Katharine Wright
Often ignored in the histories, the third Wright sibling was vital to her brothers’ success
Category Archives: Activism > Women’s Rights
Continue reading
Dr Matilda Chaplin Ayrton
1800s British doctor
Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett
Suffragist and member of the Hawaiian royal family
Clara Lemlich Shavelson
Clara Lemlich Shavelson is known primarily for her part in the 1909 garment workers strike in New York City, often referred to as the Uprising of 20,000.
Anita Pollitzer
American suffragist
Sallie Wyatt Stewart
African American educator, real estate broker, civil rights activist, and community leader based in Evansville, Indiana.
Alice Nugent
Like her sister Georgia, Alice Nugent played an active role in Black women’s clubs and other civic organizations in Kentucky. Both Alice and Georgia were founding members of Louisville’s Women’s Improvement Club (WIC).
Adella Hunt Logan
Suffragist and the second woman to join the faculty of Tuskegee University.
Esther Hobart Morris
Esther Hobart Morris was the first woman to serve as Justice of the Peace in the United States. She was appointed justice of South Pass City, Wyoming after the previous justice resigned in protest after Wyoming Territory passed a woman suffrage amendment in December 1869.
Rose Schneiderman
Rose Schneiderman’s fierce advocacy for women and workers earned her a reputation as “a tiny, red-haired bundle of social dynamite.” She was a leading voice in the trade union movement for over fifty years, organizing on the shop floor, the street corner, and in the halls of Congress and the White House.