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August 10, 2020
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The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
The women who remain locked out of the right to vote are the fractured legacy of a fractured movement.
June 29, 2020
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The “Women’s Vote” Never Existed
It’s an emotionally compelling notion for activists and a tidy narrative for pundits. But it’s a 100-year-old myth.
November 8, 2016
The complicated history of the suffragette movement.
September 2, 2016
Jeanette Rankin’s Wonderful Lemon Meringue Pie
In 1917, the editors of the New Republic bemoaned the media’s coverage of the first woman elected to Congress.
April 7, 2014
The National Women's History Museum Apparently Doesn't Much Care for Women's Historians
May 1, 1944
Working at the Navy Yard
September 22, 1917
According to Gender
December 25, 1915
Where Women Disagree
The battle for the female vote

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