- 21. These Women Fought For Sex Workers' And Women's Rights In The 19th Centur
- (Sex)
- The Contagious Diseases Act (here by shortened to the CD Act, because as important as it is…it’s one hell of a mouthful) came about in part due to the rapid rise of prostitution in Victorian England. ...
- Created on 29 March 2019
- 22. This Mother-Daughter Duo Challenged Expectations For Women In The Early 1900s
- (Entertainment)
- ... originally appeared on F Yeah History and is reprinted here with permission. More from BUST The Herring Girls Of Barra Were Forgotten Leaders In The Fight For Working Women's Rights Isobel Gowdie ...
- Created on 08 March 2019
- 23. Mother Jones Was A Hell-Raising Trailblazer In The Fight For Workers' Rights
- (Feminism)
- In 1902, the “most dangerous woman in America” was a five-foot-tall, silver-haired woman in her 60s. Labor organizer and anti-capitalist firebrand Mary Harris Jones—known as “Mother” Jones—was a grandmotherly ...
- Created on 30 January 2019
- 24. The Herring Girls Of Barra Were Forgotten Leaders In The Fight For Working Women's Right
- (Feminism)
- ... the vote the most. She dedicated her life to working women's right to equal pay and equal rights, because if they were doing the same job as a man, then why were they being treated as a second class citizens? ...
- Created on 20 November 2018
- 25. Who Is Millicent Fawcett? Learn About The Suffragist In Today's Google Doodl
- (Feminism)
- Google is celebrating the 171st anniversary of suffragist Millicent Fawcett’s birthday with a Doodle. But, who is she? Fawcett is considered one of the most influential people in the women’s suffrage ...
- Created on 11 June 2018
- 26. Merriam-Webster Picks "Feminism" As Their Word Of The Yea
- (Feminism)
- A week ago, TIME Magazine announced that their 2017 "Person of the Year" would be the "Me Too" movement and all the "silence breakers" coming forward to speak out about sexual harassment and assault. ...
- Created on 12 December 2017
- 27. The Glass Ceiling Is Bound To Crack With 20,000 New Women Getting Ready To Run For Office
- (Feminism)
- ... the sometimes seemingly impenetrable dark ceiling. During the first Women's Convention in Detroit, arranged by those behind the Women's March, Emily's List (the organization which works to encourage more ...
- Created on 30 October 2017
- 28. "Beyond Suffrage": The Journey of Women Activists from Suffrage To The Resistanc
- (Feminism)
- Waves of women with signs, with their children, with raised fists, cover the walls of the entrance to the “Beyond Suffrage” exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. Like the exhibit itself, the ...
- Created on 18 October 2017
- 29. Spend Women's Day 2017 Like A Suffragette In Lily Dale, NY
- (Feminism)
- Susan B. Anthony and Marion H. Skidmore on the porch steps of Marion's cottage On November 5th, 1917, Carrie Chapman Catt pleaded with New York Times readers to vote for women's suffrage: "Remember that ...
- Created on 06 May 2017
- 30. The Handmaid's Tale' Cast Just Pulled A "It's Not Feminist, It's Humani
- (TV)
- ... about Margaret Atwood's novel about a dystopian near-future where an all-male ruling class has complete control over women's lives, bodies, and reproduction. Um, what? MTV's Rachel Handler brought attention ...
- Created on 24 April 2017
- 31. Nasty Women Tour of the Met Spotlights History's Nastiest Wome
- (Arts)
- ... was also a great advocate for women's suffrage. She donated many of her works to exhibitions supporting the movement, and when her family disagreed with her politics, she changed her will and instead sold ...
- Created on 11 April 2017
- 32. Alejandra Campoverdi Is Running For Congress, But People Can't Get Over Her Maxim Shoo
- (Feminism)
- ... get breast cancer. She has opted to have a double mastectomy in the coming future. Health care and women's health care have become incredibly important parts of Campoverdi's campaign. Aside from being a ...
- Created on 20 March 2017
- 33. Democratic Women Wear Suffragette White To Trump's Address To Say 'We Won't Go Ba
- (Feminism)
- Women’s History Month begins today, but last night Democratic women lawmakers kicked things off early. In a nod to the suffragette movement, dozens of representatives from the House wore white to ...
- Created on 01 March 2017
- 34. How Racism Split The Suffrage Movement
- (Feminism)
- ... women, I declined to do so, on the ground of that same expediency.” But while their white counterparts used racism to argue for the importance of women's suffrage, some black suffragists also felt it ...
- Created on 20 February 2017
- 35. This 108-Year-Old Woman Can't Even With Trum
- (Feminism)
- ... makes it to the next election, and can maybe finally see a woman become president. Screenshot and Video via YouTube More From BUST Born Before Women's Suffrage, These Ladies Are Voting For Hillary ...
- Created on 10 November 2016
- 36. What Are You Wearing To Vote?
- (Style)
- ... BUST Watch Lena Dunham Take On The Hillary Haters — In Pantsuit-Themed Underwear Born Before Women's Suffrage, These Ladies Are Voting For Hillary Clinton In 1974, Cosmo Asked, 'Could You Be President?' ...
- Created on 07 November 2016
- 37. Born Before Women's Suffrage, These Ladies Are Voting For Hillary Clinto
- (Feminism)
- Estelle Liebow Schultz, 98. Image via I Waited 96 Years! There hasn’t been much to feel good about this election cycle (to put it quite lightly), which is why we were so delighted to write about Ruline ...
- Created on 25 October 2016
- 38. This NYC Girl Scout Troop Is Making Our Feminist Dreams Come True
- (Feminism)
- A group of young feminists took to the streets for a big cause last week chanting, "Where are the women?" as they marched down Central Park West, sporting sunflower crowns reminiscent of the women's suffrage ...
- Created on 04 October 2016
- 39. Suffragette City: Meet the Young Women Behind the Suffrage Movement in the U.S.
- (Feminism)
- ... courtesy of National Women's Party Getting the National Woman’s Party Started The Woman Suffrage Procession was the brainchild of two young women—Alice Paul and her friend, the 34-year-old Lucy Burns. ...
- Created on 17 August 2016
- 40. These Suffragette Cats Are EVERYTHING
- (Feminism)
- ... in the suffragette movement. Surprisingly, cats were used as symbols in anti-suffragette postcards to rally public opinion against the women's vote. The card's purpose was to portray suffragettes as “silly, ...
- Created on 12 August 2016
