The Trump administration is expected to continue to prioritize women’s rights, not as a “soft power” issue, but as a ...

As Ella Baker noted, women were the "backbone of the civil rights movement," yet their contributions were often overlooked or ...

One woman has made it her passion in life to share history lessons about famous women and women's' rights across the country.

On July 21, 1802, Isaiah Thomas published in his Massachusetts Spy that Deborah Sampson, referred to as Mrs. Gannett, was ...

and The History of Woman Suffrage, a four-volume story of the movement. In her later years Stanton traveled extensively, speaking out and writing voluminously on behalf of women's rights.

Meanwhile, the women’s rights movement changed dramatically as ... and the most contentious phase of its century-long history could still lie ahead. Editor's Note: This article was originally ...

“For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” This year’s theme calls for action that can unlock equal rights, power and opportunities for all and a feminist future where no one ...

As a creative task, they could be encouraged to create a poster that they might have made had they been supporting (or challenging) women's rights at a certain period in history - for example ...

A Brief History of Women's Rights In Afghanistan Think of women in Afghanistan now, and you'll probably recall pictures in the media of women being forced to wear full-body burqas, perhaps the famous ...

It is impossible to separate women’s football from its history of protest ... In the U.S, as LGBTQ+ rights became part of mainstream public discourse from 2010 due to ongoing political ...

Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, Vol. 87, No. 4, SPECIAL ISSUE: WOMEN'S AND GENDER HISTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA, PART 2 (Autumn 2020), pp. 587-590 (4 pages) This is the second of ...

LEAH: Ok, here are some important events in our history. In 1929 ... First World War was a turning point in the campaign for women’s rights. Many men were away fighting and women played a ...