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 →
Women Have Waited Long Enough
One hundred years ago the people of Montana elected the first woman to serve in the US House of Representatives. When they elected Jeannette Rankin in 1916 most women in… Read more Women Have Waited Long Enough →
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