Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage – The UncommonWealth

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“Shoulder to Shoulder on the Picket Line”: Virginia Women Fight for Voting Rights

"I have been kept from the privilege of incoming or outgoing mail for over the past week and am now locked in a small cell…

Mari JulienneJuly 22, 2020

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“Freedom, justice and true democracy”: The Virginia Branch of the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

Thousands of Virginia women joined the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia to fight for their voting rights after it was organized in 1909. A few…

Mari JulienneJune 10, 2020