Discover the often-overlooked contributions of Black women to the suffrage movement, highlighting their activism and efforts for equal rights.

Voting was a right limited to men or property owners before the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution in ...

The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...

Reconstruction Acts passed after the war called for Black suffrage in the Southern states, but many felt the approach unfair. The Acts did not apply to the North. And in 1868, 11 of the 21 ...

Reconstruction Acts passed after the war called for Black suffrage in the Southern states, but many felt the approach unfair. The Acts did not apply to the North. And in 1868, 11 of the 21 ...

However, many Northerners continued to oppose black suffrage in principle, and fears of a political backlash led the committee to abandon the issue before the proposed amendment came to the floor.

In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw ...

Black, yellow, and white illustration of a town crier, also known as a bellman, ringing a bell and shouting "Vote Yes for Woman Suffrage." The woman's suffrage movement began in the early 1820s, ...

The event will include an art exhibit featuring work by Black, Indigenous and other people of color and a vocal jazz ...

These museums not only preserve Women’s history but also serve as essential resources for the research and study of Black ...

In honor of Women's History Month, we celebrate the trailblazing women activists and politicians who paved the way in ...

This is an Anti-Suffrage pamphlet (cost 1d), published by ... wearing carnations and the colours of the League, white rose and black, 'flitted about selling leaflets and literature'.