Mainstream, white-led suffrage groups afforded no platform to Black women. Existing clubs for African Americans often focused first on their male members. Instead, Black women took charge of their ...

The American Women Quarters feature contributions from women in a variety of fields, including, but not limited to suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space and the ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

African American Women Suffrage Pioneers Black women were among the pioneers in the women's rights movement, said Jones, the author of “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote ...

She recounts the lives of Maria Stewart, the first American woman to speak about politics before a mixed audience of men and women; African Methodist Episcopal preacher Jarena Lee; Reconstruction-era ...

Althea Gibson shattered barriers in tennis and beyond by becoming the first Black athlete to win major titles and blaze a ...

Feb. 27, 2013 -- intro: Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, made history again today by becoming the first African American woman to have her likeness depicted in the Capitol's Statuary Hall.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The International African American Museum is hosting a program March 27, celebrating the achievements of women with African descent this Women's History Month.