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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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Woman Suffrage: Wyoming Women Had the Right to Vote Years Before the 19th Amendment

Mary Schons. Woman Suffrage: Wyoming Women Had the Right to Vote Years Before the 19th Amendment. National Geographic. January 21, 2011.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Magazines

This 2011 National Geographic article by Mary Schons examines Wyoming’s pioneering role the history of women’s suffrage, how it happened, and the arguments for and against women’s right to vote. Wyoming women got […] 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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Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box

Angela P. Dodson. Remember the Ladies: Celebrating Those Who Fought for Freedom at the Ballot Box. New York, NY: Hachette Book Group, 2017.

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

2017 begins the centennial celebrations of the enfranchisement of women in some US states, a trend that culminated in nation-wide suffrage three years later, in 1920. Angela P. Dodson’s book Remember […] Read More