On July 19, 1848, the first U.S. women’s rights convention convened in Seneca Falls, New York. Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, the two-day event marked a ...

The third season of The Gilded Age has been mocking a historical movement, and its being very wrongheaded in its approach ...

A community planning committee and the Women’s Rights National Historical Park have finalized a full slate of events for next weekend’s Convention Days 2025, an annual summer ...

States’ rights was invoked as a way of preserving white supremacy in the face of any change or challenge to the status quo. Sunday Forum March 9, 2025 8:06am Sunday Forum for March 9, 2025 9am Black ...

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

Books How Birth Control Advocates Shook Up the Suffrage Movement Stephanie Gorton explores the prudish side of the women’s rights movement in The Icon & The Idealist ...

The American women's struggle for the right to vote was a long and arduous one spanning several decades before the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920.

It would be wrong to study the suffrage movement and ignore the impact of abolitionism. The suffrage movement gained momentum thanks to political strategies adopted from the antislavery movement.

The challenges of bringing the suffrage movement to life through song and story. No longer is the contested history of the women’s suffrage movement confined to women’s history classes. It can now be ...

From the Seneca Falls conference nearly 175 years ago through the passage of the 19th Amendment, women of various races, classes, and creeds fought for women's enfranchisement.