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‘Women, Their Rights, and Nothing Less’: Literary Activists of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement

Margaret Kingsbury. "'Women, Their Rights, And Nothing Less': Literary Activists of the Woman's Suffrage Movement." Book Riot. April 25, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Web-based

In this Book Riot article, Margaret Kingsbury writes about how suffragists were “literary activists” who used a variety of written forms—including newspapers, pamphlets, poetry, and novels—to fight for women’s voting rights. […] Read More

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Lillie Devereux Blake: Retracing a Life Erased

Grace Farrell. Lillie Devereux Blake: Retracing a Life Erased. Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.

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

Lillie Devereux Blake: Retracing a Life Erased is a biography of suffragist and writer Lillie Devereux Blake, written by Dr. Grace Farrell, a professor of English at Butler University. About the […] Read More

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John Stuart Mill Speech: On the Admission of Women to the Electoral Franchise

Speech of John Stuart Mill, M.P. on the Admission of Women to the Electoral Franchise. Spoken in the House of Commons, May 20th, 1867.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Essay, Pamphlets, Speech

John Stuart Mill, the 19th-century British philosopher and economist best known for his writings on liberalism and utilitarianism, was also an early male advocate of women’s rights and enfranchisement. In […] Read More