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 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 →
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 →