The International Woman Suffrage Alliance (IWSA) was an umbrella organization for national lobbying organizations for votes for women. Jewish women were leaders in many of the national woman suffrage movements, especially in the European movement. This study explores the social …
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The history of women’s suffrage in the United States has by-and-large focused on white, middle class women on the eastern side of the country. However, western states and territories have their own rich history surrounding women’s suffrage, and were successful in passing women’s…
This dissertation examines core themes of the developing women’s movement in the United States from 1820 to 1920—the abolition of slavery, women’s property ownership, education, political identity, motherhood, and the franchise—through the lens of decorative needlework. I read t…
During the era of Reconstruction, (1863-1877) African American women across South Carolina enthusiastically joined the political scene in alliance with the Republican Party. The Rollin sisters represented a tiny group of elite black women who were born free in Antebellum Charles…
Shosics―commonly known as noncitizens―cannot vote in virtually any election of the United States. Outrightly preventing them from participating in all electoral jurisdictions, on account of their citizenship, is unreasonable. As long as Shosics can demonstrate sufficient connect…
The 19th Amendment in America gave women the right to vote and federally protected their enfranchisement. Tennessee played a major role in the passage of the amendment by being the 36th state to ratify. During and after the suffrage movement, scholarship has explored the work of…