Voting was a right limited to men or property owners before the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution in ...

In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw ...

Not until 1890 would the divisions created by the battle over black men’s enfranchisement heal, allowing suffragists and former abolitionist allies to work together again in the National ...

Voting rights for women, immigrants, Blacks, Native Americans and soldiers went through many changes beginning in the late 1800s, up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Dr. Rachel ...

However, many Northerners continued to oppose black suffrage in principle, and fears of a political backlash led the committee to abandon the issue before the proposed amendment came to the floor.

Here are more facts about her. Some Black suffragists may not be as well known as their white counterparts in the movement, but they made an indelible impact on history. You may not have heard of ...

So far as an active affiliation on the part of the suffragists with the Socialists is concerned, I feel that the real meaning of my former communication was not understood. View Full Article in ...

The suffragists were led by Millicent Fawcett ... On the day that would later become known as Black Friday hundreds of women were badly hurt and the police violence resulted in some deaths ...