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  1. American Women’s Social Status in 1800’s
    date January 1, 1883 to December 31, 1883map NEW YORK, New Yorktags poverty, Women, social status

    Emily Faithfull, an English women right’s activist and writer, discovered an interesting phenomenon during her trips to the United States in 1872 and 1882. Many middle class and upper class women she met were leading a harsh life after losing their fathers or husbands. In two cases, the daughter of a navy Commander and the wife of a General of the United States Army were not able to make a living...

  2. American Women during WWI
    date 1918 to 1920map New York, New Yorktags Women, World War I

    Ida Clyde Clarke’s American Women and the World War pays homage to the everyday heroism that women during the first World War conveyed. Written in 1918, Clarke clearly explains that she plans, with this publication, to “permanently record the greatest massed effort of women the world has ever known” [1]. It is clear that Clarke feels that these great women go under-appreciated, hence why she...

  3. Patriotism or Equal Rights: The Suffragist’s Dichotomy during World War I
    date February 26, 1917map Dist Columbia, District of Columbiatags Women, women's rights, suffrage, World War I

    The Great War in Europe had already lasted much longer than anticipated by the early months of 1917. Despite a long-standing precedent of neutrality in the face of foreign conflict, the United States steeled itself for the possibility of war. On February 26, 1917, the New York Times ran an article entitled "Suffragist Pledge Aid to the Nation" covering the National American Woman Suffrage Association’s...

  4. Teaching in the Unknown
    date May 15, 1865 to 1867map CHARLESTON, South Carolinatags Women, Teaching, Reconstruction, Freedmen's Bureau

    Emily Bliss and Mary Ames had never taught before, and they were about to venture into the heart of the Reconstruction south and teach the newly freed slave children. They were two women from the North with no teaching experience at all. Intrigued by Emily Bliss, Ames decided to follow her to Boston and enroll as teacher to work for the Freedmen's Bureau in 1865. They were not supported by their families...

  5. Women in Baseball
    date 1943 to 1954map Cook, Illinoistags Women, Baseball

    Women in Baseball             “There’s no crying in baseball.”  These famous words were spoken by Tom Hanks in the movie A League of Their Own.  In 1992, Director Penny Marshall brought the true story of women in baseball to movie theatres across the world.   At a time when America was at the forefront of brutal World War II, the future of Major League baseball was unknown.  The...

  6. Sexual Violence and the Memphis Riot
    date May 1, 1866 to May 3, 1866map SHELBY, Tennesseetags Women, Memphis Riot, Sexual Violence

    From May 1, 1866 to May 3, 1866 violence reigned on the streets of Memphis, Tennessee. At the end of what is today known as the Memphis Riot, forty six African Americans and two White men lay dead. All four of the African American schools were burned as well as over one hundred private residences. Moreover, at least five women testified to having been raped. These women possessed the fortitude and...

  7. Birth of Eugenics – Death of Compassion
    date 1924 to October 19, 1927map Lynchburg City, Virginiatags Women, Law, Medicine/Health

    On October 19, 1927, Carrie Buck struggled against the orderlies taking her to the operating room. She wondered how she came to this point in her life. She had been given to a foster family, then raped and impregnated by a family friend. Authorities took away her daughter, Vivian, when Carrie was institutionalized to hide the foster family’s shame. Carrie became Virginia’s first test case in a...

  8. Women's Welfare Activist Records Inequalities Faced by Female Teachers
    date 1862map WASHINGTON, Vermonttags Public School, Teachers, Equal Rights, Women, Education, Powerful Women in History, Women's roles, women's rights

    During a visit to America, women's welfare activist, Emily Faithfull examined the vast inequality that existed between men and women teachers and concluded that the situation was unfortunately no better for English women. The "feminization of teaching" had just begun to evolve around the time of her visit (1862);the majority of teaching positions in America, from the colonial period to the middle of...

  9. Women's Rights Activist Experiences Effects of the Communication Revolution
    date 1872map COOK, Illinoistags Juries, Powerful Women in History, Communication Revolution, Female Authors, Women

    During the first of three visits to America in the fall of 1872,  Emily Faithfull, an Englishwoman and women's rights activist described the problematic state of affairs that existed in the American government. During her stay, she closely followed the news articles published in the The New York Daily, The Boston Herald, and The Chicago Tribune, which all related stories of corrupt government officials...

  10. Sexism in Washington DC in the Early 1800’s
    date February 5, 1800 to October 5, 1816map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Urban Life, Women, Sexism

    Sexism has always been a significant problem throughout America’s history, and while much of it has been directly targeting women, it permeates through language used by Americans. This is shown by Arthur Singleton’s letter from Washington DC in 1816, where he makes the comment that “I bless myself, that this country is not subject to Gynæcocracy; that, by our Salique law, no woman is eligible...

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