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The SplitThe 19th c. suffrage movement split resulted from a painful failure. AERA fought to have “sex” included in the 15th Amendment, which barred states…
You white women speak of rights...All the women are white, all the Blacks are men, but some of us are brave. The title of the landmark Black feminist anthology is the essence of…
What would you have done?The 15th Amdt passed Congress in Feb 1869. By the time it was ratified a year later, the post-war coalition for Black and female suffrage was done. In…
Lucy StoneLucy Stone tried hard to bridge the gap between pro- and anti-15th Amdt camps. She argued for a middle path that would support Black men’s…
Reflections on the 1870 split1. I’m immersed in the suffrage movement’s first major rupture, and grappling with how to acknowledge ElizCadyStanton & Susan B Anthony’s racism…
Why you've never heard of Anna DickinsonI spent the whole week on Anna Dickinson because she was very, very famous in her day and is almost lost to history. I know a lot about suffrage for a…
There is no right to vote.@Stephen_A_West says we can celebrate the 15th Amdt sesquicentennial for two months, because that’s how long it took to shuffle the states into line…
What the 15th Amendment could have saidRead the story of the 15th Amendment that could have been, via @Stephen_A_West Alas, Rep. Julian's inclusive, affirmative-right-to-vote 15th Amdt…
White men, circa 1870The 15th Amdt was ratified on Feb 3 1870. At @NYCBarAssn last night, I sat closer to the front than usual. I had never noticed this quote on the dais…