The Monstrous Regiment of Women

Alice Bunker Stockham (died 3 December 1912) I first came across the name of Alice Bunker Stockham in connection with the Rational Dre...

Frances Anne Kemble Butler (born 27 November 1809) I am embarrassed to admit that, before embarking on this daybook project, I knew onl...

Lucretia Coffin Mott (died 11 November 1880) I have mentioned Lucretia Mott's name in this blog more times than any other--you can ...

The National Women's Rights Convention (23 and 24 October 1850) Earlier this year, we looked at the two-day convention in Seneca Fa...

Lydia Maria Francis Child (died 20 October 1880) Born on 11 February 1802, Lydia Francis should be remembered today for much more than ...

Seneca Falls Convention (first day, 19 July 1848) Women's efforts to secure equality--in education, in the arts, as writers, under ...

The First Anti-Slavery Convention of American Women (convened 9 May 1837) On this day in 1837, 75 women delegates convened in New York ...

Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford (born 6 May 1829) Phebe Ann Coffin Hanaford Over the course of her long life--she died in on 2 June 192...

The Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (passed Congress, 22 March 1972) First proposed as the "Lucretia Mott Amendmen...

Caroline Seymour Severance (born 12 January 1820) Abolitionist, suffragist, social reformer and political organizer, Caroline Seymour S...