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For almost a century and a half of our nation’s history, women were barred from exercising this fundamental right. This is a film about their long, difficult struggle to win the right to vote. It’s ...

She would not have the right to vote for another 45 years, but women did not wait for that right to be given to them — they took it. This year marks 100 years since the ratification of the 19th ...

Winds whipped her skirts and snowflakes pelted her bonnet as Maria Herrick ... but there are so few women who stand out in the 19th century. They’re all sort of lost to history, whatever they ...

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Nineteenth-century literature and culture have proved a rich field for interdisciplinary studies. Since 1994, books in this series have tracked the intersections and tensions between Victorian ...

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In 1876, women were permitted to enter the medical profession with Elizabeth Garrett Anderson becoming the first Englishwoman to qualify as a doctor. Prior to the 19th century, surgery had largely ...

A pilot, U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and Harvard student, Madison Marsh wants to share her passions and experiences with other women. Wendy Nalani E. Ikemoto, chief curator of the New-York ...