Cobblestone articles from March 2009

Cobblestone archives from March 2009

A long and winding road.(history of women's suffrage)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine this scene: Abigail Adams time-travels from 1776 to 2008 and is in the audience at one of the Democratic presidential debates as Hillary Rodham Clinton joins several men on stage....

The Mother of all conventions.(Women's Rights Convention)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On a summer morning in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton pushed her nephew through a window so that he could unlock the church that would be the site of the first Women's Rights Convention. It was a slow start to what...

A powerful partnership.(Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A chance meeting on a street in Seneca Falls, New York, dramatically altered history. In the spring of 1851, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were introduced after an abolitionist meeting. "There [Susan]...

Go ahead, arrest me!(Susan B. Anthony)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A determined group of women appeared at the voter registration office in Rochester, New York, on November 1, 1872. The U.S. presidential election was just days away, and Susan B. Anthony...

Joining the fight.(African Americans Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Anna Julia Cooper)
March 1, 2009... You would think that the suffrage cause would unite all women--white and black. African American women who participated in the movement, however, found that they were not always welcome, especially once southern white women became more...

A few good men.(abolitionists William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Henry Brown Blackwell)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It would be easy to think that only women supported suffrage and that every man was against it. Some men, however, played important roles in advocating for suffrage. The three men highlighted here were as dedicated...

Wyoming land of the free.
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The "Wild West" took on new meaning in December 1869. That's when the 20-member Wyoming Territory legislature became the first government in the world to give women the right to vote and hold public office. How did...

Women warriors.
March 1, 2009... This crossword puzzle uses only the last names of 14 activists whose lives became entwined with the struggle for women's suffrage. The solution is on page 42. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FAST FACT IN 1987, CONGRESS DECLARED MARCH...

Did you know?(women's rights)
March 1, 2009... Even though American women didn't have the right to vote, Victoria Woodhull and Belva Ann Lockwood decided that didn't mean they couldn't be voted for. Woodhull ran for president in 1872. Lockwood ran in 1884 and again in 1888. ...

Don't let them vote! "A vote for federal suffrage is a vote for organized female nagging forever.".
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This 1920 slogan was a last-ditch effort to stop the Nineteenth Amendment from being ratified. The thought of women voting so horrified some people that 350,000 men and women joined the National Association Opposed...

A divided movement.(National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association)
March 1, 2009... Suffragists could not believe it! For decades, abolitionists and suffragists had worked together for freedom and justice--for African Americans and women. Then, in February 1869, Congress passed the Fifteenth Amendment (ratified by the states...

Taking it to the street.(women's suffrage movement)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you wanted to change the world, how would you draw attention to your cause? You might put up a Web site, start a blog, or go on radio and television. But what if the Internet, radio, and television didn't exist?...

Journey for justice.(Frances Joliffe and Sara Bard Field travelled across America to gather support for the women's suffrage movement)
March 1, 2009... Leaders of the women's suffrage movement had assembled an 18,000-foot-long petition supporting women's rights. It contained 500,000 signatures collected during the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, a world's fair held in San...

Deeds, not words.(Alice Paul)(Biography)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When there is anything hard or disagreeable to do," Alice Paul's father once said, "I bank on Alice." As an adult, Paul put her heart and soul into the fight for women's suffrage. Alice received an early...

Silent sentinels.(women suffragists)
March 1, 2009... At first, President Woodrow Wilson did not take the silent women seriously. He smiled or tipped his hat to them as he walked by. The women, for their part, let their signs and banners do the talking. They displayed messages such as "Mr....

International suffrage.(Going Global)
March 1, 2009... Women in the United States weren't the only ones who fought for the right to vote. Residents of other countries also campaigned for suffrage, as they worked together and inspired one another in their efforts from opposite sides of the globe....

First Karate Tournament.(Your Letters)(Poem)
March 1, 2009... First Karate Tournament I am a blue-advanced belt, with the spirit of a black belt, going to my first tournament, knowing I am going to win. We start with sparring. I tremble as I walk up. I look into...

Silver.(Your Letters)(Poem)
March 1, 2009... Silver I am my great-grandfather's ring, bent from experience ... every bend tells a story. I am my great-grandfather ring, scratched from the past ... every scratch shows a journey. I am my...

The vote!(Your Letters)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2009... We want to vote! You can't treat us like a pig or a goat! That's what Susan B. Anthony and others said to the suffrage movement that they led. Women helped during the First World War by knitting, nursing, and so much more. So. when women...

They Are the Suffragists.(Your Letters)(Poem)
March 1, 2009... They Are the Suffragists Marching straight, calling out, this is what true suffragists' lives are about. Making speeches, speaking true, yes, this is what suffragists do. They speak for the people, ...

A Tribute to Alcott.(Your Letters)(Poem)
March 1, 2009... A Tribute to Alcott This dress is too tight. My hair is not right. These heels never can be too low. My right hand is so slow. If I could run free, maybe I could be me. Lanie Clare Egan Louisville, Kentucky

Sunset.(Your Letters)(Poem)
March 1, 2009... Sunset My bare feet touch the cold dock. I don't want to leave this spot. My eyes stare at the sky. The sun is setting with a glow that is as bright as a frozen pond in the winter. Red, orange, yellow, pink--looks...

Women of the Suffrage Movement.(Books to Read)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Women of the Suffrage Movement by Janice E. Ruth and Evelyn Sinclair (Petaluma, California: Pomegranate Communications, 2006; www.pomegranate.com) is part of the Women Who Dare series. This volume provides a broad overview of the many different...

With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote.(Books to Read)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote by Ann Bausum (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2004; www.nationalgeographic.com) tells the story of the women who fought for...

Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer.(Books to Read)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer by Gretchen Woelfle (Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Calkins Creek Books, 2007; www.boydsmillspress.com) introduces readers to the first woman to win a seat in Congress, at a time when...

Created Equal: Women Campaign for the Right to Vote, 1840-1920.(Books to Read)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Created Equal: Women Campaign for the Right to Vote, 1840-1920 by Ann Rossi (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Children's Books, 2005; ngchildrensbooks.org) focuses on the women who had the biggest impact on the...

Susan B. Anthony: Voice for Women's Voting Rights.(Books to Read)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Susan B. Anthony: Voice for Women's Voting Rights by Martha E Kendall (Berkeley Heights, New Jersey: Enslow Publishers, 1997; www.enslow.com) tells this activist's story from her Quaker childhood to her life-changing...

Rabble Rousers: 20 American Women Who Made a Difference.(Books to Read)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2009... Rabble Rousers: 20 American Women Who Made a Difference by Cheryl Harness (New York: Dutton Children's Books, 2003; us.penguingroup.com) devotes chapters to abolitionists, educators, social workers, and activists who worked to right the wrongs...

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.(More Media)(Movie review)(Brief article)
March 1, 2009... Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, a film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes, explores the remarkable partnership between these two leaders--one that changed history forever. Available from PBS...

Iron Jawed Angels.(More Media)
March 1, 2009... Iron Jawed Angels is a 2004 HBO production that tells the story of another remarkable partnership, that of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, and their determination to fight for a constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage (www.hbo.com).

www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/ exhibits/suffrage.(On the Web)
March 1, 2009... The Women of the West Museum, part of the Autry National Center in Los Angeles, California, maintains a Web site at www .museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/ exhibits/suffrage/, with information about the western women who fought for suffrage....

www.lwv.org will take you to the League of Women Voters Web site.(On the Web)
March 1, 2009... www.lwv.org will take you to the League of Women Voters Web site. This grassroots, nonpartisan organization was founded by Carrie Chapman Cart in 1920, after the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, to help women understand their new rights and...

Susan B. Anthony House.(Places to Visit)
March 1, 2009... Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester, New York; www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/. This was Anthony's home for 40 years, during the time when she was most active in several reform movements, including women's rights. Visitors may see artifacts,...

Sewall-Belmont House & Museum.(Places to Visit)
March 1, 2009... Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, Washington, D.C.; www.sewal belmont.org/. Once the home of National Woman's Party founder and Equal Rights Amendment author Alice Paul, this National Historic Landmark is now the party's headquarters. The site...

Women's Rights National Historical Park and National Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, New York; www.nps.gov/wori/index .him, www.greatwomen.org.(Places to Visit)
March 1, 2009... Women's Rights National Historical Park and National Women's Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, New York; www.nps.gov/wori/index .him, www.greatwomen.org. Both sites offer a look at the roles of women who have accomplished remarkable things in their...

Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.(Places to Visit)
March 1, 2009... Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Fayetteville, New York; www.MatildaJoslynGage.org. Gage's historic home still stands and is in the midst of an extensive renovation to become a history museum and learning center that will educate visitors about...

Ethan rates it ...(pbs.org/stanton anthony)(Product/service evaluation)
March 1, 2009... **** Thanks to the courageous work of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and their efforts to secure women's right to vote, America is a fairer and more just country, and the political opinions of so many previously excluded...

Paulsdale.(Places to Visit)
March 1, 2009... Paulsdale, Mount Laurel, New Jersey; www .alicepaul.org/paulsdale.htm. Alice Paul's birthplace and family home is a National Historic Landmark and serves as a center for celebrating women's history and leadership.

From the archives.
March 1, 2009... Pick up any of these past COBBLESTONE issues to see how women have made a difference in U.S. history: Anne Hutchinson: Puritan Rebel (COBO311) Harriet Tubman, 18207-1913: The Woman Called Moses (COB8102) Mary McLeod Bethune:...

Tenterhooks.(Say What? exploring the origins of words and sayings)
March 1, 2009... For 70 years, women fought for equal say at the polls, waiting on tenterhooks for the day they would be lawfully allowed to vote. Sounds painful, right? But a tenterhook isn't a torture device, an old-fashioned fishhook, or even part of a tent....

Unbought and unbossed.(Dr. D's Mystery Hero)(first African American congresswoman Shirley Chisholm)(Column)
March 1, 2009... Have you ever considered your past or present teachers in different career? Say, serving as a member of the U.S. Congress? Well, that possibility exists in our country. Anyone can run for public office as long as he or she meets the legal...

Brain ticklers.
March 1, 2009... Give your brain a little tickle to see how well you read and understood this issue on the women's suffrage movement. If you believe the answer is false, give yourself the ultimate test and see whether you can explain why it is false. Answers...

A final word.(women's suffrage)
March 1, 2009... Women suffragists were considered crazy and radical for fighting for the right to vote. Today we remember them as heroes who took a stand for what they believed. Could you do what they did for a cause you believed in?

Cartoon connection with Ebenezer & The Colonel.(Cartoon)
March 1, 2009... I'd like you to meet one of my all-time HEROES, Great-Grandmother Lila! She knows a lot about Equal rights and Women's suffrage. I've certainly seen a lot of changes... When I saw little, my parents took me to the 1913 parade for...

Hen conventions.(Creature Feature)(pertains to women's rights gatherings)
March 1, 2009... We don't often think about it, but, strangely enough, many chicken-related terms have become popular American sayings. For example, a woman who hears, "You're no spring chicken!" is being told that she's not as young as she once was (or as...