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Bye, Susan Collins

Indispensable @rtraister profiling Susan Collins. Esp 👀 "For a long time, Collins has profited from collective fantasies about women in…

Voting is everything

Voting is everything...and it's so insufficient. It took lifetimes to win, and needs our work to keep. In the words of the future Governor of Georgia,…

Statues

In NYC we have statues of two great suffragists. They've been standing watch over neighborhood protests these weeks. 👈Frederick Douglass at…

Contemporary Politics, state assembly edition

If @DailySuffragist followers want to support @YourFavoriteASW 👇🏾and other progressive New York legislators, head over to…

I really don't care, do you

Our nation's young people ARE engaged in picketing the White House in protest, just as the suffragists did, @FLOTUS They are picketing the brutal…

Seneca Falls to Stonewall

Obama’s 2d inaugural invoked a throughline “from Seneca Falls to Selma to Stonewall.” Brett Kavanaugh has surely been itching to object since. In…

Working the polls

Dr @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…

Getting the President's Attention

Direct action strategies almost always start with a modest gesture, which is pilloried as inappropriate and impolite. Once activists escalate to more…

Suffrage colors: Inauguration Day recap

Suffrage colors, a recap! Wasn’t planning to, but I’ve seen some silly myths floating around. So here goes… YELLOW originated w. 1867…