'Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.' A potted history of the women who pioneered feminism and changed the world.
Pugh, Sarah (October 6,1800–August 1,1884) anti-slavery advocate,schoolteacher Pugh first took up the radical Garrisonian abolitionist cause after hearing George Thompson speak in 1835. She joined the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery ...
Originally published in "Encyclopedia Americana" in 1920, this paperback edition tells the story of the women's suffrage movement in American, which led to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920), which guaranteed all American ...
My Name Is Meggie , a sequel to the author's historical novel, Journeying, presents the extraordinary life of a strong, independent woman at a time when women were struggling for respect and the freedom to live the lives they chose.
One-way Ticket to Epsom: A Journalist's Enquiry Into the Heroic Story of Emily Wilding Davison
In addition, former Assistant Vice-President for Academic Affairs David J. Bodenhamer (now at Indiana University at ... I have profited greatly from the talents of Karen Wolney and Gail Cooper; I am grateful to them and also to Sheldon ...
Having allowed extra time , she arrived at Matilda Jordan's lovely home on Park Avenue in Beaver Dam well before noon and found three women waiting for her . They were amazed to see her alight from a motorcycle , but Prudence quickly ...
"Sylvia Pankhurst was the daughter of renowned Suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst, and the sister of Christabel but her passion against oppression was not just limited to the cause of Votes for Women.
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Profiles Carrie Chapman Catt, an educator, prohibitionist, and women's rights advocate who was instrumental in the passage of the nineteenth amendment, which gave women the right to vote.