In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw ...

City police stood by, refusing to intervene. Presidents have to maneuver carefully on politically hot issues, and women's suffrage was no exception. The movement had been growing for decades.

After 8 years in the position, and nearly 30 fighting for women's suffrage, Susan B. Anthony stepped down as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Anthony chose as her ...