on this day in 1848 "at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, NY, a woman’s rights convention, the first ever held in the U.S., opens." "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights."

On this day in 1906, Finland declared independence from Russia and adopted universal suffrage. Finnish women became some of the first women in Europe to have the right to vote. #Suffrage #Voting #Rights #Equality

My latest Suffrage Spotlight On looks at the life of Jessie Thompson Bond, a suffragette in Wallasey. lucienneboyce.com/suffrage-spo...

Yes, a hot air balloon was a ‘suffrage object’ - in which Muriel Matters sailed over London, dropping ‘Votes for Women’ leaflets as she went. For more suffrage objects see my new book, pub 23 July by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social #womenshistory #suffragehistory

Happy Fourth of July weekend!

#OnThisDay in 1909, the National American Woman Suffrage Association held its first formal evening meeting at Seattle's Plymouth Congregational Church. www.historylink.org/File/8584

#OtD 21 Jun 1908 "Women's Sunday" took place in London when 300,000 women descended on Hyde Park to demonstrate in favour of women's suffrage - the largest political gathering to date in the park stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9395...

Cover image is live! www.cambridge.org/us/universit... #suffrage #history 🗃️

Happy Father’s Day!

Congratulations to @amiesouzareilly.bsky.social on her status as a finalist for the nonfiction Big Other Book Award! bigother.com/2026/05/07/a...

A ‘suffrage game’ such as Pank-a-Squith is just one of the 100 objects through which I narrate the history of the British women’s suffrage movement. Look out for my book, to be published by @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social 23 July

Early political experience matters People with prior election experience are: • 10–14% more likely to run for office • 60–70% more likely to be elected Participation isn’t just about preferences, it’s about opportunity and timing.

A historical example: female teachers in Sweden Girls exposed to female teachers in the late 1800s were: • 18% more likely to join the suffrage movement • 9% more likely to enter non-domestic jobs Role models didn’t just teach—they changed lives.

[May 29th, 1926] The International Suffrage Congress in Paris passed a resolution for unrestricted business equality. Despite fierce opposition from the League of Women Voters and some French delegates, the measure passed 70 to 38. This marks a significant step for the global women's rights movement

📣New Book Series Alert 🎉 👉 FEMINISMS PAST &PRESENT 👈 We welcome proposals on feminist histories, the history of women’s movements, feminist approaches to contemporary culture and activism, & feminist interventions in the broader discipline of gender studies www.degruyterbrill.com/de/serial/fp...

⛓️ #OTD in #History 29 May 1851, former slave and abolition activist #SojournerTruth delivered her famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio. The speech was transcribed and published by Marcus Robinson in the Anti-Slavery Bugle, 21 June 1851.

From Hildegard von Bingen to Hildur Guðnadóttir, here are some of the most influential women of the music world in history and today. #classical #music #women #composer #australian #composers #history

New in the Repository: the Feminist Art Making Histories collection - preserving 50+ years of feminist art across the UK & Ireland through oral histories, images and digitised records! Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col... @myiadt.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social @womenslibrary.bsky.social

🧵✨ London 1912, the International Suffrage Fair at Chelsea counted with the presence of the Cranford ladies (from Gaskell’s novel) 💪 On the suffrage stage, Miss Pole was “even more aggressive” than in the novel! 🗳️‍♀️ The scene was chosen for its humour and used to demand “Votes for Women!”

And forgive me for tagging the wrong account. Give @laurarprieto.bsky.social & The @maryelizaproject.bsky.social a follow! #HATM 🗃️

I just saw this! Thank you! ❤️

Happy Memorial Day!

1. Currently researching Hedwig “Haidee” Kaminsky [ Rosenblum]. "She was still in high school when she served as the secretary of the Young Woman’s Political Club, an early women’s suffrage organization created by and for working women." stonehurstwaltham.org/haidee-kamin...

You can learn about the queer history of the suffrage movement here. #HATM nyupress.org/978147981394...

