In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw – took control of the suffrage movement, leading the nation’s largest ...

Editor’s note: Throughout 2025, the Herald-Leader will be spotlighting key moments and individuals in Lexington’s vibrant 250-year history. Today, we look at the role women in Lexington played in the ...

A Knoxville group is hoping to bring a women's suffrage museum to downtown in the next few years. It's meant to highlight the role the state and the people living in east Tennessee played in securing ...

BERKS COUNTY (WPVI) -- This year marks an important anniversary in the fight for equality and Berks County resident Hallie Vaughan is making sure the women's suffrage movement gets its due. It was a ...

The South is often dismissed as a place that's slow to change, Wanda Sobieski acknowledges. But what those who discount the region might not know is that Tennessee played a critical role in the ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) -Long before women secured the right to vote, progress depended on relationships, persistence, and collective action. That history is at the center of a new two-part Women’s ...

Addams, Jane (1860-1935) -- African American Women and Suffrage -- Alpha Suffrage Club -- American Association of University Women (AAUW) -- American Equal Rights Association -- American Woman ...

The Painesville Suffrage Trolley Tour is set to run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 26. Downtown Painesville Organization Executive Director Renee Fitzgerald-Palacio said it will start with light ...

Broadway San Diego is launching its 48th season with "Suffs," a musical that provides audiences with an American history lesson about the women's suffrage movement. The cast recently visited the Women ...

Introduction / Linda Steiner -- Historiography : women's suffrage and the media / Linda J. Lumsden -- Nineteenth-century suffrage journals : inventing and defending new women / Linda Steiner -- The ...

Rockford residents have a chance to mark a milestone in local history at a riverfront celebration this summer. The Rockford Women’s Suffrage Coalition is scheduled to host a five-year anniversary ...