Matilda Joslyn Gage

The story of suffragist Matilda Gage, the woman behind the curtain whose life story captivated her son-in-law L. Frank Baum as he wrote his classic novel.

Learn more about the story of Matilda Gage, whose writings inspired the witches in "The Wizard of Oz."

Eighty years ago, MGM’s sparkly pink rendering of Glinda expanded American pop culture’s definition of free-flying women.

Before women could vote, they sold cookbooks like ‘The Woman Suffrage Cook Book’ to raise money for their cause.

The story of Indigenous women’s participation in the struggle for women’s suffrage is highly complex, and Zitkala-Ša’s story provides an illuminating example.

A humorous 1917 blank notebook invites consideration of the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA.

A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.

A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.