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May 1, 2020

The Making of a Suffragist: Belle Sherwin and Women Activism

This month's post in our suffrage anniversary blog series comes from Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a Visiting Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University.

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April 14, 2020

Frances Benjamin Johnston and the Last Photographs of President McKinley

Frances Benjamin Johnston took a photograph of the last speech President William McKinley would deliver before we was assassinated.

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April 6, 2020

Educated, Activist Women Who Opened College Doors for the Rest of Us

This month's post in our suffrage anniversary blog series comes from April Young Bennett, author of Ask a Suffragist: Stories and Wisdom from America's First Feminists.

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March 26, 2020

Amazon, Empress, and Friend: The Life of Natalie Clifford Barney

Natalie Clifford Barney was an out lesbian when she said, “being other than normal [was] a perilous advantage.”

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March 12, 2020

Celebrating Lethia Cousins Fleming

This month's post in our suffrage anniversary blog series comes from Carol Lasser, an Emerita Professor of History at Oberlin College.

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March 2, 2020

Three Modern Ohio Women You Should Know

These three women told their stories over the summer of 2019. Now the three will be coming to the Ohio History Connection, in a panel discussion of women's activism.

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February 27, 2020

Following Ohio Women Vote: Stopping at Ohio University

As part of our commemoration of the Suffrage Centennial, the Ohio History Connection has created an exhibit to tell the story of Ohio women's activism.

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February 3, 2020

Kylie Dreamz Big: The Story of One of Ohio’s Youngest Entrepreneurs

This month's post in our suffrage anniversary blog series comes from Kylie Scroggins, an Ohio small business owner & entrepreneur who just happens to still be in elementary school!

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January 3, 2020

Ohio Women Vote: 100 Years of Change – How It Evolved

As part of our commemoration of the Suffrage Centennial, the Ohio History Connection has created an exhibit that will travel the state to tell the story of Ohio women's activism.

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December 13, 2019

African American Women in Politics