Susan B Anthony

Cyclofemme: A Global Day of Women's Cycling

Shannon Galpin | Posted 05.08.2012

Shannon Galpin

The bike provides cheap transportation for children to access schools and medical clinics in remote regions, they serve as rural ambulances, and provide safe vehicles to women. Never has a such a simple social issue solution also embodied such freedom and joy.

GOP Candidate Gets Backing From Anti-Abortion Group

AP | KASIE HUNT | Posted 02.17.2012

BOISE, Idaho -- The anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List plans to endorse Rick Santorum for president. The group is announcing Friday it will back the...

What Would Susan B. Anthony Say?

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 04.16.2012

Nancy K. Kaufman

One can only imagine what Susan B. Anthony and her followers would say now.

The Intelligent Cure for Abortion: What Dr. Ron Paul Needs to Know

Laura Trice | Posted 02.13.2012

Laura Trice

The U.S. or the individual states should decriminalize performing and receiving abortions and criminalize the male sex act that leads to an abortion. Let's redefine pro-life as looking to end the need for abortion, not endorsing making abortion illegal.

Laura Bassett

'Susan B. Anthony And Frederick Douglass' Anti-Abortion Bill Angers Civil Rights Community

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.08.2011

Minority and women's civil rights groups, including the NAACP, criticized GOP lawmakers on Tuesday for using Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony -...

Americans On The Dollar Coin: We Prefer Bills

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.19.2011

Given the choice, Americans still prefer crisp bills to shiny coins. A lawmaker recently introduced legislation to abandon the paper dollar bill an...

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

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

International Woman's Day: From Then to Now Who Is the 21st Century American Woman?

Jake Diliberto | Posted 05.25.2011

Jake Diliberto

International Woman's Day: From then to now who is the 21st Century American Woman? Observing women's history, it has been a battlefield over ideas, ...

Gandhi in East Boston

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Robert Kuttner

Of course Gene Sharp is a pacifist. Non-violent, passive resistance has been the whole point of his life's work. You might as well write that some people suspect Gandhi of being a pacifist.

Marc Parent and the Art of Twitter Activism

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

2morrowknight

Marc Parent, one of the most celebrated observers and activists on Twitter today, dedicates his thought-provoking feed to shining a spotlight on that history, and provides great links that are often the subject of great debate.

Was the Single Woman Neglected by Second-Wave Feminism?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

Bella DePaulo

An important focus of first-wave feminism was political independence; in the second wave, economic independence was among the significant goals. Now, argues Moran, it is time to set our sights on emotional independence.

The Work Behind Women's Equality Day

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Kate Kelly

Women's Equality Day is marked today, August 26, and it will likely be celebrated this year in much the same way it was celebrated in 1920--that is to...

The Women's Deliberation Movement

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

No More, No Less

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Ellen Snortland

The Year of the Woman in politics is thrilling and appalling in one fell swoop Yes, I'm excited that many women won their election bids on June 8. Ho...

Ten Tremendous Women Who Never Married

Samara O'Shea | Posted 11.17.2011

Samara O'Shea

The following women serve as a sweet reminder that you don't need anyone but yourself to live an incredible life and have people remember you long after you're gone.

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is Well Deserved

2morrowknight | Posted 05.25.2011

2morrowknight

In ten months under Obama, America's image in the world is decidedly better than it was under the previous president.

Ted Kennedy and Susan B. Anthony: The Curtain Falls Before the Play is Finished

Barbara J. Nelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Barbara J. Nelson

Few would think to compare him to Susan B. Anthony, the great pioneer for votes for women, but their lives paralleled each others', a century apart, in startling ways.

Sluggish Economy Affects Number of College Girls Going Wild

Tom McCaffrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom McCaffrey

Spring Break '09 showed the lowest amount of drunken women taking off their tops for video cameras ever.

What Indy Media Trailblazers Can Teach Us

Jeff Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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?

Presidential Politics at the Heart of the Yellow Brick Road

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

Karen Dalton-Beninato

There's still a sense of optimism running through the downstate city of Bloomington, Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln spent much of his career as a young attorney.

The Democratic Convention...and a Front Seat to Women's Issues

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

Hillary Clinton didn't clinch the nomination, yet her impact on the process has been indisputable. There is a great deal for women to celebrate.