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#CriptheVoteAt suffrage demonstrations in London, Rosa May Billinghurst responded to over-policing by ramming London bobbies with her wheelchair. May, as she was…
#DCStatehoodNowHave you heard about the time Frederick Douglass, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, Mary Ann Shadd Cary, and Belva Lockwood all occupied the Washington, D.C.…
#DebForInteriorWhen I say “Trail of Tears,” can you name where the forced march began & ended? I couldn’t. This is a two-parter. Tomorrow: white women organized…
#HeretoStayLabor & suffrage leader Rose Schneiderman was 8 yrs old when she came to the US. Pauline Newman was 11. Luisa Moreno came from Guatemala as a…
#MenOfSuffrage#MenOfSuffrage Not a pin-up calendar--though maybe it should be. It's a guest post! Stay tuned for a terrific thread by Hélène Quanquin @HQuanquin…
#TamponTaxUS women have been protesting unfair taxation since at least 1848. The #TamponTax movement follows in the footsteps of Lucy Stone, Dr. Clemence Lozier…
#VanguardDr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn died just over a year ago. I rely on her work every day. #BlackSuffragists
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International AffairsGlad @Princeton changed its mind about honoring #WoodrowWilson. After student protest in 2015, the school considered removing his name and didn't.…
1918 Flu pandemicIn 1918 flu pandemic killed more men than women - the movement's leaders were unscathed, and the catastrophe gave women a chance to step forward in…
19th Amendment Symposium at B.U. Law SchoolFriday! Thrilled to be part of @BU_Law #19thAmendment conference. Join me & @cmMcConnaughy @VSapiro @ProfTolson @PaulaMonopoli @kdittmar…