A few of the organizations carrying on the suffrage work of the grandmothers and great-grandmothers!

Are you familiar with Turning Point Suffragist Memorial? The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association needs financial help to begin construction of a national memorial to those women who went to jail to win the right to vote. Turning Point Suffragist Memorial must meet a November 30, 2014, deadline for funding initial construction. Let’s help them…

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Encourage NYS Gov. Andrew Cuomo to put “Spirit of 1776” wagon on permanent exhibit!

Contact New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo directly. Bring up the following email form, fill in your name and address. Select “Women’s Issues” as the category, and make your message simple. Save suffrage history. Support the New York State Museum in putting the “Spirit of 1776” suffrage campaign wagon on permanent exhibit for today and…

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Women characters in comic books is a journal feature: news note for Women’s History Month

A special issue of a future issue of the Journal of Fandom Studies will focus on comic book women in response to an increased interest in representations of women in comic books and the general explosion of comic studies over the last decade. The best-known comic book heroes historically have been men. However, fan communities throughout the…

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Film by Dutch women, “Ahoy!” features American suffragist Inez Milholland

 American suffragist Inez Milholland on horse, featured in film by Dutch women, “Ahoy!”  Message from the Dutch women who filmed “Ahoy!” and featured American suffragist, Inez Milholland. With pride we present our film Ahoy! unsurpassed women of the world. The film is about a young woman who’s inspired by the lives of heroines. When  the leadroll dreams,…

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Upcoming book about Alice Paul promises new perspective about suffrage leader, plus News Notes

Alice Paul: Claiming Power by J.D. Zahniser with Amelia R. Fry is an upcoming book expected to be published in September 2014 by Oxford University Press. Suffrage leader Alice Paul may have preferred to be remain out of the limelight as she organized the picketing of the White House and other controversial actions that resulted…

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Meryl Streep is headliner for new “Suffragette” film in UK

Next week the cast and crew for the UK film Suffragette will be busy as the cameras roll. Meryl Streep will play suffrage activist Emmeline Pankhurst in the Ruby Films drama. In February, the national League of Women Voters celebrates its 94th birthday since its founding following the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment. Every time…

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