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It ain't over till it's overWhen exactly is the 19th Amendment anniversary? Was it ratified on August 18 or August 26? What’s the difference? Which should we observe? Read on…
#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.…
Charles Lenox RemondCharles Lenox Remond was the most prominent Black abolitionist in the US until he was overshadowed by Frederick Douglass. Remond’s commitment to…
Hester LaneThe story of Black abolitionist Hester Lane features blatant racism and sexism. But it’s also about a subtler version of both: when you’re expected to…
School suffrage in Kentucky endsKentucky was first in the nation to grant women school suffrage: the right to vote in school board elections. More than 50 years later, the…
#BreonnaTaylorMattersMore extraordinary Kentucky women, in honor of #BreonnaTaylor. Dr. Mary Britton is featured alongside other journalist-suffragists like Lucy Wilmot…
Voters: Louisville, Kentucky.Photographs from University of Louisville Library's Caufield & Shook collection.See thread image for illuminating replies re: Kentucky voters.
Mary & Ida: newswomenBlack women in Louisville, Kentucky. 1887. IdaBWells was a rising newspaper star with a weekly column in the American Baptist. That August her…
Maria Stewart spoke firstDid you know that the first American woman to speak for equal rights in public, in front of men, was a Black woman? And that she made sure her…
The Vanguard“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.”…