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fromSmithsonian Magazine
2 days ago

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Is Known as the Woman Behind the Suffrage Movement. A New Book Reveals the Story Behind Her Tenacity

Born in 1815after the death of a much-desired baby boy, Elizabeth Cady Stanton grew up with the painful knowledge that her father had longed for a son, and later recalled how, as a child of 11, she'd watched him grieve the death of another son, the only one of his five sons to survive infancy; young Elizabeth climbed onto his knee-only to hear him murmur, "Oh, my daughter, I wish you were a boy." Stanton later described the moment as decisive.
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fromJezebel
1 week ago

Memories! 107 Years Ago, Suffragettes Burned an Effigy of Woodrow Wilson for Being a Shitty President

In 1919 National Woman's Party members burned an effigy of Woodrow Wilson outside the White House and were arrested protesting his delay on women’s suffrage.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Today in History: January 12, Joe Namath, New York Jets win Super Bowl III

On Jan. 12, 1969, the biggest upset in Super Bowl history occurred as the New York Jets of the American Football League defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16-7 in Super Bowl III, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami. Also on this date: In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to give women nationwide the right to vote.
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fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

The cookies that fueled votes for women

Suffragists used bake sales and cookbooks to fund and unify their movement, leveraging domestic skills to raise money, awareness, and mutual support for women's rights.
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fromsfist.com
3 months ago

'Suffs' Keeps Marching on National Tour, Arriving Triumphantly In SF at a Time of Protest

A suffrage-era musical dramatizes early 20th-century activism, linking historical women's rights struggles to contemporary fights over civil rights, immigration, and LGBTQ protections.
fromUPI
4 months ago

On This Day, Oct. 23: Thousands march for women's suffrage in NYC - UPI.com

In 1707, the British Parliament met for the first time after the Treaty of Union dissolved both the Parliaments of England and Scotland and created a new Kingdom of Great Britain. The Parliament of Great Britain eventually became the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1915, an estimated 25,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote throughout the United States.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
8 months ago

Today in History: June 4, the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Tiananmen Square protests were violently crushed by Chinese troops in 1989.
The U.S. declared war for the first time against Britain in 1812.
The 19th Amendment was approved by Congress, advancing women's voting rights.
The Dunkirk evacuation demonstrated significant military strategy during WWII.
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