All posts tagged "suffrage"
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8.4KMassachusettsHow Louisa May Alcott Voted for the First Time in 1880
On March 29, 1880, Louisa May Alcott voted with 19 other women for the first time at the Concord Town Meeting. The...
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15.7K10ConnecticutSix Amazing Indian Women From New England
Indian women faced double discrimination since the first European colonists arrived in the Americas. Many fought back against the prejudice that destroyed...
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16.6K1ConnecticutThe Antis: Women Who Fought Against the Vote
In the late 19th century, women known as antis began to organize against women who wanted the right to vote. The antis...
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14.1K1MassachusettsLucy Downing Gets Her Son Into Harvard. By Founding It.
In the spring of 1636, Lucy Downing wrote a letter from England to her older brother, John Winthrop. Six years earlier he...
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15.4K5MassachusettsLydia Chapin Taft – New England’s First Woman Voter
Lydia Chapin Taft was the first woman to legally vote in New England. The year was 1756, and the issue of taxation...
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36.2K3MassachusettsEdward Hammond Clarke and the Chance for Girls
Education was a hot topic in the 1870. How much education should one have and who should get it? Edward Hammond Clarke...
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