Women’s Rights (Page 3)

Annie Kenney Suffragette

Annie Kenney on Movements and Silent Followers

In: 20th Century Women, Women's Rights

Tagged: suffragettes

Annie Kenney was one of the most active organizers in the WSPU Movement and a loyal follower of Christabel Pankhurst. Read More →

Helena Swanwick Suffragette

Helena Swanwick on War & Peace

In: 19th Century Women, Journalists, Women's Rights

Helena Swanwick was a feminist, peace activist, and journalist. Read More →

Virginia Penny On Women’s Work

In: 19th Century Women, Daily Life, Women's Rights

Tagged: 19th century labor markets, early sociology, economist, nineteenth century employment, suffragist, women's roles

Virginia Penny (1826-1913) was a pioneer in the study of women’s labor.Read More →

Rose Winslow American Suffragette

Rose Winslow on Starving for the Vote

In: 19th Century Women, Women's Rights

Tagged: 19th amendment, force-feeding, hunger strike, right to vote, suffragettes

“God knows we don’t want other women ever to haveRead More →

Lucretia Mott

Lucretia Mott on Truth

In: Abolition, Education, Women's Rights

Tagged: Female Education, Female Medical College, Seneca Falls, Swarthmore College, Truth, Woman's Rights

The Quaker minister, Lucretia Mott, lived from 1793 to 1880.Read More →

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton on Babies

In: 19th Century Women, Activists, Motherhood, Women's Rights

Tagged: Child-Rearing, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Stanton has gone down in history as a tireless fighterRead More →