Have you ever heard the term “romantic friendship”? During the time period covered by In Her Own Right, this practice grew to its height and then rapidly disappeared. Learn more about what they were and why this happened below.
Tag: history
Halloween Edition: Seances and Suffrage
In honor of Halloween, this week’s post takes a look at Spiritualism, a mid-nineteenth and early-twentieth century movement that aimed to establish communication between the living and the dead through spirit mediums.
Don’t forget to join us at the Free Library tonight to learn more about In Her Own Right and the suffrage movement!
Labor Day Special: Philadelphia’s Shirtwaist Strike of 1909-1910
Happy Labor Day! Most people are familiar with the Uprising of 20,000 and the tragic New York Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. Did you know that Philadelphia had a similar fire that led to one of the first massive uprisings of women in the United States?
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One Hundred Years Later: Remembering the Ratification of the 19th Amendment in Pennsylvania
post by Jessica Markey Locklear, Graduate Assistant at Temple University’s Special Collections Research Center
One hundred years ago on this day in history, the state of Pennsylvania voted to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the constitution stating that, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Heavily influenced by Quaker ideologies, Pennsylvania has a historical reputation of being a front runner in advocating for national progressive social reform. What originally began as ecumenical campaigns against slavery in the early nineteenth century eventually evolved into a seventy year struggle for the woman’s right to vote. Continue reading “One Hundred Years Later: Remembering the Ratification of the 19th Amendment in Pennsylvania”
Contraband: Centering Black Agency in the Civil War
Popular narratives of the Civil War often suggest that white Northerners saved otherwise helpless African Americans from slavery. However, such portrayals are far from accurate; African Americans played a major role in the war effort and in advocating for emancipation. In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, today we discuss “contrabands,” African American refugees who contributed to both developments.
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