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'Votes for women!' — 110 years ago marked the first time in California
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWomen demand the vote from George Washington on a vintage postcard from Patt Morrison's collection....
The Once-Dead Law At The Center Of The Next Abortion Battle, And The Anxiety That Drove It
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe Comstock Act, named for anti-vice crusader Anthony Comstock, is now at the center of abortion...
22 Ida B. Wells Quotes About Injustice, Truth and Virtue
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIda B. Wells was a remarkable human: a groundbreaking African American journalist, civil rights...
A toast to the misunderstood temperance movement on the anniversary of its demise
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn anti-alcohol vintage postcard from Patt Morrison's collection shows a progression from lemonade...
Biden said Republicans oppose women's rights — Katie Britt's "tradwife" response proved him right
Salon via Yahoo News· 3 months agoKatie Britt Jemal Countess/Getty Images for JDRF Politicians love to talk about their families, but...
The history and meaning behind Women's History Month colors
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoEvery March, we celebrate women's contributions to history and present-day society with Women’s...
What If Reconstruction Didn’t End Till 1920?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn the past few years, the period in American history known as Reconstruction has become increasingly prominent in the public consciousness. The dominant...
Supreme Court’s selective reading of US history ignored 19th-century women’s support for ‘voluntary...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMembers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association participate in a 1910 parade in...
Letters to the editor: The truth about suffragette movement; misleading characterization
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMansplaining the suffragettes Re: Keith Gallagher’s March 14 letter, “Poor understanding of history”: Mr. Gallagher claims that the Congresswomen who dressed in white at the State of the Union ...
The Troubling History of Arizona's Abortion Ban
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe State Seal of Arizona during a legislative session at the Arizona House of Representatives on April 17 in Phoenix. Credit - Rebecca Noble—Getty...