After Suffrage: Pennsylvania’s Inaugural Class of Women Legislators

Posted by Curtis Miner on Nov 25, 2020 in | Comments Off on After Suffrage: Pennsylvania’s Inaugural Class of Women Legislators “For one born and reared as this writer was in hidebound Pennsylvania, it is startling to find eight women in the Legislature of that State. Moreover, to learn from their men fellow-members of the natural way they take their place and do their work.” – Ida Tarbell, 1924 “I believe these eight women are going to make an impression. I believe they are going to ask themselves on...
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Ringing Out for Women’s Suffrage: The 1915 Campaign to Win the Vote for Women in Pennsylvania

Posted by Curtis Miner on Apr 15, 2020 in | Comments Off on Ringing Out for Women’s Suffrage: The 1915 Campaign to Win the Vote for Women in Pennsylvania   “The appearance in villages of this car with a “Votes for Women” apron in front, yellow pon-pons floating in the breeze and pennants flying, awakens interest in the most lethargic.” – The York Daily, October 25, 1915 On June 24, 1919, Pennsylvania became the seventh state to ratify the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. For Philadelphia suffragist...
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Women in Pennsylvania … The First Two Hundred Years

Posted by Corinne Krause on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Women in Pennsylvania … The First Two Hundred Years In the past two hundred years thousands of women have contributed significantly to the social, economic, political and cultural richness of Pennsylvania. An encyclopedia could barely sketch their contributions. Since this article cannot possibly present a complete picture of women’s history in our state, it will survey the changes in women’s roles with brief accounts of a few famous...
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