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This Woman Died for the Right to Vote 104 Years Ago Today

Women of the United Kingdom head to the polls for today’s special election on a particularly fitting anniversary.…

Kelly Faircloth

6/08/17 10:45AM

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4/2/17

First Woman Is Honored With Statue in London's Parliament Square

On Sunday, British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that suffragist Millicent Garrett Fawcett will be honored…

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Check This Cool Bloomer-Wearing Chick Asking for Her Beau's Hand in Marriage

Here we have a cartoon, circa 1855, apparently meant to illustrate the topsy-turvy effect of bloomers on relations…

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Suffragette Cats Are the Original Cat Ladies

Cats and dogs are gendered in contemporary American culture, such that dogs are thought to be the proper pet for men…

Corey Wrenn, MS

12/06/13 7:15PM

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8/18/10

Happy 90th Birthday, 19th Amendment!

That's right: on August 18th, 1920, women won the right to vote. (It became law on 8/26.) Celebrate by preparing for…

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Be Counted

It's come to light that scores of Englishwomen risked prosecution by refusing to participate in a 1911 census, to…

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Well Done, Sister Suffragettes

The world as we know it will be a different place next weekend: the election will be over, and after two years of…

Hortense Smith

11/02/08 5:00PM

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This Woman Died for the Right to Vote 104 Years Ago Today

First Woman Is Honored With Statue in London's Parliament Square

Check This Cool Bloomer-Wearing Chick Asking for Her Beau's Hand in Marriage

Suffragette Cats Are the Original Cat Ladies

Happy 90th Birthday, 19th Amendment!

Be Counted

Well Done, Sister Suffragettes