Women's History

Alfred the Great and Æthelflæd, 13th century - Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images

Medieval Women of History: Women Who've Made a Difference

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13 Female Pharaohs of Egypt

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Women's Reproductive Rights and the Constitution

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Women of the Tenth Century: Medieval Women Who Changed History
A few women in the 10th century (901 - 1000 CE) were famous, despite the barriers to women even being remembered by name. Find a few key women here.
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Queen as a Title - History of Titles for Female Rulers
The title Queen has an interesting and long history, and has evolved in usage. Do you know the difference between queen consort and queen regnant?
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Amy Kirby Post: Quaker Abolitionist and Feminist
Amy Kirby Post of Rochester was an early suffrage supporter and an active abolitionist. She was among those who attempted to vote illegally in 1872.
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Maud Wood Park: Woman Suffragist and Feminist
Maud Wood Park was the genius organizer who helped pass the Nineteenth Amendment, giving women the right to vote on an equal basis with men.
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Amelia Bloomer: She Gave Her Name to an Outrageous Women's Costume
Amelia Bloomer's name was associated with the costume she promoted as safer and healthier for women. She was also a temperance and suffrage activist.
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Read About Frances Dana Gage, Feminist and Abolitionist Lecturer
Frances Dana Gage was a popular 19th century lecturer for women's rights and against slavery. She also wrote and corresponded on these subjects.
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Alice Freeman Palmer and Higher Education for Women
Alice Freeman Palmer was president of Wellesley College for key years in its history, and promoted higher education for women.
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Our Own Twelve Anti-suffragist Reasons
Alice Duer Miller, through satire, shows the clear contradiction between pairs of arguments made by the people who opposed women getting the vote.
Schlafly speaks to press after US Supreme Court's decision in 'Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833,' Washington DC, June 29, 1992 - CNP / Getty Images
What Did Phyllis Schlafly Say From Her Anti-Feminist Position?
Phyllis Schlafly, an ultraconservative American writer and political activist, was best known for her anti-feminist work against the ERA in the 1970s.
Women Watching: Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March, 1965 - Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty Images
What Do You Know About the Intersection of Women's & Black History?
Where Black History and Women's History come together ... a quiz on African American women who made history, women in general who influenced African American history, and African Americans who influenced women's history.
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Women's History Quiz: Test Your Knowledge
A women's history quiz to test some of your basic knowledge of women's history. How well do you think you'll do?
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A 19th Century Plea for Women's Equality: Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson pleads the case for women's equality in 1853 in a remarkable document.
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What's Wrong With Beauty Pageants? Feminist Critique, 1968
Hundreds of activists protested the 1968 Miss America pageant and distributed pamphlets detailing their critique of beauty pageants.
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Sarah Parker Remond, African American Abolitionist
Sarah Parker Remond, part of a large family of free black anti-slavery activists, spent many years in England advocating for abolition.
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How Ellen Craft and Her Husband William Escaped Enslavement
Ellen escaped enslavement in Georgia, the Deep South, with her husband, William, using an elaborate and risky ruse, then had to flee the US in 1850.
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