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
- South Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 4, 1919.by April Young Bennett on November 25, 2021 at 2:13 pm
South Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 4, 1919.
- North Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 1, 1919.by April Young Bennett on November 24, 2021 at 2:49 pm
North Dakota ratified the Nineteenth Amendment on December 1, 1919.
- “All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from our necks.” –Sarah Grimké, 1837by April Young Bennett on November 19, 2021 at 3:52 pm
“All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from our necks and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God designed us to occupy.” –Sarah Grimké,...
- Washington Territory gave women the right to vote on Nov. 23, 1883.by April Young Bennett on November 17, 2021 at 4:07 pm
Washington territory was the third territory to enfranchise women, before any state had done so, on November 23, 1883. Unfortunately, the courts invalidated Washington’s suffrage law in 1887. The Washington Territorial Legislature quickly passed...
- “We shall not be in our prime before fifty.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 1857by April Young Bennett on November 5, 2021 at 2:20 pm
“We shall not be in our prime before fifty, and after that we shall be good for twenty years at least,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton told Susan B. Anthony in 1857. She was 41...