Beatrice Potter Webb on Constraining an Intellect
2020-11-29
Beatrice Potter Webb is best known for the work she did as a social reformer and economist with her husband, Sidney Webb.Read More →
Cecily Hamilton on Being Brave
2020-10-25
Cicely Hamilton founded the British Women’s Writers’ Suffrage League and wrote plays and songs that furthered the cause.Read More →
Mary Church Terrell on Standing for Suffrage
2020-09-28
Mary Ellen Church Terrell (1864-1954) is known as the Mother of African American suffrage. Read More →
Annie Kenney on Movements and Silent Followers
2020-09-13
Annie Kenney was one of the most active organizers in the WSPU Movement and a loyal follower of Christabel Pankhurst. Read More →
I. A. R. Wylie on Happiness & Militancy
2020-09-06
Author and screenwriter I. A. R. Wylie is less well-known for her role as a WSPU suffragette.Read More →
Helena Swanwick on War & Peace
2020-08-23
Helena Swanwick was a feminist, peace activist, and journalist. Read More →
Mary Hunter Austin on Observing the Desert
2020-08-09
Mary Hunter Austin was a feminist, naturalist, and prolithic writer.Read More →
Catherine Beecher on Exercise
2020-05-26
“Woman’s great mission is to train immature, weak, and ignorantRead More →
Anne Hampton Brewster on My Novel
2020-05-15
Anne Hampton Brewster was a poet, author and one of the first women correspondents.Read More →
Felicia Hemans on Marriage
2020-04-27
Felicia Hemans, was an acclaimed poetess during her lifetime.Read More →
Adah Issacs Menken on Working and Waiting
2019-11-18
Adah Issacs Menken was a Civil War era actress, sex symbol, and pin-up girl. Read More →
Virginia Penny On Women’s Work
2019-09-16
Virginia Penny (1826-1913) was a pioneer in the study of women’s labor.Read More →