Suffrage

Margaret Foley American Suffragette

Margaret Foley on Heckling

In: 20th Century Women, Activists, Women's Rights

Tagged: American Suffragettes, LBGT+ History, Protest Strategies, Suffrage, Votes for Women

Margaret Lillian Foley did not enter history through a parlorRead More →

Josephina St. Pierre Ruffin

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin on Congenial Souls

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

Tagged: American Civil War, Slavery, Suffrage, Women's Clubs

Born in Boston, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842-1924) grew upRead More →

Carrie Burnham Kilgore

Carrie Burnham Kilgore on Persisting

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

Tagged: Law, Pennsylvania, Suffrage, University of Pennsylvania, Voting Rights

Carrie (Caroline) Burnham Kilgore (1839-1909) was a woman of firsts.Read More →

Lula White on A Good Education

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

Tagged: New Orleans, Prostitution, racism, Sex Worker, Suffrage, Woman's Rights

Not Just a Madam: Lula White of Basin Street GettingRead More →

Cicely Hamilton Suffragette

Cecily Hamilton on Being Brave

In: 20th Century Women, Authors, Journalists, Playwrights, Women's Rights

Tagged: Britain, Marriage, Suffrage, World War I

Cicely Hamilton founded the British Women’s Writers’ Suffrage League and wrote plays and songs that furthered the cause.Read More →