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New at Ask A Suffragist

Here are the suffrage anniversaries we'll commemorate this week, our latest book recommendations, and more.
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Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century

In addition to being a suffragist and abolitionist, Mary Ann Shadd Cary was both the first black American woman to publish and edit a newspaper and the first to attend law school.  Mary Ann...
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Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment on February 21, 1952.

The 19th had become law in 1920.
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New Mexico ratified the 19th Amendment on February 21, 1920.


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“So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapped in a napkin and buried in the earth.” -Angelina Grimké, 1836

“So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapped in a napkin and buried in the earth. It is the duty of all, as far as they can, to improve their...
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Georgia ratified the 19th Amendment on February 20, 1970.

The 19th had become law in 1920.
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