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-1- Daily Suffragist on Twitter- -One of the hardships of suffragists’ life on the road- Lousy food- This -NPRFood piece focused on Susan B- though it would apply to any of the 100s of women who traveled 1000s of miles- year after year- t.png
One of the hardships of suffragists’ life on the road? Lousy food. This @NPRFood piece focused on Susan B, though it would apply to any of the 100s of women who traveled 1000s of miles, year after year, to talk to men about why we were citizens. 

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Doldrums: 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 didn’t feel that way at the time. 🧵 By the end of the 19th century, the movement had unified…

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At the turn of the century, leading white suffragists deluded themselves into thinking that colluding with racists would help their cause. Spoiler alert: it didn’t.Thread. The new generation of suffrage leaders - with the blessing of the old guard -…

-7- Daily Suffragist on Twitter- --One reason why so little has been done by Congress is because none of us has remained here to watch our employees up at the Capitol- Nobody ever gets anything done by Congress or by a State Legislature exc.png
"One reason why so little has been done by Congress is because none of us has remained here to watch our employees up at the Capitol. Nobody ever gets anything done by Congress or by a State Legislature except by having some one on hand to look out…

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One of the myths of the suffrage story is that nothing radical or confrontational happened before 1913. Not so. On July 4, 1876, at the national Centennial celebration in Philadelphia, suffragists stormed the stage. Thread. They had asked for a place…

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What's a Rochester suffragist from Susan B Anthony's day doing on a racist anti-suffrage leaflet in Virginia circa 1920? Read on . . . Julie O’Connor @AlbanyMuskrat recently called my attention to Hester Jeffrey, a prominent African American…

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We gotta talk about lesbians. Specifically, about lesbian erasure. Queer is cool, right? It’s 2020! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️etc., etc. So why is the lesbian reality of the suffrage movement barely part of the #19thAmendment centennial…

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It’s debate night, so let’s spin the Wheel of Presidential Elections. And it lands on . . . 1880! Thread.James A. Garfield ran against Winfield Hancock. Not ringing a bell, huh? Union war hero, underminer of Reconstruction, and the Democrats’…
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