In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m writing every day about 20th century feminists (primarily the suffragists) from a you-are-there viewpoint. March 10, 1919: Tonight’s gala at New York’s Carnegie […]
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What Would an Intersectional Women’s History Month Look Like?
Women’s History Month gives us an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on the legacy of global women. Yet, year after year, the faces of Women’s History Month are the same: […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 9, 1910
March 9, 1910: More proof of a revitalized suffrage movement was evident in Albany today at the New York State legislature‘s hearings on changing the state constitution to enfranchise women. […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 8, 1913
March 8, 1913: Alice Paul, organizer of the massive suffrage parade and pageant five days ago in Washington, D.C., and D.C. Chief of Police Major Richard Sylvester, who failed to […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 7, 1910
March 7, 1910: The accomplishments of tens of thousands of women who took part in the recently ended strike against New York City’s shirtwaist (blouse) manufacturers were celebrated tonight at […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 6, 1913
March 6, 1913: Although today’s parade of 20 witnesses before a Senate subcommittee was far fewer than the more-than 5,000 suffragists who fought their way down Washington D.C.’s Pennsylvania Avenue […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 5, 1919
March 5, 1919: The “Prison Special” arrived tonight in Chicago. The special railroad car, chartered by the National Woman’s Party to carry suffragists who have served jail time, left Washington, […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 4, 1918
March 4, 1918: Vindication and a major victory today for Alice Paul and 217 other women arrested last year for picketing the White House. The Court of Appeals of the District […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 3, 1913
In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m authoring a “this day in feminist history” post in you-are-there fashion throughout March. March 3, 1913: Any doubts about the courage, dedication or […]
Live-Blogging Women’s History: March 2, 1970
March 2, 1970: In what is hoped will be a major advance for women’s rights, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed for the first time today to hear a case alleging […]