Written over 25 years, Martha Moore Ballard’s diary gives us a unique perspective into the midwifery profession and the lives of women in 19th century America.

Today marks the centenary of the Representation of the People Act of 1918. It granted the vote to 8.4m women over the age of 30 and gave suffrage to 5.6m more men by lifting barriers of property ownership.

Coverture severely restricted women’s political, financial, and personal rights and was imported to the American colonies as a part of English common law. It affected the lives of all American women and although it has been diminished...

An actor's reading of Emmeline Pankhurst's Hartford 'Freedom of Death' speech from November 1913.

Mary Church Terrell was a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights.