Gillian Wearing’s statue of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett, 2018, Parliament Square, London. The words are a quote from Fawcett on the death of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, killed when walking in front of the King’s horse at the Derby,1913, to highlight the women's cause.
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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“I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned.” - U.S. Suffragist & Abolitionist Lucy Stone (1818-1893).
Good Trouble, 1913-style: youtu.be/bi3mxt1Xhyk?...
Good Trouble, 1913-style: youtu.be/bi3mxt1Xhyk?...
Press Coverage- 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC
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October 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Happy Birthday to lawyer, suffragist, and presidential candidate Belva Ann Lockwood, born this day 1830. This photo of Lockwood was taken in the Boston Public Garden in 1908, presumably on a visit to the city. Take a look at the album it lives in: https://library.bc.edu/iiif/view/BC2023-014-168624
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Althea Gyles (right) with Constance Markiewicz c.1898. Gyles, Irish poet and artist, friend of Oscar Wilde. Markiewicz was an Irish politician, revolutionary, nationalist, suffragist, socialist, the first woman elected to the Westminster Parliament #womensart
October 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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This Day in History
October 23, 1850: Suffragist organizers hold the first-ever National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Or, as Republicans would refer to it today, "woke troublemakers can't just leave well enough alone."
October 23, 1850: Suffragist organizers hold the first-ever National Women’s Rights Convention in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Or, as Republicans would refer to it today, "woke troublemakers can't just leave well enough alone."
October 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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"The emancipation of a class, the redemption of half the world, and a conforming re-organization of all social, political, and industrial interests and institutions."
-Purpose of the first national convention on Women’s Rights in Massachusetts on this day in 1850
#WomensRights #OTD #History
-Purpose of the first national convention on Women’s Rights in Massachusetts on this day in 1850
#WomensRights #OTD #History
October 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Fascinating! My grandmother & great aunt, daughters of a suffragist mother in Stockport (who /worked with the Pankhursts) had radically different perspectives on their mother's activism. This article sheds light on the forgotten divisions in the movement.
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I put my VISAWUS talk about suffragette violence up on my blog -- in an attempt to answer the question "Why was the British women's suffrage movement more violent than the American one?" eleanorcourtemanche.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/w...
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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There's a Chinese Baptist church in NYC Chinatown that was pastored by a Chinese American suffragist with a great sense of outerwear style. She had a PhD in econ. Nearby post office is named after her now. She led the congregation for decades. Marched for suffrage when she herself couldn't benefit.
October 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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10/24/1830 — b. Belva Lockwood, American lawyer, educator, suffragist, feminist. The first woman to graduate from a national law school, and the first woman to practice law in front of the Supreme Court. The second woman to run for #President of the United States #womenshistory #law #SCOTUS #BOTD
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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happy bday Canadian suffragist/writer Nellie McClung, b.
"Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl."
"Men alone are not capable of making laws for men and women."
"Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl."
"Men alone are not capable of making laws for men and women."
October 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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“Never Apologize. Never retract. Never explain. Get the thing done and let them howl.”
-Nellie McClung, Canadian suffragist, politician, and writer born on this day in 1873.
She began writing to bring in money for her struggling family. Her first book, "Sowing Seeds in Danny," became a bestseller.
-Nellie McClung, Canadian suffragist, politician, and writer born on this day in 1873.
She began writing to bring in money for her struggling family. Her first book, "Sowing Seeds in Danny," became a bestseller.
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Nellie McClung, a cherished Canadian suffragist and writer. A strong and amazing trailblazer. The library in my neighbourhood is named after her - The Nellie McClung Library.
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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#OnThisDay, 20 Oct 1917, US suffragist Alice Paul is arrested at the silent sentinels picket of the White House.
Two days later she is sentenced to 7 months in the notorious Occoquan workhouse.
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Two days later she is sentenced to 7 months in the notorious Occoquan workhouse.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Day 19 of #31DaysOfGraves - Social Group
Suffragist Chrystal MacMillan's burial place in Corstorphine Kirkyard, Edinburgh, under her parents' magnificent Celtic Revival high cross. A remarkable individual, she was a pioneering university graduate, barrister & lifelong campaigner for women's rights.
Suffragist Chrystal MacMillan's burial place in Corstorphine Kirkyard, Edinburgh, under her parents' magnificent Celtic Revival high cross. A remarkable individual, she was a pioneering university graduate, barrister & lifelong campaigner for women's rights.
October 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Good Morning! It is Sunday October 19. In 1850 Annie Smith Peck was born. She was an American mountaineer and adventurer. The northern peak of the Peruvian CordilleraBlanca mountain chain, was named Cumbre Aña Peck in her honor. She was an ardent suffragist and noted speaker.
October 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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10/20/1873 — b. Nellie McClung, Canadian gov official, author, suffragist, feminist,activist. One of Canada’s #FamousFive wmn who petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada to legally declare wmn “Persons” so they could be appointed to the Senate #womenshistory #womensrights #PersonsDay #CanadianHistory
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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At the very least, we need to grasp that we need information, we need investigation & coverage of themes.
A bit over a century ago, we did this via socialist, union, ethnic community, suffragist, populist/agrarian presses. That's where "The Jungle" came from.
We need that, not the business press.
A bit over a century ago, we did this via socialist, union, ethnic community, suffragist, populist/agrarian presses. That's where "The Jungle" came from.
We need that, not the business press.
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Emily Davies (1830-1921), daughter of the rector of Gateshead, was a suffragist who edited the English Woman’s Journal. She co-founded Girton College Cambridge, the UK’s first residential institution offering university-level education, but not degrees, for women, on this day 1869.
October 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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may be a throwback but seeing purple/green/white hearts together used to be a good terf-detector (doing something to UK suffrage colors that no UK suffragist ever asked for)
October 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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“On October 27, 1917, twenty-thousand suffragists marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City demanding the right to vote. In the center is Komako Kimura (1887-1980), a prominent Japanese suffragist and actor.
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Mount Inez trail officially opens
https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/outdoor-recreation/hiking/mount-inez-trail-honoring-suffragist-inez-milholland-opens-in-adirondacks/
https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/outdoor-recreation/hiking/mount-inez-trail-honoring-suffragist-inez-milholland-opens-in-adirondacks/
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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New York’s liberal environment and her father’s religious views inspired Lee to become a women’s suffrage activist at an early age. In 1912, she led a massive suffrage parade on horseback. By 1915, she began gaining recognition as a suffragist, with major newspapers covering her speeches. /3
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Died #Onthisday 1957 the fascinating Helen Laird, actress, costumier, teacher, & suffragist. With Maud Gonne she helped form the Ladies’ School Dinners Committee feeding children from #Dublin's poorest schools & She worked with the Save the Children Fund for thirty years
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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That's like describing someone as a suffragist in 1940
October 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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- Ana Roqué de Duprey: scientist, educator, writer, botanist, astronomist, geologist, meteorologist, feminist, suffragist, known as the Flower of the Valley, she was one of the Founders of the University of Puerto Rico
October 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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