"How safe we all felt when she had the floor."
Spending a last day on Ernestine Rose: as great a speaker as Anna Dickinson, as radical as Lucretia Mott. <br /><br />There were few Jews in the suffrage movement before the turn of the century, in part b/c Jews didn’t arrive in large # until the 1880s. Rose opposed organized religion-- <br /><br />...she wrote a book called A Defense of Atheism--but did not ignore anti-Semitism. When the editor of the Boston Investigator denounced Judaism as “bigoted, narrow, exclusive and totally unfit for a progressive people like the Americans” - Rose responded with a vigorous defense. <br /><br />After the war she helped start the National Woman Suffrage Association, but then she and her husband moved to England. Susan B Anthony & ElizCadyStanton begged her to return, to no avail. English was Rose’s 4th or 5th language, and those who heard her speak described: oratory that “shakes, it awes, it thrills, it melts—it fills you with horror, it drowns you with tears.” Susan B reminisced: “They who sat with her in bygone days on the platform will remember her matchless powers as a speaker, and how safe we all felt when she had the floor.”
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13/12/2019
"Illegal" voters
We don’t have an affirmative right to vote under the Constitution. There is no explicit promise that citizen = voter. But from 1868-1872, after the ratification of the 14th Amendment, hundreds of white and Black women personally attempted to vote.
Here are some of their names:
Amanda Wall - Washington, DC
Carrie S. Burnham - Philadelphia
Catharine Stebbins - Michigan (pictured)
Catharine V. Waite - Illinois
Charlotte B. Anthony - Rochester
Ellen Rand van Valkenberg - Santa Cruz, California
Ellen S. Baker - Rochester
Emily Pitt Stevens - San Francisco
Guelma Anthony McLean - Rochester
Hannah Anthony Mosher - Rochester
Hannah M. Chatfield - Rochester
Hannah Stone - Roseville, NJ
Jane M. Cogswell - Rochester
Louise Mansfield - Nyack, NY
Lucy Stone - Roseville, NJ
Margaret Garrigues Leyden - Rochester
Margaret Pryor and 171 women in Vineland, NJ
Marilla M. Ricker - Dover, New Hampshire (pictured)
Mary Anderson - Washington, DC
Mary Ann Shadd Cary - Washington, DC
Mary E. Pulver - Rochester
Mary Olney Brown - Olympia, Washington
Mary S. Anthony - Rochester
Mary S. Hebard - Rochester
Mary Wilson - Battle Creek, Michigan
Matilda Joslyn Gage - Fayetteville, NY
Nancy M. Chapman - Rochester
Nanette Gardner - Detroit
Rhoda DeGarmo - Rochester
Sara Andrews Spencer - Washington, DC
Sarah Cole Truesdale - Rochester
Sarah E. Webster - Washington, DC
Sarah M. T. Huntington - Norwalk, CT
Susan B. Anthony - Rochester
Susan M. Hough - Rochester
Tennessee Claflin - New York City
Victoria Woodhull - New York City
Virginia Minor - St. Louis
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November 1, 2020
"Rabbi" Ray Frank
Sometimes your heroes really disappoint. <br /><br />I’m not talking about Stanton or Anthony or Alice Paul. I’m talking about Ray Frank. <br /><br />Frank was the first Jewish woman to preach from a pulpit in the US - before a crowd of 1,000 people. Thread. <br /><br />The story is that she arrived in Spokane WA on the eve of Rosh Hashana 1890 to find a tiny Jewish community so fractious that no service was planned. She said she’d give the sermon if a minyan - surely of men - could be found. Her offer was announced in that evening's paper... and a crowd gathered. @<a href="https://twitter.com/umanskyellen" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">UmanskyEllen</a> says she preached that night, the next day and on Yom Kippur, launching a proto-rabbinic career. Though never ordained, she created congregations throughout the west. She was offered a job leading a congregation in Chicago, which she declined. <br /><br />Frank was there in 1893 at the founding of @<a href="https://twitter.com/NCJW" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NCJW</a>👇She delivered a formal address on Women in the Synagogue at the Jewish Women’s Congress. <br /><br />But she opposed women’s suffrage. <br /><br />Her speech “The Jewish Woman and Suffrage†was . . . against. <br /><br />Though herself unmarried and kid-free, she argued that Jewish women should focus on their domestic lives. <br /><br />In an 1895 newspaper interview, Frank said “I am not a suffragist because I do not believe that a woman can properly fulfill her home duties and be out in the world, too.â€<br /><br />Not only did she eschew voting for women; she would gladly restrict the vote to select men. In the same interview she said the right to vote should be “granted strictly according to the intelligence and capacity of the individual for government.†<br /><br />Ray Frank married at age 40 and retired from public life. Her husband was an economics professor. They settled in Illinois and for the next 40 years she volunteered with local groups, including her synagogue and eventually the League of Women Voters. #Suffrage100Â
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09/04/2020
"Unladylike"
Have you seen the PBS series Unladylike? It features suffragists like Mary Church Terrell, Rose Schneiderman, and Tye Leung Schulze alongside other notables (Gladys Bentley!) <br /><br />1. Each 12-minute episode features a contemporary activist who mirrors the historical woman. <br /><br />In the Terrell segment they feature <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> </span>
<div class="css-1dbjc4n r-xoduu5"><span class="r-18u37iz"><a href="https://twitter.com/MsPackyetti" dir="ltr" class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">@MsPackyetti</a></span> and for Schneiderman, <a href="https://twitter.com/aijenpoo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@aijenpoo</a>. Both good choices. <br /><br />2. The voices of Lorraine Touissant & Juliana Margulies are heard throughout; eg Touissant voices Terrell while Margulies narrates -- then vice-versa for Schneiderman. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/masters/unladylike2020/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The segments are all available to watch.</a> Which ones did you watch? What do you think? </div>
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23/07/2020
"We are all bound up together..."
