Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lisa Tetrault, a historian and professor at Carnegie Mellon University, noted many people misunderstand how that 19th amendment ...

Director Leigh Silverman says the musical about the women's suffrage movement feels timely and relatable, with a Tony-winning ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (The College Today) — One hundred years ago today, women’s voices were finally heard, their opinions finally given equal weight, their priorities finally afforded a chance to be ...

When suffragist Jeannette Rankin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1916, she made a prescient prediction: “I may be the first woman member of Congress. But I won’t be the ...

Maya Keleher, who plays lead suffragist Alice Paul in the musical "Suffs," is honored to bring story to audiences across the ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Around the nation and here in Indianapolis on Tuesday, women cast their ballots. "Especially as a woman, I think it's important to vote for women's rights," said Gianna Mohrman, who ...

This year marks 100 years since the passage of the 19th amendment, which sought to guarantee all American women the right to vote. Many Americans believe they know the full story of American suffrage ...

This article is part of She Resisted, an interactive experience celebrating the pioneering strategies of the women’s suffrage movement. Black women formed clubs to support their communities as early ...

The women's suffrage movement was launched at a women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848. The campaign to win women the right to vote would drag on for more than 70 years until, in ...

Every election season in the United States revolves around a set of issues—health care, foreign affairs, the economy. In 1868, at the height of the Reconstruction, the pressing issue was Black male ...