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...

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

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

Elizabeth Gurney Fry (died 12 October 1845) Elizabeth Gurney was born on 21 May 1780, the daughter of parents who were both members of ...

Jane Addams (born 6 September 1860) It's astonishing just to list the many roles of Jane Addams: social worker, social reformer, an...

Dorothea Lynde Dix (died 17 July 1887) Dorothea Lynde Dix was born in Hampden, Maine, on 4 April 1802. Her father, Joseph Dix, is vario...

Clara Barton (died 12 April 1912) Born on Christmas Day in 1821, Clarissa Harlowe Barton--who preferred to be called Clara--was an act...

Susan B. Anthony (born 15 February 1820) Abolitionist, suffragist, and social reformer, Susan Brownell Anthony campaigned tirelessly ...

Angela Davis (born 26 January 1944) Angela Davis in an iconic 1969 photo Today is the birthday of Angela Davis, political ac...