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How to DO something

Some *participatory* projects to honor and commemorate the women who fought for freedom: First, obviously: vote, register voters, and if you can, work…

Best film to show your class

If I told you there was a suffrage documentary that began with Lucretia Mott and ended with Fannie Lou Hamer, that felt contemporary and engaging for…

Listen up! Podcast reviews.

So many podcasts! At least 4 new podcasts celebrate the centennial. If only someone would listen to all of them and recommend-- @DailySuffragist, at…

New York Times suffrage reparations

Who tells your story? 🎶 For women, the answer is usually no one. So go buy the Sunday @nytimes. The real thing! You want to hold this special…

"Unladylike"

Have you seen the PBS series Unladylike? It features suffragists like Mary Church Terrell, Rose Schneiderman, and Tye Leung Schulze alongside other…

Ida B Wells Film

Join me! I just gave to make this film about #IdaBWells and the creation of a new monument to her in Chicago. I want every kid to know Ida's name.…

Live-tweeting PBS' The Vote, Part II

Hoping they'll mention that after her two husbands, Carrie Chapman Catt spent the last 30+ years of her life with Mary Garrett Hay. Leaving it right…

Daily Suffragist before Daily Suffragist

Awed and humbled by the beautiful work of David Dismore, longtime archivist @FemMajority. Until his death a year ago he was posting daily about…

Zinn Ed mini-course

Ursula Wolfe-Rocca live tweets @marthasjones_! A nice synopsis of what sounds like a fantastic session on citizenship, sovereignty, and voting rights.…

Nobody gave us anything [live-tweet]

Janice Ruth opens by reminding that we weren't _given_ the vote, we fought for it. #Suffrage100 #WomensVote #CenturyofStruggle Library of Congress:…