Continuing our celebration of great suffrage leaders, today's birthday blog celebrates Lavinia Dock. Born on this day in 1858, Dock was a pioneer in nursing education and activism, as well as a feminist and author. You can learn more about her amazing contributions with this...
We were first introduced to Zitkála-Šá when we covered the fab podcast 'And Nothing Less' last year. As we continue to celebrate the heroic women who fought for suffrage, we knew we had to celebrate this badass broad. Zitkála-Šá was a Yankton Dakota writer, editor,...
Born a mere 8 years after the infamous women's rights convention led in part by her mother in Seneca Falls, New York, Harriot Stanton Blatch really had little choice but to follow in her mother's suffragist footsteps. Similar to her compatriot Alice Paul, Stanton Blatch...
In our continuing coverage of the women of the US suffrage movement, we've got a suffrage superstar birthday to celebrate today! Born on this day in 1793, Lucretia Mott was a Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer. She was a leader of the...
Madam CJ Walker is one of the truly remarkable success stories of American entrepreneurship. Born on this day, on a plantation in 1867, she went on to become the first female self-made millionaire by developing the Walker System of Black hair care. We found this...
For today's birthday blog we're happy to celebrate the legacy of abstract expressionist legend Helen Frankenthaler. Born on this day on Manhattan in 1928, she went on to become one of the most influential painters in the post-World War II era. Learn more about her...
One of the things we love about our HBD Ladies blog is sharing awesome stories of unknown women. Mary Seacole was born on this day in 1805 in Kingston, Jamaica. She went on to become a heroic nurse during the Crimean War. Sadly, as a...
Our birthday blog is branching out today! We usually celebrate badass women - but we're welcoming our non-binary folks into the fold with today's blog! Take a few minutes to listen to actor Asia Kat Dillon talk about their non-binary gender and join us in...
We only learned about Mary Ann and her remarkable legacy recently. During our suffrage celebrations, Mary Ann's name was mentioned and we knew we needed to investigate. Born on October 9, 1823, Mary Ann was an American-Canadian abolitionist and suffragist. She was also the first...
In our back-to-back Black suffragist birthday blogs, today we're celebrating Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Born in Baltimore, MD in 1825, Frances had a long list of descriptors after her name. Not only a suffragist, Harper was a staunch abolitionist, public speaker, poet, and teacher. She's...
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