The current presidential campaign reminded historian Jane Cook of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for U.S. president for a political party... (Read More)
An article about the Martha Washington Hotel, the first hotel built exclusively for women, opening on 2 March 1903 in New York City... (Read More)
An article about women suffragists’ dismay at the botched signing ceremony for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote... (Read More)
An article about the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights on 19 July 1848 that made suffrage a key goal of the women’s rights movement... (Read More)
To celebrate today being the 19th Amendment’s 100th anniversary, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a key moment in the fight to give women voting rights... (Read More)
To help celebrate Women’s History Month, Jane Hampton Cook gives context to Abigail Adams’s letter to her husband John to “Remember the Ladies.”.. (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn about Sojourner Truth, including her meeting with Abraham Lincoln in October 1864... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a tactic used by suffragists in 1916: sending valentines to politicians urging support for women’s suffrage... (Read More)
In this article, Jane Hampton Cook writes about the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, a key event in the Women’s Suffrage Movement... (Read More)
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