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Louise Bernikow

Cradle to Torch: How Women Won New York

December 3, 2013 by Louise Bernikow 2 Comments

2013-11-18-icon-thumbThe anniversary of the New York victory for woman suffrage (1917-2017) is prompting proud talk of our state as “the cradle of women’s rights,” which is true enough but only half the story. The phrase refers specifically to the revolutionary movement that began in the small northern town of Seneca Falls in 1848 and was propelled by visionaries like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Frederick Douglass.

That early movement was “cradled,” as in “nourished in its infancy,” by geography. Cities and towns like Rochester and Seneca Falls were the “north star” of the Underground Railroad, places packed with Abolitionists and Quakers and radicals of all stripes. The population nurtured the young women’s movement and provided a base from which its standard-bearers could venture forth to persuade the rest of the nation. [Read more…] about Cradle to Torch: How Women Won New York

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Cradle of Womens Rights, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Gender History, Political History, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Louise Bernikow: Of Super Bowls And Suffragettes

February 2, 2013 by Louise Bernikow 8 Comments

Boys Howl Down SuffragettesThere’s going to be dancing in the streets of New York City next winter!

Gotham will host a Super Bowl, putting the city in the same big boys league as Dallas and Miami. As Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced, the grand spectacle is coming off after many years of planning by knowledgeable gentlemen with their eyes on hoopla and tourist dollars. [Read more…] about Louise Bernikow: Of Super Bowls And Suffragettes

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Gender History, New York City, Political History, Sports History, Suffrage Movement, womens history

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