All posts tagged "women’s rights"
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5.4KBusiness and LaborThe Working Girls of Boston: Immoral Floozies or Honest Toilers?
During the Gilded Age, the working girls of Boston had to contend not just with low pay but with reputations as immoral...
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7.7KConnecticutA Brahmin Suffragist Suffers a Night of Terror in Prison
On the night of Nov. 14, 1917, 63-year-old Mrs. John Winters Brannan wrapped herself in her heavy sealskin coat to protect herself...
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16.2K2Business and LaborEmma Willard: Inventor of the Modern Woman (in 1821)
Emma Willard was one of the first people – if not the first— to believe women could have it all: career, family...
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22.9K10MassachusettsAbby Kelley Shakes Up Seneca Falls
Abby Kelley came to Seneca Falls, N.Y., in 1843 and turned the town upside down. Day after day she delivered passionate speeches...
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