As part of the winning campaign for equal suffrage in Washington state, a suffragist climbed Mt Rainier with a “Votes for Women” banner, wearing these.
Game Changers and History Makers
I’m looking forward to presenting my work on rhetoric, the law and social change at the 2010 Pacific Northwest History Conference tomorrow. Here’s a synopsis of the project I’ll discuss: Women counted a stunning legal defeat among their early experiences as advocates for equal suffrage in the Pacific Northwest. Although Washington women achieved suffrage in [...]
Washington Women’s Struggle for the Vote
A new digital exhibit by University of Washington Libraries
The Forgotten Fight for Suffrage
On Equality Day, the New York Times examines parallels between the woman suffrage movement and current citizenship debates.
Remembering a Cackle of Rads
What does the message of the equal suffrage movement mean for us, ninety years after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment?