A Catholic prep school graduate, Lucy Burns (1879-1966) gave up language studies in Europe to join Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters in their fight for women’s suffrage. At a protest, Burns befriended fellow American Alice Paul; in 1912, they returned to the U.S. to lead the National American Woman Suffrage Association and other groups. When […]
The shy child of a militiaman, Clara Barton (1821- 1912) became a successful teacher and opened the first free school in New Jersey, but office politics drove her to the Civil War front. By 1862, Barton was providing food and medical care to Union soldiers at major battles including Antietam and Fredericksburg. Dubbed the “Angel
From left to right: FFL co-founder Pat Goltz, FFL Board President Rosemary Bottcher, and FFL co-founder Cathy Callaghan, pictured in 1997 at FFL’s 25th anniversary celebration in Washington D.C. Conversations with FFL Co-Founder Pat Goltz Damian J. Geminder, Editor The movement to liberalize abortion laws in the United States was spearheaded by men, but it
Sojourner Truth was born into slavery circa 1797 and was originally named Isabella “Belle” Baumfree. Truth took on her new name later in life because she claimed to hear the Spirit of God calling on her to preach the truth, particularly about the abolition of slavery. The New York native worked as an abolitionist and
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