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Women's history month quotes “This new sport is comparable to no other. It is, in my opinion, one of the most intoxicating forms of sport, and will, I am sure, become one of the most popular.
21. "We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead." — Beyoncé. 22. "Women must learn to play the game as men do."
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
[14] [15] The women's suffrage campaign proved successful, and the right for women to vote passed in the state in November 1911. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] During the California campaign, the suffragettes carried banners with several slogans; one was "Bread for all, and Roses, too!"—the same phrase that Helen Todd used in her speech the previous summer.
In the United States, the 1884 song "The Equal-Rights Banner" was sung to the tune of the US national anthem by American activists for women's voting rights. [1] "The March of the Women" and "The Women's Marseillaise" were sung by British suffragettes as anthems of the women's suffrage movement in the 1900s–1910s.
The women's suffrage journal, the Woman Voter, had a dedicated art editor, Ida Proper. [34] During the last twenty years of the movement, suffragists emphasized the idea of women's suffrage being a benefit to society. [35] By 1910, suffragists were the ones most often designing and distributing the imagery they wanted to use. [30]
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.
A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times is the title of the collection of satirical poems published on June 12, 1915 [1] by suffragist Alice Duer Miller. [2] Many of the poems in this collection were originally released individually in the New York Tribune between February 4, 1913 to November 4, 1917.