Leading Ladies

This Leading Suffragist Inspired the Nickname of the 19th Amendment

by Andrea Leitch August 24, 2020

Who: Susan B. Anthony, leader in the women’s rights and suffrage movements in the United States and abolitionist; February 15, 1820–March 13, 1906

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This Investigative Journalist and Suffragist Won a Pulitzer Prize for Her Courageous Reporting

by Andrea Leitch August 24, 2020

Who: Ida B. Wells, investigative journalist, civil rights crusader, and women’s rights activist; July 16, 1862–March 25, 1931

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This Outspoken Suffragist Was the First Woman to Run for Congress

by Andrea Leitch August 24, 2020

Who: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, leader in the women’s rights and suffrage movements in the United States, activist, and author; November 12, 1815–October 26, 1902

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