The December release of Afro-Americana Imprints, 1535-1922: From the Library Company of Philadelphia includes three items by women: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Victoria V. Clayton and Sallie Holley. Each...
In 2016 Hillary Clinton became the first woman to win a major political party’s nomination for U.S. president. While she campaigns this year to earn the votes of as many men and women as possible, the...
"Spirit of the Frontier" by John Gast (1872) Since the late 1800s, historians have debated the importance of the frontier on the development of American institutions and culture. For some, the Western...
Proposing the 19th Amendment In her recent NewYork Times column titled " My Favorite August," Gail Collins wrote about women getting the right to vote in August 1920. The previous year—on May 19, 1919...
