The Ask a Suffragist book series channels the stories and wisdom of first wave feminists to inform modern activists as we continue to fight the patriarchy. The first book in the series, America’s First Feminists, was launched in Spring 2019.
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Recent Posts
- Better late than never! Maryland ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 29, 1941.by April Young Bennett on March 23, 2022 at 2:43 pm
The Nineteenth Amendment, extending votes to women, had been law since 1920.
- Better late than never! Mississippi ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 22, 1984.by April Young Bennett on March 20, 2022 at 12:26 am
The Nineteenth Amendment, extending votes to women, had been law since 1920.
- Washington state ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 22, 1920.by April Young Bennett on March 17, 2022 at 2:10 pm
Washington state ratified the 19th Amendment on March 22, 1920.
- Alaska Territory gave women the right to vote on March 21, 1913.by April Young Bennett on March 16, 2022 at 1:54 pm
Alaska Territory gave women the right to vote on March 21, 1913.
- “Woman must have a purse of her own.” Susan B. Anthony, 1853 #EqualPayDayby April Young Bennett on March 12, 2022 at 3:42 pm
In 1852, Susan B. Anthony toured New York setting up local women’s temperance societies in several towns. A year later, she was dismayed to find that they had all closed due to lack of...