TWOMN 347: History of Women in the United States
Basic Information Clarina Irene Howard Nichols, known to some as the “Forgotten Feminist” (Gambone, 2019), was born January 25, 1810 in Townshend, Windham County, Vermont. She gained notoriety for her journalism, her activism, and her eloquence. She was a suffragist, an abolitionist, and a frontier settler. Despite her early entrance to the fight for women’s…
Basic Information Carrie Chapman Catt was born Carrie Lane on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin (Howe, 2001; Schlessinger, 2003). She became involved in women’s suffrage in 1887 and by 1890 began speaking for the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Catt later replaced Susan B. Anthony as NAWSA’s president in 1900. Her work in…
Basic Information Alice Paul was born on January 11, 1885 in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. She lived for 92 years and experienced a lot throughout her life. From the moment of Paul’s first arrest in England for advocating for women’s rights while attending college, she knew that activism was her purpose. This initial exposure was…
Basic Information Minnie Fisher Cunningham was born on March 19, 1882, to Horatio and Sallie Fisher. She was the seventh of eight children and the youngest daughter. She was raised on a plantation in New Waverly, Walker County Texas. Minnie Fisher Cunningham developed values that diverged significantly…
Basic Information Olympia Brown was born January 05, 1935 in Prairie Ronde, Michigan. She was the first woman to be ordained by full denominational authority in the United States on June 25th, 1863 through New York’s Canton School of Theology. Brown was a significant voice in promoting educational equality amongst men and women with the…
Basic Information Julia Ward Howe was born on May 27th, 1819 in New York City. In her prestigious roles as an American author, poet, speaker, abolitionist, and suffragist, Howe influenced and inspired Americans across the country to advocate for human rights. By the time of her death at 91 years of age, Howe had established…
Basic Information Jane Addams was a woman who stood for justice with the working class and for women’s suffrage. She was an organizer and a strategist. Along with that, she was able to communicate effectively in her articles and in public speaking. She was, and is still to this day, an icon. Background Information…
Basic Information On February 15th, 1820 in Adams, Massachusetts Susan Brownell Anthony was born into a Quaker family (Edison, 2013). She was an influential suffragette and abolitionist in the late 1800s. Anthony paved the way for the establishment of the Nineteenth Amendment. Background Information Susan B. Anthony’s passion for human rights issues started…
Basic Information Victoria Claflin Woodhull was born on September 23, 1838 within the rural town of Homer, Ohio. She was a polarizing figure, and her brief time on the front lines of the women’s suffrage movement was full of both triumph and intrigue. With the funds raised by her and her sister as the…
Basic Information Amelia Jenks Bloomer was born on May 27th, 1818, in the small town of Homer, New York, and lived until 1894. Bloomer was the editor and publisher of The Lily, the first newspaper dedicated to educating women on the current political movements. The Lily was one of the only resources that women had…