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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…
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…
Working the pollsDr @marthasjones_ says we shouldn't talk about suffrage, we should talk about voting rights. There's no before and after, just an ongoing struggle. In…
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,…
Out past curfewCities around the country instituted curfews this week to restrict protest, so it’s a good time to recall when suffragists were out after dark. In…
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…
The first big public march“The Woman Suffrage procession moved down Fifth Avenue yesterday to the meeting of protest in Union Square, well guarded by the mounted police. New…
White women lieIda B Wells’ crusade against lynching succeeded for many reasons: her investigative rigor, her talent as a writer and speaker, her relentlessness. But…
Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward of WeeksvilleSarah Smith Garnet & Dr. Susan Smith-McKinney Steward were sisters - Sarah the eldest of 10, Susan the 7th. Together, their impact on Brooklyn's…
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…