On July 19, 1848, reformers convened in Seneca Falls to demand women’s rights, launching the US women’s suffrage movement.

My 19-year-old nephew, Manny, and I had a meaningful 5.8-mile wander through the Brooklyn neighborhoods of my childhood. Our ...

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women’s Consortium (ECSWC) is pleased to announce the winners of their 15th Annual Scholarship Awards. The Consortium honored the top female students in the ...

At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, a woman’s rights convention—the first ever held in the United ...

Contents The two worlds of Elizabeth Cady (1815-1840) -- "Long-accumulating discontent" (1840-1851) -- "At the boiling point" (1851-1861) -- War and reconstruction (1861-1868) -- Revolution and the ...

She admired early feminists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Carrie Chapman Catt whose work led to gaining rights for women, including the right to vote.

Crusading journalist and an­ti-lynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett is born in Holly Springs, Miss. Wells-Bar­nett was a ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

Oh, and did I mention she co-founded the women’s suffrage movement with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton? Talk about a trio of trailblazers! You can read her full poem “Sybil” here.

Abolitionist Frederick Douglas, suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., all echoed words from the Declaration to advocate for the rights of the oppressed ...