Maya Keleher, who plays lead suffragist Alice Paul in the musical "Suffs," is honored to bring story to audiences across the country.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women protested outside the White House in 1917, seeking the right to vote. Harris & Ewing via Library of Congress If Susan B.

Like many of us, Mary Nolan Brown didn’t know much about her great-grandmother. Nor did she care. She knew they shared the same name — Mary Alice Nolan (like many women in her family, lots of women ...

Each September, we celebrate Constitution Day, honoring the document that defines our government and secures our rights. But constitutions dont defend themselves. They work only when citizens ...

One hundred years ago, American women prepared to vote in their first presidential election with a mixture of enthusiasm and apprehension. For suffragists relishing the sweet taste of victory, Nov. 2 ...

Women seeking the right to vote published the cookbooks both to raise funds for their cause — and as a strategic rebuttal to those who painted... In the new Meryl Streep period movie Suffragette, ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! UCLA History Professor Emeritus Ellen Carol DuBois talks about how the early suffragists developed their ideas and skills. On August 18, 1920, women ...

Over a century ago, women in the United States were finally granted equal voting rights by the 19th Amendment. Decades later, their descendants are carrying on the family tradition and fighting for ...

A public dedication ceremony is planned for a marker commemorating Black suffragists Lizzie Hubbard and Fannie Davis at 1:30 p.m. May 14 at Second Baptist Church, 1325 10th St. The text of the marker ...

When Kamala Harris stepped onto the stage in a high school gym in Delaware this month, after Joe Biden announced that he had chosen her as his running mate, she sought to define herself as many things ...