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1/ Combattre les policiers avec des prises de Ju-jitsu ? C’est la technique employée par les suffragettes, féministes du début du XXème siècle, pour remporter l’opinion publique et conquérir leurs droits. Aujourd'hui, je vous raconte cette histoire digne d’un Tarantino survolté !

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2020-09-22

I read this to my class today and we had such a wonderful discussion about fairness and equality. I've just had an email from a parent saying their child came home enthusiastically discussing the suffragette movement. It has genuinely made my day!

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2020-09-21

The Tree of Heaven follows the fortunes of the Harrison family as the children grow up in the shadow of the First World War and Dorothy’s brothers go off, one by one, to the trenches, while she becomes involved with the suffrage movement.

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2020-09-11

Today launches its new Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection, making freely accessible nearly 200,000 artifacts, including images, videos, letters, diaries, speeches, maps, diaries, and oral histories. https://t.co/h1UviOsj5A

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2020-09-11

Only 100 years. I'm 56 years old. One of my grandmothers didn't have the right to vote when she was born. We've come far in that century but not nearly far enough - and yes though black women were crucial to the suffrage movement most did not win the vote until decades later.

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2020-08-28

“Woman with a Sunflower” was one of some 20 paintings by Cassatt included in a 1915 exhibition organized by her friend and collaborator, Louisine Havemeyer. Proceeds from entry fees and the sale of exhibition pamphlets were used to found the Woman Suffrage Campaign Fund.

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2020-08-27

Mabel Ping-Hua Lee championed the rights of women & Chinese Americans. She led a New York City suffrage parade, wrote articles, gave speeches & became the first Chinese woman to earn a PhD in Economics from Columbia University. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

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2020-08-27

It’s so we’re celebrating the kick-ass women of Here’s to 100 years of suffrage and continuing to smash that glass ceiling any way you can!

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2020-08-26

Inez Milholland sacrificed her life to secure votes for women. She led the DC suffrage parade & ensured that women of color could march. In 1916, the 30 yr old collapsed during a speech & later died, becoming a martyr for the cause. https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc

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2020-08-26

Adelina Otero-Warren spoke up for women’s rights, especially in her home state, New Mexico, where she led the National Woman's Party chapter. She distributed suffrage literature in English & Spanish to reach a broad audience. https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc

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2020-08-25

Alice Paul provoked controversy about women’s suffrage, which attracted valuable attention to the cause. She led a parade in Washington, DC and organized the nation’s first ever pickets of the White House. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

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2020-08-24

Lucy Burns dedicated her life to women's suffrage. She helped organize the 1913 parade in DC. She picketed the White House, was arrested and sentenced to 6 months in a workhouse. She went on hunger strikes & was force fed. https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

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2020-08-22

Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871 - 1954) was an American illustrator. To help overcome the stereotype that artworks made by women are inferior she became increasingly vocal in promoting women’s work.

“The Suspected Suffragette”
“Gisele,” 1908.

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2020-08-19

Today is the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, allowing all women in the USA to vote!
Illustrations celebrating Women's Suffrage by , and !

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2020-08-19

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Tonight (4PM ET / 7 PM PT) a free virtual play is being hosted by about five incredibly brave women who changed the course of women’s suffrage. Please check out this powerfully written piece.

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2020-08-19

This month is the 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in the US.

Rose O’Neill was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and artist. She was the creator of one of the most widely known cartoons.

“Kewpie Votes for Women,” 1914.

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2020-08-18

An important and very rare December 1919 handbill with a persuasive map favoring the ratification by Virginia of the 19th Amendment and attempting to assuage local concerns that women’s suffrage would put an end to “White Supremacy” in the https://t.co/Ig7R20BHxC

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2020-08-16

Jane Addams led reform movements for women’s votes, peace & the support of immigrants. She founded the Hull House in Chicago in 1889, and became a leader in the National American Woman Suffrage Association & helped found the NAACP. https://t.co/hg1v2LCYNc

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2020-08-14

Carrie Chapman Catt mobilized women to secure the vote. She founded the International Woman Suffrage Alliance & when president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, she established the “Winning Plan." https://t.co/hg1v2LUAbM

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2020-08-13