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Frederick Douglass: Suffragist. Abolitionist. Ally. Abolitionist and suffragist Frederick Douglass was born into slavery to a mixed-race mother and a White father on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay in Talbot County, Maryland, in February of 1818. Although no official record of his birthday exists, it is commonly attributed to Valentine’s Day, because his […]

Among her many forms of activism, Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) was the proprietor and business manager of the early feminist newspaper The Revolution. From the very beginning, The Revolution had a known policy that “no quack or immoral advertisements [for patent medicines] will be admitted,” though these ads were a large source of revenue for periodicals of the

In 1872, anti-abortion feminist Victoria Claflin Woodhull became the first woman to be nominated and to run for President of the United States. Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927) was a popular and controversial figure in her day. She was a prominent speaker, writer, and activist for women’s rights; one of the first women stockbrokers; and a

By Sharon Abercrombie Citizen-Journal Staff Writer Women’s Liberation groups that support abortion may be weakening the entire feminist movement says an OSU linguistics professor and an Ohio Dominican College senior. A great many women who agree with most feminist causes refuse to join liberation groups because of the abortion issue, point out professor Catherine Callahan