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Arrested for voting in 1872, Susan B. Anthony put her freedom on the line to fight for suffrage... The US has a long and still unfinished history of voter suppression. But the disenfranc … read more

Today marks the centenary of the 19th Amendment, the culmination of a struggle which had contested the limits of what it means to be human in the United States.Source: Schlesinger Library on the Histo … read more

Some say that the historic campaign for women's votes is too tarnished by racism to celebrate today. I respectfully disagree. National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the … read more

After decades of feminist persistence, the 19th Amendment was ratified 99 years ago today. Tennessee provided the winning margin - by just a single vote. Tennessee’s given a lot to America. … read more

The 1848 women's rights convention held at Seneca falls was the CEDAW of its time. A women's rights movement in America was born and the hope it inspired would spread throughout the world.  "O … read more