Mary Edwards Walker was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war and surgeon. As of 2016, she is the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor. Continue reading
26/11/2020
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12/11/2020
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Remember the Ladies: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Once, in a moment of irritation, she wrote to Anthony: “as anything from my pen is necessarily radical no one may wish to share with me the odium of what I may choose to say. If so, I am ready to stand alone. I never write to please any one.” Continue reading
15/02/2016
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Remember the Ladies: Susan B. Anthony
Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a prominent American civil rights leader and feminist who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women’s rights movement to introduce women’s suffrage into the United States. She was co-founder of the first Women’s Temperance Movement with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as President. She was one of the important advocates in leading the way for women’s rights to be acknowledged and instituted in the American government. Her birthday on February 15 is commemorated as Susan B. Anthony Day in the U.S. states of California, Florida, New York, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Continue reading
28/09/2015
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Remember the Ladies: Frances Willard
She developed the slogan “Do everything” for the women of the WCTU to incite lobbying, petitioning, preaching, publication, and education. Her vision progressed to include federal aid to education, free school lunches, unions for workers, the eight-hour work day, work relief for the poor, municipal sanitation and boards of health, national transportation, strong anti-rape laws, protections against child abuse, and Henry George’s Single-tax land reform theories. Continue reading
