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Op-Ed: The Suffragettes Were Rebels, Certainly, But Not Slaves

Ana Stevenson. "The Suffragettes were Rebels, Certainly, but not Slaves," The Conversation, October 8, 2015.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Essay, Film, Video

This editorial by Dr. Ana Stevenson, published on The Conversation, discusses the media controversy surrounding the 2015 film Suffragette and its use of the Emmeline Pankhurst quote, “I’d rather be a rebel than a […] Read More

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Women and the Press: The Struggle for Equality

Patricia Bradley. Women and the Press: The Struggle for Equality. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2005.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Academic

The struggle for gender equality in the United States long predated the suffrage era, and continues to this day. During the Constitutional Convention, for instance, Abigail Adams made her famous […] Read More

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12 Cruel Anti-Suffragette Cartoons

Therese Oneill. 12 Cruel Anti-Suffragette Cartoons. The Week, August 5, 2013.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Cartoons, Curated Photos/Ephemera, Postcards

In commemoration of the 93rd anniversary of the August 18, 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment, the magazine The Week published this selection of anti-suffragette cartoons. The portrayals of suffragettes range from […] Read More

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“The History and Structure of Women’s Alternative Media,” in Making Meaning: New Feminist Directions in Communication

Linda Steiner. Making Meaning: New Feminist Directions in Communication. New York: Routledge, 1992. (pp. 121-143).

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book Chapter, Book-Academic

In the seventh chapter of Making Meaning: New Feminist Directions in Communication (edited by Lana F. Rakow), Linda Steiner reviews the history of women’s media, conveying, “primarily through examples, a sense […] Read More

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“Self-Defense in the Era of Suffrage and the New Woman,” in Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement

Wendy L. Rouse. Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement. New York: New York University Press, 2017. (pp. 116-150.)

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book Chapter, Book-Non-Fiction

The fight for women’s voting rights is not the sole topic of Wendy L. Rouse’s 2017 book Her Own Hero: The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement, which chronicles the emergence […] Read More

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Pamphlet: Attorney Gilbert E. Roe Cites 15 Ways the Laws of New York Discriminated Against Women in 1914

Gilbert E. Roe. "Discriminations Against Women in the Laws of New York." National American Woman Suffrage Association, 1914.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Pamphlets, Speech

In 1914, New York attorney Gilbert E. Roe, a stalwart of the New York Men’s League for Woman Suffrage, cited in an address to that group 15 different ways in […] Read More