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SuffragentsHave you heard the story of the young legislator who was the hero of Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Amendment? I’m not talking about Harry…
Alpha Epsilon PhiGuest post! Thrilled to welcome @shiram19 to tell us about the suffrage roots of an early Jewish sorority. Read on..On October 24, 1909, Helen…
Infighting on the left.I’ve told the story of the WTUL/Wage Earners’ League suffragists at length because it resonates so loudly today. Two camps that should have been…
Serving two GodsRose Schneiderman and Leonora O’Reilly were featured speakers at NAWSA conventions as early as 1907. The leaders of the suffrage mainstream warmed to…
Factory women“The manufacturer has a vote; the bosses have votes; the foremen have votes, the inspectors have votes. The working girl has no vote.” - Clara…
Maud Nathan's sister, Annie Nathan MeyerI was prepared to hate Annie Nathan Meyer because of her vehement anti-suffrage views. But it’s hard to hate a woman whose autobiography, published…
The Nathan SistersTwo sisters were among New York’s most prominent society women at the turn of the last century…one a vigorous suffragist, the other an equally…
"Rabbi" Ray FrankSometimes your heroes really disappoint. I’m not talking about Stanton or Anthony or Alice Paul. I’m talking about Ray Frank. Frank was the first…
National Council of Jewish WomenThe desire to be proudly Jewish + fully American animated the founding of the National Council of Jewish Women. The US Jewish pop. in the 1880s was…
Scale of atrocity * caliber of organizingWhy do some tragedies generate change and others don’t? 109 years ago today the Triangle Shirtwaist fire killed 146 people - mostly Jewish &…