Lucky Nineteen
NAWSA and the National Woman’s Party brought the Nineteenth Amendment home for women in 1920. Let’s hope those Iron Jawed Angels are looking down on us tonight and smiling.
1917 – The Night of Terror
The suffragists sentenced to 60 day prison terms for obstructing traffic [read: annoying the crap out of Woodrow Wilson] faced horrifying conditions in prison. After finding one too many bugs… Read more 1917 – The Night of Terror →
Alice Paul, Bad Ass
Alice Paul stands with Margaret Sanger, Ella Baker, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer as one serious bad ass. She pushed the suffrage movement onto the federal agenda by applying… Read more Alice Paul, Bad Ass →
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