Richland County has more monuments to Black women than anywhere else, researcher says Bristow Marchant, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Mar. 2 COLUMBIA, S.C. When you think about public monuments in the American South, you probably think of the Civil War, controversy around statues, and almost certainly of white men.
But Richland County has a different history that, while not hidden, is not as well known as the monuments you might be thinking of.
According to one researcher, the Midlands county has the most public memorials to Black women of any county in the United States.
Richland County has 17 monuments to Black women nine historical markers, three historic sites and at least five street names.
The second generation of suffragists came to prominence alongside the "New Woman" movement in the early 1900's. The American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association merged in 1890 to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Alice Paul formed the National Woman's Party in 1916, however, the NWP was viewed as more vocal and radical, compared to the NAWSA. When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, suffragists felt they could use the war as an opportunity to show that women indeed deserved the right to vote.
The question of women s suffrage in the U.S. had been debated long before the movement s humble beginnings at the Seneca Falls convention of 1848. Part 1 of this edition on the Women s Suffrage Movement outlines the movement s early years, with the first generation of suffragists getting their start in the abolition movement. After the Civil War, suffrage groups would become divided due to opposing ideas on strategies, resulting in the formation of two rival groups: the American Woman Suffrage Association, and the National Woman Suffrage Association. Although progress in the western states would influence states in the east to pursue women s suffrage, results in the early years were mixed.
Today in Feminist History is our daily recap of the major milestones and minor advancements that shaped women’s history in the U.S. from suffrage to Shirley Chisholm and beyond. These posts were written by, and are presented in homage to, our late staff historian and archivist, David Dismore.
Woman suffrage has returned to America!
The Rollins House in Cheyenne, where the Wyoming Territorial Legislature meets. It recently approved not only woman suffrage, but equal pay for male and female teachers, as well as property rights for married women.
For the first time since 1807, when the New Jersey Legislature disenfranchised that State’s women voters, there is now a part of the United States where a woman can legally cast a ballot: The Territory of Wyoming!