Watch Frances Watkins Harper give her most famous speech! Or as close to it as we can get, thx to @NYHistory. @ArianaDeBose plays Frances delivering “We are all bound up together…” in 1866.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VG0IItfc5Qo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /><br />#CriticalRaceTheory #CRT #BlackSuffragists
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September 5, 2020
<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-3-of-rights-and-wrongs/id1525733769?i=1000490545772" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Amended podcast episode 3 </a>
@SheMadeHistory1
I see a lot of women's history, and this Mom/Daughter project is absolutely the coolest thing ever. A new woman every day, Cindy Sherman style. I'm in awe. Check out @<a href="https://twitter.com/shemadehistory1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">shemadehistory1</a> & on Instagram (extra-great) or <br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Her Story: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlexaCanady?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AlexaCanady</a> - the first black female neurosurgeon in the United States and the very first female pediatric neurosurgeon in America. Follow along as we honor incredible women all month!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WomenInScience?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WomenInScience</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WomensHistoryMonth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WomensHistoryMonth</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/shemadehistory?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#shemadehistory</a> <a href="https://t.co/bymlsnYT7Z">https://t.co/bymlsnYT7Z</a></p>
— shemadehistory (@shemadehistory1) <a href="https://twitter.com/shemadehistory1/status/1237263454915792896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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11/03/2020
#1619 Project
So lucky to have been in the room for this evening. <br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Began yesterday with w/<a href="https://twitter.com/sandylocks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sandylocks</a>'s powerful words & today learning w/ her, <a href="https://twitter.com/jamalgreene?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jamalgreene</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BernardHarcourt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BernardHarcourt</a> Kendall Thomas&Maeve Glass. The legal wrongs of the past continue to haunt us. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SlaveryinAmericanLaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SlaveryinAmericanLaw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReimagineLaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReimagineLaw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheMaster?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheMaster</a>'sToolsWillNeverDismantletheMaster'sHouse Lorde <a href="https://t.co/RzOa0DYZLn">https://t.co/RzOa0DYZLn</a> <a href="https://t.co/u3OV5rmKa7">pic.twitter.com/u3OV5rmKa7</a></p>
— Seth Marnin (@SethMarnin) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethMarnin/status/1189701389456424966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></blockquote>
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30/10/2020
#BlackSuffragists
Today's post is this great montage of Black women suffrage leaders. So worth 3 minutes, and a preview of some of what I'll cover over the next few weeks and beyond. I'm glad I have all year! <br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">These are the heroes and pioneers of Black women's suffrage <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WomensEqualityDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WomensEqualityDay</a> <a href="https://t.co/dFD6IZaVgQ">pic.twitter.com/dFD6IZaVgQ</a></p>
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1166020729898504193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2019</a></blockquote>
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16/10/2020
#BreonnaTaylorMatters
More extraordinary Kentucky women, in honor of #BreonnaTaylor. Dr. Mary Britton is featured alongside other journalist-suffragists like Lucy Wilmot Smith and Mary Virginia Cook-Parrish in this beautiful feature by @MayaMillett for @nybooks 👉👉ðŸ¾
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Sept 27, 2020
<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/11/23/the-heroines-of-americas-black-press/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>The Heroines of America's Black Press</em></a>
#CiteBlackWomen
A generation before the great #IdaBWells, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper spoke for Black women in a fierce debate that included Frederick Douglass, ElizCadyStanton & Susan B Anthony. #CiteBlackWomen #Kwanzaa
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s the 2nd Day of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kwanzaa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kwanzaa</a>! Today we honor Black women who represent <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kujichagulia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kujichagulia</a>—Self Determination—like Ida B. Wells. Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, Wells’s anti-lynching campaign fiercely defended Black people and rights. Who do you honor? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CiteBlackWomen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CiteBlackWomen</a> <a href="https://t.co/5r8heM8AT9">pic.twitter.com/5r8heM8AT9</a></p>
— Cite Black Women. (@citeblackwomen) <a href="https://twitter.com/citeblackwomen/status/1210572953630466049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2019</a></blockquote>
@citeblackwomen 1866: “While there exists this brutal element in society which tramples upon the feeble and treads down the weak, I tell you that if there is any class of people who need to be lifted out of their airy nothings and selfishness, it is the white women of America.†ðŸ™@marthasjones_Â
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27/12/2019