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
- The Activist Origins of Mothers Dayby April Young Bennett on May 2, 2021 at 9:54 pm
Julia Ward Howe “Women need no longer be made a party to proceedings which fill the globe with grief and horror.” -Julia Ward Howe, 1870 Mothers Day did not begin as a dedicated time...
- Better late than never! Maryland ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 29, 1941.by April Young Bennett on March 23, 2021 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 19, 2021 at 12:26 am
The Nineteenth Amendment, extending votes to women, had been law since 1920.
- “Woman must have a purse of her own.” Susan B. Anthony, 1853 #EqualPayDayby April Young Bennett on March 17, 2021 at 2:42 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...
- Washington state ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on March 22, 1920.by April Young Bennett on March 16, 2021 at 2:10 pm
Washington state ratified the 19th Amendment on March 22, 1920.