In 2020 we celebrated 100 years of Women’s Suffrage. The passing of the 19th amendment in 1920 was seen as the culmination of a struggle that began in 1848 with the Women’s Right’s Convention in Seneca Falls when female suffrage was debated as a controversial issue, even among women. However, the right to vote was just one of a long list of causes that women were struggling for at that time. Women, all across the United States territory, were a diverse group who, depending on their social, racial, economic, religious or legal position, would prioritize the fight for Indigenous Rights, Abolition, Racial Uplift, Temperance, Union Organizing, Immigration, Education, Employment, Legal Status, Peace, Free Love, Contraception or other issues that significantly affected them. This website is an attempt to showcase the diversity of issues, people and “feminisms” of the period from 1848-1920, often described as the “First Wave.” While the fight for women’s suffrage is an important story to be told and remembered, it is far from the only story that women and men can tell about that time. We invite you to read about the amazing women and men who inserted themselves into the history of this wave and the themes around which they fought.