TWOMN 347: History of Women in the United States
Basic Information Maria Stewart was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1803, although the exact date of her birth is unknown. She is known for being active in the abolitionist movement as well as challenging public thought about a woman’s role in society before the feminist movement had officially begun. Maria Stewart is known for speeches…
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…
Basic Information Nina Allender was a woman inspired by her mother to become active during the first wave of feminism. Her greatest contribution was being a cartoonist and reforming how women were being viewed by the public. Background Information Nina Evans Allender was a woman that was a driving force in re-defining how women activists…
Basic Information Mary Church Terrell was born on September 23, 1863 in Memphis, Tennessee. Terrell was an African American educator and activist who would become the first president of the National Association of Colored Women or NACW. Terrell advocated throughout her career for suffrage as a woman’s right as a citizen as…
Basic Information Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer and Lecturer Emma Goldman (1869-1940) radically changed the women’s movement with her ideas of freedom and equality for all and played a significant role in the establishment of anarchist political philosophies in both North America and Europe during the early 20th century. Background Information Emma Goldman was born…
Basic Information Henry Browne Blackwell was born in 1825 and died in 1909. He is known for being a supporter of woman’s rights and human rights. He is the lesser known husband of Lucy Stone, with whom he started a woman’s rights focused newspaper with. Background Information The 100th anniversary for the ratification of…
Basic Information Frederick Douglass was born in Cordova, Maryland on February 14th, 1818, as a slave. Douglass was known for his position in the women’s rights movement and his work with Abraham Lincoln in the abolition movement. Background Information Douglass was born into slavery, and was a slave until he escaped in 1838 to New…