Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: A Friendship that Changed the World

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Penny Colman, Women's Rights, Susan B. Anthony, Women's History, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Book Reviews, Women's Suffrage, Seneca Falls, Books News
Kate Kelly

Penny Colman's new book tells a compelling story for readers. Colman also masterfully presents the facts, focusing on the friendship of two of the leaders of the suffrage movement.

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Reflections On Faith And Fear In Palin's America

Todd Green, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Thomas Paine, America by Heart, Martin Luther King, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Thomas Jefferson, Jeremiah Wright, Sarah Palin America by Heart, Letter From Birmingham Jail, Sarah Plain Faith, Sarah Palin Presidency, Sarah Palin Book, Religion News
Todd Green, Ph.D.

The narrative of Palin's book is the same narrative that has dominated American religious history and has proven so detrimental to those who do not fit into the white Protestant fold.

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The Women's Deliberation Movement

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abigail Adams, 19th-Amendment, Sewell-Belmont House and Museum, H. J. Res 61, Carolyn Maloney, Equal Rights Amendment, 19th Amendment, Women's Equality, Judy Biggert, National Women's Party, Mount Holyoke College, Equal-Rights-Amendment, Sojourner Truth, 1848 Women's Congress, Lucretia Mott, 28th Amendment, Era, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, John Adams, Women's Rights Movement, Susan B. Anthony, Sewell-Belmont House, Alice Paul, Women's Liberation, Politics News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

In this era, we can no longer afford for deliberation, defined as "leisureliness of movement or action; slowness" to define us as women.

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Memorial for Social Activist Betty Millard (1911-2010)

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Betty Millard of Chicago, a long-time social activist had danced with Zhou Enlai after the Chinese Revolution and then was called to testify as a host...

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Sex and Voting

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, 19th Amendment, Universal Suffrage, Women's Suffrage, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Nineteenth Amendment, Slavery, Abigail Adams, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

On this date in 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified by the necessary two-thirds of the states and women were granted the right to vote. Somewhere Abigail Adams was smiling.

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No More Heroes

Gabe Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War, Congress, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Heroes, Iraq War, Football, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, President Obama, National Service, National Service Act, Malcolm X, John Wayne, Robert F. Kennedy, Politics News
Gabe Gonzalez

Were we stand right now is with a President that has laid out a bold vision. But that cannot become real if we, those that chose him, are silent.

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What Indy Media Trailblazers Can Teach Us

Jeff Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Seldes, Margaret Sanger, I.F. Stone, William Lloyd Garrison, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Independent Media, Victoria Woodhull, Media News
Jeff Cohen

Will independent media outlets that contributed so mightily to the stunning election result speak truth to power and expose corruption and injustice over the long haul -- no matter who's in charge?

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