Mission statement for Suffrage Coalition Inc.’s Project:Women’s Suffrage Museum – Events & Culture Center - Locate and preserve the epic history of the movement that brought democracy to the other half of our citizens. Use accurate, immersive storytelling to inspire future generations to value their rights and faithfully perform their duties as citizens.
This month in Suffrage History: A thank you note to Susan B. Anthony on her Birthday (February 15th) for teaching to recognize and reject the politics of divide and conquer Recovery from the cruel sting of injustice can be slow, discouraging and agonizing, but feeling...
January 10, 1870 Maud Younger was born to a very wealthy family in California. When she was only 12 she lost her mother. By the time she was 30 her wealthy father moved to Paris and both her sisters married Austrian Barons. She, however, was focused on the...
Rosalie Jones (who became known as General Jones) made her mark on the suffrage movement by leading hundreds of women on long marches to deliver petitions and raise awareness of the suffrage cause. One particularly grueling march took them 13 days, through atrocious...
Susan B. Anthony’s arrest and trial In the months and years that followed the Civil War, changes to our Constitution were made to ensure that slavery would no longer be tolerated in any State. The 13th Amendment (1867) ensured the freedom of both male and female...
July was the month the world of women began to change forever. It is hard to believe that for centuries before July of 1848, women had been, with rare exception, treated as the property of the men in their lives, incapable of serious thinking, unworthy of...
May 7th is the birthday of Lizzie Crozier French—a woman of remarkable courage and energy. Born as Margaret Elizabeth Crozier in 1851, Lizzie was the 5th child of 9, and the second daughter of John Hervey Crozier and Mary Williams Crozier. She was only 10 when the...
