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Why the 1850 Worcester Women's Rights Convention Is a Vital Part of History
Women’s rights activism has shaped America for the better throughout our history, so why should colleges be banned from teaching it?
by
Ben Railton
via
The Saturday Evening Post
on
March 1, 2023
Lampooning Political Women
For as long as women have battled for equitable political representation in America, those battles have been defined by images.
by
Allison K. Lange
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Humanities New York
on
September 15, 2020
How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal
An immersive story about the bold women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery.
by
Alicia Ault
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Smithsonian
on
April 9, 2019
The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington
On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.
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Michelle Mehrtens
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TED
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March 4, 2019
The Waves of Feminism, and Why People Keep Fighting Over Them, Explained
If you have no idea which wave of feminism we’re in right now, read this.
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Constance Grady
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Vox
on
March 20, 2018
The Power Suit’s Subversive Legacy
Women have long borrowed from men’s dress to claim the authority associated with it. It hasn’t always worked.
by
Angella D'avignon
via
The Atlantic
on
December 26, 2017
Women's Suffrage @100
We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.
by
Linda Gordon
via
Public Books
on
September 22, 2017
How Bicycles Boosted the Women's Rights Movement
Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle did "more to emancipate women than anything else in the world."
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Vox
on
June 2, 2017
The Socialist Origins of International Women’s Day
From the beginning, International Women's Day has been an occasion to celebrate working women and fight capitalism.
by
Cintia Frencia
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Daniel Gaido
via
Jacobin
on
March 8, 2017
How Women Changed American Politics
How feminism and antifeminism created Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
by
Jill Lepore
via
The New Yorker
on
June 27, 2016
Up Against the Centerfold
What it was like to report on feminism for Playboy in 1969
by
Susan Braudy
via
Jezebel
on
March 18, 2016
The Surprising Origin Story of Wonder Woman
The history of the comic-book superhero's creation seven decades ago has been hidden away — until now.
by
Jill Lepore
via
Smithsonian
on
October 1, 2014
Activism in the US
The Civil Rights movement led the way, soon followed by anti-war protests and activism for women’s issues and gay rights.
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Digital Public Library of America
on
April 1, 2013
When Feminism Was ‘Sexist’—and Anti-Suffrage
The women who opposed their own enfranchisement in the Victorian era have little in common with the “Repeal the 19th” fringe of today.
by
Mary Harrington
via
The American Conservative
on
April 15, 2024
The Remarkable Untold Story of Sojourner Truth
Feminist. Preacher. Abolitionist. Civil rights pioneer. Now the full story of the American icon's life and faith is finally coming to light.
by
Cynthia R. Greenlee
via
Smithsonian
on
February 12, 2024
Equal Rights Amendment Was Introduced 100 Years Ago — and Still Waits
America’s feminists felt confident when the Equal Rights Amendment was put before Congress 100 years ago this week. For a century, it’s failed to be enacted.
by
Frederic J. Frommer
via
Retropolis
on
December 12, 2023
What Betty Friedan Knew
Judge the author of the “Feminine Mystique” not by the gains she made, but by her experience.
by
Hermione Hoby
via
The New Republic
on
December 1, 2023
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The Problem With the Abortion-Rights Move That Worked in Ohio
History shows that activists can win statewide fights—but that the strategy might be unsustainable long-term.
by
Felicia Kornbluh
via
Made by History
on
November 8, 2023
We Are Not Alone: 50 Years of Ms. Magazine
Gloria Steinem on the making of America's first feminist publication.
by
Gloria Steinem
via
Literary Hub
on
September 20, 2023
Betty Friedan and the Movement That Outgrew Her
Friedan was indispensable to second-wave feminism. And yet she was difficult to like.
by
Moira Donegan
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The New Yorker
on
September 11, 2023
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