) was formed

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

For as long as there have been feminists pushing for women's rights, there have been anti-feminist women arguing that women are the privileged sex, women have more than enough, and

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

In writing about what it means to “look like a mom,” @VVFriedman reported that the yellow t-shirts Portland moms wear are intended to evoke sunshine, joy, warmth. The protesters even

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

Guest post! Thrilled to welcome @shiram19 to tell us about the suffrage roots of an early Jewish sorority. Read on... On October 24, 1909, Helen Phillips invited 6 friends into

aaron blue gabriel

philosophequeer

Terfs are fond of the Suffragettes, and often talk about the good old days of feminism. So I went on a bit of a search into how women's suffrage movements

Dahlia Ghabour

DGhabour

It's the 100-year anniversary of the 19th amendment and I really wish more places would point out that the 19th amendment only gave WHITE women the right to vote. The

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