Though local suffrage slowly opened to women in many states, suffragists continued their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed ...

Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

The Herald-Leader is celebrating Lexington’s 250th birthday by revisiting key moments in the city’s vibrant history, ...

In 19th-century Britain and North America, women were regarded as the ‘weaker sex’. Their ability to bear children gave rise to a feminine ideal based on marriage and motherhood, while their ...

By the second half of the 19th century, the pace of ... Critics argued that the acts deprived women—including those who were not sex workers—of their basic rights. “Any woman could be ...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp, who fought for equality, left marks on Harrisburg that are still visible today.

That isn’t entirely fair to the 19th century. The irony of last week ... s prevailing patriarchal dogma and in favor of women’s property rights. Even his abortion law was guided by concerns ...