Women's Rights
Title
Women's Rights
Description
The women's rights collection showcases women who dared to fight for rights, civil or otherwise. Throughout world history, women have frequently been excluded from full citizenship; these women sought to make their society more equitable by fighting for civil, political, economic, legal, or social rights. The women in this collection remind us that often the fight for women's rights is a fight for civil rights. They inspire us to make a positive difference towards the goal of social equality.
Collection Items
Betty Friedan
Co-creator of the National Organization for Women in the US and author of noted works highlighting women's subordinate status in the US
Abigail Adams
Counseled John Adams and encouraged US founding fathers to not leave women out of the freedoms and privileges of the new republic
Gloria Steinem
Reporter and speaker whose activism revolutionized the women's rights movement of the latter 20th c. in the US
Alice Paul
Suffragist who started the National Woman's Party and was willing to lose her freedom for the cause
Victoria Woodhull
Female candidate for president of the United States in the 19th c. under the "Equal Rights" party.