A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

In 19th-century Britain and North America, women were regarded as the ‘weaker sex’. Their ability to bear children gave rise to a feminine ideal based on marriage and motherhood, while their ...

Kansas has a new mural in its Statehouse honoring women who campaigned for voting rights for decades before the 1920 ...

Wells mosaic is also a monument to women’s suffrage Look closely ... Tuesday marks a full century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which says that the right to vote “should ...

That isn’t entirely fair to the 19th century. The irony of last week ... s prevailing patriarchal dogma and in favor of women’s property rights. Even his abortion law was guided by concerns ...

Deb Erdley Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 8:03 a.m. | Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020 8:03 a.m. Tennessee tipped the scales to codify women’s suffrage in the U.S. Constitution 100 years ago Tuesday, becoming the ...

A few women in the crowd of several hundred people were dressed as 19th century campaigners who were ... in gradually granting women full voting rights. Women could vote in school elections ...