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Author: Wendy L. Rouse

Wendy L. Rouse teaches United States History and social science teacher preparation at San Jose State University. Her research interests include childhood, family and gender history during the Progressive Era. She is the author of Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement.
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The Very Queer History of the Suffrage Movement

The Very Queer History of the Suffrage Movement

Wendy L. Rouse

The women’s suffrage movement allowed women to re-examine, question, and begin to systematically rebel against the many restrictions they had lived under for centuries—including oppressive gender and sexual norms.

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How Our Fierce Feminist Grandmothers Fought to Claim Their Space

Wendy L. Rouse

They learned how to verbalize their resistance to hecklers and harassers. They learned to submit, punch, kick and fight back against sexual assailants. Most importantly, they learned that they had the right to stand up, speak up and physically claim their own space.

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