Little is known about the life of 19th century suffragist Sarah F. Norton beyond her writings. She was a public speaker, writer for feminist publications and member of the Working Women’s Association who advocated for the education of women and girls, equal opportunity in the workplace and equal pay for women. Together, Sarah Norton and […]

Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) became a Quaker minister in 1821. Like many of her faith, Mott embraced pacifism and condemned racism. She organized boycotts of slave-harvested goods like cotton and cane sugar, and worked for full integration within numerous groups, winning the trust of Blacks (including fugitive slaves) throughout her native Philadelphia. Mott’s suffragist efforts began

Dr. Charlotte Denman Lozier (1844-1870), “wife, mother, scholar, physician, and woman,” made a big impact in her short life. Lozier was just about 25 years old when she called for the arrest of a man who tried to procure an abortion — and caused enforcement of a law that had been but a dead letter.

Belva Lockwood, born in 1830, may be one of the most amazing suffragists you have never heard of, but what a remarkable woman she was! As a teacher in New York, Lockwood championed coeducation and expanded curriculum — including science and rhetoric — for girls. Lockwood moved to Washington D.C. and earned a law degree