Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, to a Quaker family in Massachusetts. Her family was politically active in the abolitionist movement and the temperance movement. Her work in the temperance movement led her to become involved in the...
Today, 96 years ago, women in the US were finally granted the right to vote when the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified. This was a process began 42 earlier, in 1878, by Senator Aaron A. Sargent. And despite challenges to the...
Women have made strides in America since the birth of our great nation; however women are still not treated as equal to their male counterparts. On the heel of Women’s History Month and on Equal Pay Day–a symbolic day when...
August 18th marked the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution. It’s been ninety-five years since the original suffragettes lobbied, picketed and marched for women’s...