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The Supreme Court and Equal Rights | The Enduring Constitution: The Supreme Court and Equal Rights
The Enduring Constitution: The Supreme Court and Equal Rights The Constitution describes equal rights only in general terms. The courts, especially the Supreme Court, have had to…The Supreme Court and Equal Rights
The Constitution describes equal rights only in general terms. The courts, especially the Supreme Court, have had to decide how these consitutional guarantees apply to specific situations. Some…Notable Speeches and Addresses by U.S. Women, 1849–present
Susan B. Anthony On Women's Right to Vote Monroe County, N.Y., 1873 Mary McLeod Bethune What Does American Democracy Mean to Me? New York, N.Y., Nov. 23, 1939 Barbara Bush Commencement…Women's Suffrage: Special Handicaps and Hazards
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Invisible EnemyA New ImpulseSpecial Handicaps and HazardsNo reform of government can be written into law in America until it has run a…Douglas, William Orville
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, William Orville, 1898–1980, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–75), b. Maine, Minn. He received his law degree from Columbia in 1925 and later…Becoming a Civil War Reenactor
With a lot of imagination, a little research, and a modest financial investment, you could begin the unique and satisfying hobby of Civil War Reenactor By Catherine McNiff…Hooks, Benjamin Lawson
(Encyclopedia) Hooks, Benjamin Lawson, 1925–2010, African-American civil-rights leader, b. Memphis, Tenn. In 1972 President Nixon named Hooks, a lawyer, Baptist minister, and former Tennessee county…Women's Suffrage: Negro Suffrage as a Political Necessity
by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler The Negro's HourThe First Victory (1869)Negro Suffrage as a Political NecessityIt was with troubled minds that Republican leaders faced…Duniway, Abigail Scott
(Encyclopedia) Duniway, Abigail ScottDuniway, Abigail Scottdŭnˈəwāˌ [key], 1834–1915, American editor and advocate of women's rights, b. near Groveland, Ill. She went to Oregon with her family in…Bickerdyke, Mary Ann
(Encyclopedia) Bickerdyke, Mary Ann, 1817–1901, Union nurse in the American Civil War, b. Mary Ann Ball in Knox co., Ohio. Generally called Mother Bickerdyke, she served throughout the war in the…Trending
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