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Poll watching while femaleThese women are being arrested for poll watching while female. It’s New York City, September 1910, the Democratic primary. Before the day is over six…
Wealthy women in the movementIt’s easier to research rich suffragists than poor ones. Wealthy women’s contributions to the movement were well-documented, their correspondence is…
Founding of a new partyPresidential conventions. Eh. 2020 conventions planned for Charlotte, Jacksonville & Milwaukee may end up being nowhere at all. But in 1916, the…
Suffrage colors explainedIn 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,…
Losing New York, 1915Dissecting the failed 1915 New York suffrage referendum is like reliving the 2016 election. It’s still too soon. But take a deep breath and let’s dive…
Mystery inscriptionThe folks at Argosy Books found me this copy of Harriot Stanton Blatch's memoir. Inside is an intriguing inscription from her daughter Nora Stanton…
Seneca Falls at 60Seneca Falls wasn’t really a thing until 25 years after it happened. The suffrage movement had split, and Susan B Anthony & ElizCadyStanton sought…
Teaching Americans to be bolderWhen US suffragists began street demonstrations in 1910, the women in the UK had already become more brazen. They were holding huge demonstrations,…
How we learned to protestBritish suffragists got angry and impatient before the Americans did. Their breakaway radical faction became known as “suffragettes” - it was meant as…
Forced expatriationThe current administration’s anti-immigrant crusade includes punishing mixed status families whenever possible - like excluding citizens from…