Though local suffrage slowly opened to women in many states, suffragists continued their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed ...

In 19th-century Britain and North America, women were regarded as the ‘weaker sex’. Their ability to bear children gave rise to a feminine ideal based on marriage and motherhood, while their ...

The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a 'rough man's town' The never before seen photographs show how women of all classes were able to mix for the ...

Polish women only began to write cookery books and guides in the 19th century, whereas previously, they had been only readers. These also served as a vehicle for their own views – sometimes ...

By examining world labor and political data spanning back to the 19th century, UC Riverside Associate Professor Ugo Antonio Troiano found that women who lived in democracies during their adolescence ...

By the second half of the 19th century, the pace of ... Critics argued that the acts deprived women—including those who were not sex workers—of their basic rights. “Any woman could be ...

The Finger Lakes region of New York was instrumental in the 19th-century Women's Rights Movement. Various events and locations in the area provide opportunities to honor Women's History Month.

Deb Erdley Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 8:03 a.m. | Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 8:03 a.m. Tennessee tipped the scales to codify women’s suffrage in the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago Tuesday, becoming the ...

That isn’t entirely fair to the 19th century. The irony of last week ... s prevailing patriarchal dogma and in favor of women’s property rights. Even his abortion law was guided by concerns ...