women's suffrage

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Vanderbilt—railroad magnate, shipowner, practicing spiritualist—took a particular shine to Tennie and bankrolled two of the sisters’ most shocking initiatives: the first woman-owned stock brokerage in America; and a weekly newspaper, Woodhull and Claflin’s Weekly, which supported free love, women’s suffrage and progressive reforms.

From The Wall Street Journal

On May 8, 1866, with the Civil War over, key supporters of the women’s suffrage movement gathered in a church in the Union Square section of Manhattan with the goal of refocusing the nation’s attention on extending the ballot to women.

From New York Times

Her lack of legal standing as a woman inspired her to join the women’s suffrage movement.

From New York Times

In particular, “America Rock,” an upbeat celebration of the bicentennial, covers the American Revolution and women’s suffrage but skips over the Civil War and slavery.

From New York Times

She followed that in 1976 with a biography of Victoria Woodhull, a leader of the women’s suffrage movement.

From New York Times