Though the meaning of the word has broadened, it originally referred to a very specific—and controversial—kind of woman. The ...

Ethel Smyth squeezed a lot into one lifetime.

In 1917, a group of women was forcibly shoved into freezing prison “punishment” cells, brutally injured by male guards, and ...

Just days before Black Friday 2023, I learned about the Black Friday of 1910 — the one that has nothing to do with great sales and American consumerism, but, instead, is a historic day that marks a ...

SUNY Cortland’s Memorial Library will present posters to highlight local suffragettes and shed light on their contributions, nationally and regionally, during the fourth week of Women’s History Month ...

"Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things," Lucy Stone, Original ...

CLIMATE campaigners dressed as suffragettes outside the National Gallery today against anti-protest laws ahead of ...

The choir Consonance gives the local premiere of “Here I Am,” a multimedia work drawing its text from 47 notable women.

A policeman tries to seize a banner from a suffragette during Britain’s Black Friday on Nov. 18, 1910. The Daily Mirror Just days before Black Friday 2023, I learned about the Black Friday of 1910 — ...