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A valentine to Frederick DouglassMust be a busy day for my friends @SuffrageBdays! Both Frederick Douglass & Anna Howard Shaw were born #OTD. #DouglassDay celebrations this year…
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…
At the turn of the centuryDoldrums: a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression. Or, the women’s suffrage movement at the turn of the 20th century. Of course, it…
Carrie Chapman CattCarrie Chapman Catt liked to be in charge, and she was good at it. She ran the National American Woman Suffrage Association twice, first in 1900 when…
Don't get in bed with racistsAt the turn of the century, leading white suffragists deluded themselves into thinking that colluding with racists would help their cause. Spoiler…
Entering WWIWoodrow Wilson was staunchly opposed to two things: entering the war in Europe, and supporting women’s suffrage. He gave in on the war first. Wilson…
Jeannette Rankin's ElectionPhotoshop was invented in 1987 - but this photo of Jeannette Rankin was edited a long time before that. Read on . . . On the morning Rankin was sworn…
Jessie Ashley, valiant rebelIf you were born rich and you know that’s not fair, what can you do? Jessie Ashley tried to use her advantages to make the world more just. Socialist,…
Mary Ann Shadd Cary & the Centennial actionBy the 1876 US centennial, women had been demanding the vote for nearly 30 years. The light bulb was not yet invented. As the National and the…
Mary Church TerrellThe end of legal slavery didn’t make a dent in white Americans’ racism. The opposite, really: after the Civil War Northern whites patted themselves on…