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175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where on July 19 and 20, 1848, the first women's rights...
‘Fifth Star’ tells story of Ohio’s fight for women’s right to vote | Book Talk
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBefore Ohio was even 30 years old, its women were advocating for the civil rights of others. The...
Brownsville Veterans Memorial teams place near top at National History Day
The Brownsville Herald, Texas via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAug. 18—Only have a minute? Listen instead Two teams from Veterans Memorial Early College High School placed near the top during National History Day competition June 11-15 at the University ...
50 vintage photos show what life was like for women 100 years ago
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoMary Pickford (front center) and other Warner Brothers' actresses at her tea party in 1928.John...
Roe v Wade overturned: A victory for the grassroots pro-life movement and for human rights
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“We need not decide the difficult question of when [human] life begins.” So said Justice Harry...
Voices: Don’t feel patriotic this Independence Day? This is the history you need to remember
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt is difficult and painful to love a country that does not always love you back. Looking at...
The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Jennings is CEO of the Lambda Legal organization, a prominent advocate for...
Writing on the legacy of MLK: Three winning essays in 2023 Fresno County schools contest
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoIn partnership with the Fresno County Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Committee, the Office of the...
Kathryn Ross: It has never been easier to vote, so do your duty this election season
Spectator via Yahoo News· 6 months agoContrary to some popular rhetoric, it has never been easier to vote in the United States than it is...
The shocking violent sexism of The Gilded Age
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months ago‘The Gilded Age’ on HBO offers a fresh perspective of women’s roles during the late 19th century. But Meredith Clark writes that the history of the time...
