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Paxton Smith, Texas high schooler, roars for abortion as secularism seeps deep Follow Us Question of the Day     ANALYSIS/OPINION: Much ado is being made about Texas high school valedictorian Paxton Smith’s graduation speech, the one where she bait-and-switched her approved talk about the media to a more hotly charged condemnation of her state’s clamp-down on abortion. It took real “guts,” Hillary Clinton said on Twitter. But more ado should be made about the shocking mo...

Support is growing to relocate a statue of former U.S. Sen. William Fulbright on the University of Arkansas campus.

University of Arkansas Chancellor Dr. Joseph Steinmetz supports the move to rename a main dining hall on the campus and relocate a statue of former U.S.

SUMMARY Ida Mae Thompson was an important figure n Virginia’s woman suffrage movement, not for her political work but for her recordkeeping. First s a member of the Equal Suffrage League, the organization that led the effort to win women the ight to vote, and then as a member of the League of Women Voters, Thompson collected and preserved the movement’s history. The daughter of John Henry Thompson and Sarah Ellen Facer Thompson, Thompson was orn at Drakes Branch in Charlotte County on ...

New Hampshire Republicans are not alone in their support for a measure to counter – or effectively thwart the federal For the People Act.

Maya Angelou Among Historic Women To Appear on Newly Designed Quarter The late poet joins Sally Ride as the first features in a new coin series honoring American women. Maya Angelou, L, depicted on new quarter design as part of “American Women Quarters” series | Photo courtesy of US Mint The U.S. Mint has announced the first two women to be honored on coins issued under the “American Women Quarters Program.” The late, illustrious writer Maya Angelou and trailblazing as...

Credit Penguin Random House Nashville, August 1920. Thirty-five states have ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, twelve have rejected or refused to vote, and one last state is needed. It all comes down to Tennessee, the moment of truth for the suffragists, after a seven-decade crusade. The opposing forces include politicians with careers at stake, liquor companies, railroad magnates, and racists who don’t want black women voting. And then there are the “Antis”–women who oppose their own ...

Grace Sykes is among the eight Jackson High School seniors who are finalists for the National Merit Scholarship

SUMMARY Mary-Cooke Branch Munford was an advocate of woman suffrage, interracial cooperation, education, health, and labor reforms. Armed with a pedigree that connected her to some of the wealthiest families of Virginia, she threw herself into such “unfeminine” pursuits as education reform and civil rights. She helped to found the Richmond Education Association, was the first woman to serve on the city’s school board, was a member of the University of Virginia‘s board of visitors, and ...

The Danger of Shortchanging Parents Stephanie H. Murray © Getty / The Atlantic In 1920, following the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, the lawyer and feminist Crystal Eastman turned her attention to the future. The new goal of the feminist movement, she argued, should be to ensure that women are free to pursue careers outside of child-rearing—but also to guarantee that if women chose to focus on parenting, their labors would be...