In the Beginning

I want to share the awe, respect and excitement I felt as I read about women who worked for equal rights, education, suffrage and justice in America. I present documented facts about their struggles and urge readers to visit www.nwhp.org to find many more signigicant women. Help include Women in our History.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Maria Miller Stewart

Maria Miller Stewart Maria Miller Stewart was born in 1803 Hartford Connecticut, to two African-born parents. Orphaned at...

Monday, June 16, 2014

Sarah Bagley: The First Labor Union Leader

Sarah Bagley: The First Labor Union Leader The first labor leader was born in Meredith, New Hampshire. She secured employment in ...

Sunday, March 23, 2014

The Life of Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women's Rights

“Revolutionary Heart” The Life of Clarina Nichols and the Pioneering Crusade for Women’s Rights” by Diane Eickhoff, 268p. 2008 ...

Saturday, March 15, 2014

The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I

“The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I; Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire,” Susan Ronald, 2007, 471 p. Harper Collins, Pub...

Monday, March 10, 2014

"A New-England Tale; or, Sketches of New England Characters and Manners"

“A New-England Tale; or, Sketches of New England Character and Manners” by Catharine Maria Sedgwick Published in 1822, it is ...

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About Me

margaretmay: In 1972 I was extremely lucky to be a student of Dr. Ann Keppel in her ground breaking class about the history of the education of women. She encouraged me to read biographies of women. My first choices were “The Terrible Siren”, the biography of Victoria Woodhull and the “Portrait of Josephine Butler”, the biography of the woman who fought against laws requiring prostitutes in England to submit to medical examinations. I wish to spread awareness and respect for the extraordinary work, courage, tenacity and boldness of women’s lives. I edited Robert Cooney’s “Winning the Vote; The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement.” I have been a board member of the National Women’s History Project from 1980 to 2013. I have made women’s history the great passion of my life. I have read the histories of many cultures, finding how women coped and made history in difficult and challenging times; often unrecognizable in male histories. My main passion remains the triumphant success of the suffrage movement in the United States from 1848 until victory in 1920. Please share family members with me who worked on suffrage and should be honored.

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