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Lucia Graves

Lucia Graves is a freelance features writer based in Maine.

Carrie Chapman Catt stands with flags of 22 nations in 1917.

A Woman’s Right to Vote Was Secured After Work That Was Inspired by Mothers and Driven by Maternal Instincts

In a poignant pattern, many of the most important contributions to suffrage were enacted—or inspired—by mothers

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton Is Known as the Woman Behind the Suffrage Movement. A New Book Reveals the Story Behind Her Tenacity

Her role as a historic hero or villain depends on the movement in question, but looking at her as a mother and daughter adds depth to her legend