In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw – took control of the suffrage movement, leading the nation’s ...

One hundred years ago today, women in the United States won the right to vote. It was just a few sentences. But the ratification to the 19th Amendment on Aug. 18, 1920, made it clear that, “t… ...

In the first episode of “The Fight,“ we talked about the beginnings of the women’s rights movement in the United States. The early advocates for suffrage were also abolitionists fighting for ...

A car full of suffragettes advertises a talk on the Women’s Suffrage Movement by famous women’s rights activist Jane Addams and others at Carnegie Hall in New York on Feb. 9, 1913.

These 20 Black women fought for voting rights. In 1913, during the Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, D.C., Black participants were even told to walk at the end of the parade, segregated ...

The Women’s Suffrage Movement Included More Than Two Women and So Should the Monuments ... It took another 45 years before Black women could vote as a result of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Equal pay and reproductive rights were deeply entrenched in the women’s suffrage movement. The discussion about women’s equal pay, for example, goes back to at least 1850.

Their influential history of the movement still governs popular understanding of the struggle for women’s rights and will no doubt serve as a ... How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women.

In 1911, lesbians led the nation’s largest feminist organization. They promoted a diverse and inclusive women’s rights movement.

During a time when Black women’s votes are more pivotal than ever, our leaderships and contributions to the Suffrage Movement must be honored. Celebrity 2024 Sexiest Men Of the Moment ...