Apr 25 2018
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London has finally added a woman—suffragist Millicent Fawcett—to the collection of leaders commemorated with statues…
Feb 7 2018
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As the United Kingdom marks the one hundredth anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Labour party wants to pardon the…
Nov 29 2017
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Before watching the movie The Divine Order I will admit that I had no idea that women in Switzerland did not win the…
Jun 8 2017
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Women of the United Kingdom head to the polls for today’s special election on a particularly fitting anniversary.…
Nov 8 2016
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Today’s presidential contest falls the day after a major anniversary—the hundredth of the first woman’s election to…
Aug 18 2015
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On this day in 1920, the thirty-sixth (and last necessary) state ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, promising women…
Feb 20 2015
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This just in, a dispatch from the archives: The Progressive reprints a proto-listicle from 1912, wherein Jane Addams turns objections to women's suffrage back onto men. For instance: "Most men do not want to vote," and "Men's suffrage would diminish the respect for men." Well, if the shoe fits....
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Feb 20 2014
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Meryl Streep has just signed on to play British suffrage icon Emmeline Pankhurst in the aptly-titled Suffragette, which also stars Carey Mulligan. The movie will focus on early 20th century feminism, and is directed, written, and executive produced by women. No word yet on whether a a scene debating what suffrage… Read more
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Nov 2 2012
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Before women were granted the right to vote in 1918 and 1920 in the UK and US, respectively, there was a very, very…
Dec 19 2011
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Back in the olden times, things were simpler. Serious things like voting and wearing monocles were left to the men,…
Sep 27 2011
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Women in Saudi Arabia got the right to vote in municipal elections this week. But is this seemingly progressive…
Sep 26 2011
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has granted women the right to vote in the kingdom. But in a nation where elected…
Sep 25 2011
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Hooray for women! Saudi Arabian King Abdullah has granted women in his country the right to vote and run for public…
Aug 26 2010
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[Washington, D.C., August 26. League of Women Voters marches in front of the White House on the 90th anniversary of…
Aug 18 2010
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That's right: on August 18th, 1920, women won the right to vote. (It became law on 8/26.) Celebrate by preparing for…
May 12 2010
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Mavis Leno, a board member of the Feminist Majority Foundation and Jay Leno's cooler half, spoke on Tavis Smiley…
Apr 23 2010
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A Republican newsletter asked for help getting Rep. Betty Sutton "back in in the kitchen" where she belongs. But…
Apr 14 2010
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As The New York Times' first female op-ed editor, Gail Collins would say to portraits of her predecessors, some…
Jul 23 2009
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1909 was a violent year for the women's suffrage movement. "The most serious incident," says author Andrew Rosen,…
Jan 13 2009
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It's come to light that scores of Englishwomen risked prosecution by refusing to participate in a 1911 census, to…