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Seneca Falls to StonewallObama’s 2d inaugural invoked a throughline “from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall.” Brett Kavanaugh has surely been itching to object since. In…
A Dyke on HorsebackA Dyke on Horseback ~ One more story from the 1912 New York City suffrage marches~ 🐴thread courtesy of @WendyLRouse Annie Rensselaer Tinker…
Anna Howard Shaw: Reverend, Doctor, NAWSA LeaderWhen Anna Howard Shaw was a young woman, she wore pants and short hair. She gave it up eventually because she got too many comments, but she couldn’t…
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…
Women's Christian Temperance Union/Frances WillardBuilding mass appeal almost always means making your ideas less threatening. Once persuaded, new adherents may want the cause to reflect their own…
Law School by Tweet: 14th AmendmentThe hashtag #HATM stands for historians at the movies; is there an opera equivalent?! Saw “The Mother of Us All” last night. Happy to report that the…
The Mother of Us All, part ISusan B Anthony was a lesbian. There’s solid evidence of her romantic relationships with women, and contrary evidence doesn’t exist. You didn’t know?…
Meet Anna DickinsonThere were no microphones in the struggle for suffrage. Radio didn't yet exist. Public lectures were the only way to hear new ideas, and giving a…
We'll come back for you later...1. ElizCadyStanton & Susan B Anthony’s objections to Black male suffrage were racist. But supporters of the 15thA were not anti-racist. In fact,…
National Coming Out DayHappy #ComingOutDay to Anna Howard Shaw & Lucy Anthony! Shaw led the movement from 1904-1915. She wasn't our greatest leader, TBH. But she was a…