Edmonia Lewis on Struggle
2021-04-11
Edmonia Lewis was a self-made, internationally renowned woman sculptor at a time when few women were able to get their artwork seen and recognized.Read More →
Mary Ashton Livermore on Autobiography
2021-02-23
Mary Ashton Livermore was an author and poet, a noted journalist, abolitionist, public lecturer, and women’s right’s advocate. Read More →
Mary Harris Jones on Labor and Sin
2020-12-31
In 1902, Mary Harris Jones was being called “the most dangerous woman in America” because of her effectiveness. at labor organizing. Read More →
Beatrice Potter Webb on Constraining an Intellect
2020-11-29
Beatrice Potter Webb is best known for the work she did as a social reformer and economist with her husband, Sidney Webb.Read More →
Cecily Hamilton on Being Brave
2020-10-25
Cicely Hamilton founded the British Women’s Writers’ Suffrage League and wrote plays and songs that furthered the cause.Read More →
Mary Church Terrell on Standing for Suffrage
2020-09-28
Mary Ellen Church Terrell (1864-1954) is known as the Mother of African American suffrage. Read More →
Annie Kenney on Movements and Silent Followers
2020-09-13
Annie Kenney was one of the most active organizers in the WSPU Movement and a loyal follower of Christabel Pankhurst. Read More →
I. A. R. Wylie on Happiness & Militancy
2020-09-06
Author and screenwriter I. A. R. Wylie is less well-known for her role as a WSPU suffragette.Read More →
Helena Swanwick on War & Peace
2020-08-23
Helena Swanwick was a feminist, peace activist, and journalist. Read More →
Mary Hunter Austin on Observing the Desert
2020-08-09
Mary Hunter Austin was a feminist, naturalist, and prolithic writer.Read More →
Catherine Beecher on Exercise
2020-05-26
“Woman’s great mission is to train immature, weak, and ignorant creatures to obey the laws of God; the physical, the intellectual, the social, and the moral.” Catherine Esther Beecher Born in 1800 into the famous Beecher clan which included Harriet Beecher Stowe of Uncle Tom’s Cabin fame and the infamous preacher Henry Ward Beecher, Catherine, as the oldest daughter, took over care of her nine siblings after her mother passed away when she was sixteen. When her fiance died in a shipwreck, she decided to use the money he left her to further the education of women. In 1824, she established the Hartford Female SeminaryRead More →
Anne Hampton Brewster on My Novel
2020-05-15
Anne Hampton Brewster was a poet, author and one of the first women correspondents.Read More →