This Month in Suffrage History
The Suffragist Christmas Celebration
Rosalie Jones (who became known as General Jones) made her mark on the suffrage movement by leading hundreds of women on long marches to deliver petitions and raise awareness of the suffrage cause. One particularly grueling march took them 13 days, through atrocious...
This month in Suffrage History: Susan B. Anthony’s arrest and trial
Susan B. Anthony’s arrest and trial In the months and years that followed the Civil War, changes to our Constitution were made to ensure that slavery would no longer be tolerated in any State. The 13th Amendment (1867) ensured the freedom of both male and female...
The July When Women Would Not Be Silenced
July was the month the world of women began to change forever. It is hard to believe that for centuries before July of 1848, women had been, with rare exception, treated as the property of the men in their lives, incapable of serious thinking, unworthy of...
Happy Birthday Lizzie!
May 7th is the birthday of Lizzie Crozier French—a woman of remarkable courage and energy. Born as Margaret Elizabeth Crozier in 1851, Lizzie was the 5th child of 9, and the second daughter of John Hervey Crozier and Mary Williams Crozier. She was only 10 when the...
Lucretia Coffin Mott (1793-1880)
Lucretia Coffin was born on 3 Jan 1793 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was raised as a devoted Quaker and became an early feminist activist, abolitionist, and powerful orator. She eventually met and married the supportive James Mott, also a Quaker and devoted...
This Month in Suffrage History – April
From the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY, in 1848 until today, women have been working hard to have equal pay and equal working conditions. Sadly, though much progress has been made, we still do not have equal pay for equal work and often face...
This Month in Suffrage History – March
Women in this country have struggled against unfair and unequal treatment for centuries—even before the American Revolution. Abigail Adams, born in 1744, was keenly interested in education for women and for them to enjoy the same rights as men in the not yet...
This Month in Suffrage History (March)
"General" Rosalie Jones "General" Rosalie Jones, daughter of an anti-suffragist mother, was known for leading her "suffrage army" on hikes to support the cause. First, she led them from New York City to Albany (the state capitol) on December 6-28, 1912. The second,...
When politicians pretend to honor great women . . .
February 15th will mark Susan B. Anthony’s 203rd birthday. It is impossible to overstate her impact on the lives of women today. We all enjoy the benefits of her dedication, even if we do not know the extent of her sacrifice and that of her primary...