Helen Hamilton Gardener

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Helen Hamilton Gardener, née Alice Chenoweth, (January 21, 1852 to July 26, 1925), made her mark on history, first as an author and Free Thought lecturer, and later as a key player in obtaining the vote for women. EARLY LIFE & STRIFE Born Alice Chenoweth in Winchester, Virginia, Gardener was the sixth child of an itinerant Methodist minister, whose family, in 1865, moved to Greencastle, Indiana, where they farmed. An avid learner, she was educated by tutors and grew up admiring her father, who had freed the slaves he inherited and then served as a scout in Virginia for the Union army. As the youngestRead More →

Rose Winslow American Suffragette

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“God knows we don’t want other women ever to have to do this over again.” Rose Winslow Rose Winslow  was brought as a baby to the United States by her Polish parents so that she could grow up in a free democratic country.  Her father labored as a coal miner and steel worker and as a child Rose suffered from tuberculous which left her in poor physical health all her life. She became a union organizer  and joined Alice Paul in the suffrage movement. In November 1917 she was the first to join Alice Paul in a hunger strike to demand the passage of the 19th amendment givingRead More →