Chinese suffragists also had a militant branch who attacked legislators when they refused to enfranchise women after the revolution of 1911 that created the Republic of China. Catt heard their story when she visited China in 1912

2) Who to follow and what to read? Everything written by the folks in this starter pack go.bsky.app/KFT1jyc 3) Greek food and pie (random combo but it works) #HATM

Thank you for bringing all these great scholars together for tonight. This was a special #HATM in no small part bc of all the voices who shared their scholarship tonight!

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in tonight but especially to our suffrage historians who helped us learn so much as we watched! You're amazing! & thanks to @herberthistory.bsky.social who let me twist his arm until he agreed to do a musical for me! #HATM #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances

You wouldn't know from #suffs or most published suffrage histories but 1920 was not the end of the suffrage movement in the U.S. The 19th Amendment simply did not apply to the colonial possessions of Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. #hatm www.oah.org/process/prie...

Is this almost over?! I’m having fun! #HATM

If you want to learn more about this complicated history and the #ERA, check out my book #GenderedCitizenship. (5) #HATM

For more of Mary Church Terrell's story, I recommend Alison Parker's Unceasing Militant from @uncpress.bsky.social but also Mary Church Terrell's autobiography, A Colored Woman in a White World. Terrell kept fighting and picketed segregated restaurants in the 1950s #HATM archive.org/details/colo...

The ERA passed Congress in 1972 but they added an expiration date. It was 3 states short when it expired in 1982. In the 21st c., the final 3 states ratified. Now there's a movement to have Congress remove the deadline. www.lwv.org/blog/equal-r... #HATM #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances

Finding Forgotten Suffragists: Researching Ruza Wenclawska at the Library of Congress #suffs #HATM blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/...

Wearing white was another conscious political, visual suffragist tactic. It not only invoked feminine purity but – as I learned from @allisonklange.bsky.social and her book "Picturing Political Power" – it was a savvy choice because it showed up vividly in press photos. #hatm #suffs

My new book coming out this fall deals a lot with the memory, memorials, and legacies of the suffrage movement after 1920 and the continued work of the NWP, NAWSA via the LWV, and the NACWC in the 1920s and 1930s! #HATM www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...

@michelleduster.bsky.social raised the funds for and coordinated an incredible mural commemorating Ida B. Wells and other Illinois suffragists #Suffs #HATM www.chicagowomenshistory.org/suffrage-mural

"Jailed for freedom" - they later toured the country from Charleston to NY on a special train named the “Democracy Limited,” speaking to crowds while wearing their prison uniforms. They wore special jaildoor pins as a badge of honor. #hatm #suffs

Speaking of suffrage memorials - the centennial in 2020 brought a wave of markers. The National Collaborative for Women's Historical Sites put up many #Suffs markers and created a map to crowd source others. ncwhs.org/votes-for-wo... #HATM

Suffragists burning Wilson in effigy. #HATM #SUFFS

You can visit the Workhouse site today! www.workhousearts.org/lorton-priso... #HATM

Many of the suffragists' banners were destroyed when they were attacked by crowds or arrested, but you can see a few of them-including the Young Are At The Gates at the Belmont-Paul House, the former National Women's Party HQ sited right next to the US capital #HATM #Suffs www.nps.gov/bepa/index.htm

This monument was hidden for so long! www.aoc.gov/explore-capi... #HATM

"The Young Are at the Gates" -- so were the old! Over 2000 women picketed the White House to demand suffrage. About 500 were arrested (given, you know, free speech, a popular charge was obstruction of traffic). 168 served prison terms. #hatm #suffs

I had a fun time in DC a few years ago! Unfortunately, the Belmont-Paul Monument was closed for renovations at that time. #HATM Still saw the site.

For more on Blatch, see Ellen Carol DuBois’s Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage. (3) #HATM

The western tour!!! Women won the vote in many western states and territories first. Suffragists creatively used many maps as infographics, part of their strategic use of information and statistic gathering-see @kmarino1.bsky.social Votes for College Women lawreview.colorado.edu/print/make-t...

Several suffragists died fighting for women’s right to vote including many who died of the 1918 flu which they acquired while speaking for suffrage. #HATM #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances