Courtesy National Portrait Gallery The suffrage movement began in the 1840s ... called the “Negro’s hour”: Women should stand aside and let black men proceed first to the polls.

Leaders in the national woman suffrage movement relied on ... and convey information about the suffrage movement to their communities. Many black women leaders in the 1880s and 90s were active ...

After the Civil War, when the 15th Amendment enfranchised Black men but ignored all women, white suffrage leaders excluded ...

The federal amendment held the promise—or the threat, depending on your point of view—of black women voting ... wisdom get wrong about the suffrage movement? This was a much more complicated ...

The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, including how Lexington women fought for the right to vote.

A Ladies Auxiliary Women’s History Museum is planned near the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum in Pullman.

Through their collective achievements, these extraordinary women created lasting foundations for social justice, equality, ...

Two historical markers, one related to women’s suffrage and another to African American heritage, were recently damaged in the city of Decatur, according to a release from the police department.

After the Civil War, the central goal of the woman suffrage movement became linking the struggle ... But both woman suffrage and black suffrage were defeated. The Kansas campaign also steered ...

Flanked by Pauline O’Neill from Maricopa County and Rosa McKay from Cochise County, Theodora was part of the growing movement for women’s suffrage. In fact, she led the crusade in her hometown ...

Women in Broome County were prominent leaders of the Suffrage Movement and the push for the 19th Amendment. “Margaret Topliff, Lillian Huffcut, Cathrine Bartoo, Ida Wales Gitchel and they all ...