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Clara Lemlich – A Lifetime of Organizing
I recently posted the photo above and a few brief paragraphs about Clara Lemlich on the SSS Facebook page, but I’ve decided that she is worthy of a more detailed post. I first heard of her on the American Experience … Continue reading
Margaret Sanger – Mother of Modern Contraception
I am very excited to welcome guest blogger Tami Stout. She is currently studying political science and women and gender studies and has kindly offered to give us her insight about Margaret Sanger. Thank you Tami! Margaret Louise Higgins Sanger … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, Educators, Writers
Tagged 20th century, birth control, Gregory Pincus, Katherine McCormick, Margaret Sanger, science, women's rights
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Celebrating Black History Month Part 3
Here’s one last post of the women we’ve highlighted on the Saints, Sisters, and Sluts Facebook page for Black History Month. There are many more women who have made considerable contributions and done amazing things. It’s impossible to include them … Continue reading
Celebrating Black History Month Part 2
I want to continue sharing brief information on the black women I’ve learned about during Black History Month. The more women I’ve researched this month, the more I have discovered. There is an embarrassment of riches in this area that … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, African-Americans, Female "Firsts"
Tagged 19th century, 20th century, activist, African American female physicians, African American History Month, Audre Lorde, Black History Month, Edmonia Lewis, Fannie Williams, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mary Frances Berry, Pearl Bailey, Sarah Jane Woodson Early, Violette Neatley Anderson, women's rights, women's suffrage
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Celebrating Black History Month Part 1
During Black History Month, I’ve been highlighting at least one black woman each day on the Saints, Sisters, and Sluts Facebook page. I share other people’s posts, but I’ve made an effort to post at least one woman each day … Continue reading
Posted in Activists, African-Americans, Female "Firsts"
Tagged abolitionist, activist, African American History Month, Audrey Forbes Manley, Black History Month, civil rights, Delta Sigma Theta, Edith S. Sampson, Elizabeth Jennings, Leontyne Price, Maggie Walker, Rosa Parks, women's rights
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Alice Paul – The Final Stretch for Women’s Suffrage
During the second half of the 19th century, the two primary women’s suffrage organizations led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton (National Woman Suffrage Association), and Lucy Stone (American Woman Suffrage Association) were working on two different approaches: … Continue reading
We Reached 5000 Views – Thank You!
We are very excited to have reached the 5000 views mark. It was slow going to begin with, as it probably is with most blogs, researching, reading, motivating myself to write, etc. But then, as you know if you’ve read … Continue reading
Susan B Anthony – “Failure is Impossible”
“I never felt I could give up my life of freedom to become a man’s housekeeper. When I was young, if a girl married poor she became a housekeeper and a drudge. If she married wealthy, she became a pet … Continue reading
Lucy Stone (1818 – 1893) – Abolitionist and Suffragist
Common causes often draw people together, but it’s not always sufficient to keep them together. Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony are often called the “triumvirate” of the women’s suffrage movement. All three were ardent abolitionists, and … Continue reading
Mary Ann Shadd Cary – Blazing the Trail for Women
Not very many people accomplish as much as Mary Ann Shadd Cary did in her life, much less blaze a trail to do it. She has many “firsts” to her credit: first black woman publisher in North America, first woman … Continue reading
