TWOMN 347: History of Women in the United States
Basic Information Aaron Augustus Sargent held a seat in the 37th, 41st, and 42nd Congresses. He was the author of the first Pacific Railroad Act – which promoted the establishment of the transcontinental railroad – and was elected into the senate where he served from 1873 to 1879. While he was in the senate, he…
Basic Information Lillie Blake was an American author born in Raleigh, North Carolina. Blake wrote under a pseudonym, Tiger Lily, under which she published five novels after her first husband’s passing. After meeting her second husband, Blake become involved in the New York State Suffrage Association where she then became president. She also attempted to…
Basic Information Lucy Stone was an esteemed lecturer and supporter of abolition and women’s rights (Garvin, 2005). Playing a central role as an activist, she helped organize and run the first National Woman’s Rights Convention, the American Equal Rights Association, and the American Woman’s Suffrage Association.…
Basic Information Sarah Mapps Douglass was an African American woman, best known for her efforts as an abolitionist, educator, artist, and Quaker. She was born to Robert and Grace Douglass on September 9, 1806, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The maternal side of her family was very active in the abolition movement, being members of the Free African Society.…
Basic Information In 1897 on October 7th in Guangzhou, China, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee was born (Alexander, 2020). She was the first Chinese American suffragist and activist to fight for women’s rights and advocate for the Chinese community in America (Cahill, 2020a). Mabel Ping-Hua Lee started fighting for women’s suffrage and became an activist at the…
Basic Information Louisa May Alcott was born on November 29th, 1832 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was a famous author, most recognized for her work, Little Women. Alcott, however, was not solely a successful writer. She was also a nurse, abolitionist and women’s suffragist who made large impacts on the movements. Background Information Alcott was the…
Basic Information Maud Wood Park was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 25, 1871. After the passing of the 19th amendment, the National League of Women Voters was formed, and Park was their first president. She was among the younger generation to join the First Wave suffrage movement. Park was inspired by Alice Stone Blackwell…
Basic Information Emilia Casanova de Villaverde was a prominent political activist from Cuba, best known for her work with the movement for Cuban independence. She formed one of the earliest all-women organizations committed to the Antillean emancipation struggle, La Liga de las Hijas de Cuba. Casanova de Villaverde was the first Cuban woman to compose…
Basic Information Emily Greene Balch (1867 – 1961) was a socialist, a pacifist, a professor, a Nobel prize winner, and an educated sociologist and economist. She devoted her life to advocating for various causes, all interconnected in some way: immigration, poverty, worker’s rights, women’s rights, and of course, peace, though this list is far from…
Basic Information Sarah Winnemucca was an indigenous woman born around the year of 1844. Her tribe’s territory was located in what is currently the state of Nevada (Hopkins, 2015, p. 4; 2017, p. 9). Given the mistreatment of indigenous people during European colonization, Winnemucca became an activist for indigenous rights. She started by advocating for…