Women’s Suffrage | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/womens-suffrage/RSS feed for Women’s SuffrageenMon, 20 Jul 2026 19:34:12 +0000New Women's Pro Baseball League Teams Are Named for These Pioneering American Women, Giving Female Players Another League of Their Ownhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-womens-pro-baseball-league-teams-are-named-for-these-pioneering-women-giving-female-players-another-league-of-their-own-180989159/The Firebells, Heights, Queens and Hunters—of San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and Boston—were inspired by an honorary firefighter, a civil rights activist, a first basewoman and a physicianMon, 20 Jul 2026 19:34:12 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-womens-pro-baseball-league-teams-are-named-for-these-pioneering-women-giving-female-players-another-league-of-their-own-180989159/During World War I, This Woman Asked Americans to Welcome Immigrants—and Urged New Arrivals to Assimilatehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-world-war-i-this-woman-asked-americans-to-welcome-immigrants-and-urged-new-arrivals-to-assimilate-180989035/Progressive reformer Frances Kellor spearheaded efforts to celebrate Americanization Day, arguing that immigrants should fully embrace U.S. culture to better adapt to life in their new homeTue, 30 Jun 2026 11:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/during-world-war-i-this-woman-asked-americans-to-welcome-immigrants-and-urged-new-arrivals-to-assimilate-180989035/After the Concept of Peaceful Disobedience Was Established in America, It Traveled Around the World Before Taking Holdhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/concept-peaceful-disobedience-established-america-traveled-world-taking-hold-180988847/“Force may subdue, but love gains”: The Quaker practice of conscientious objection evolved through Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi before becoming the hallmark of the Civil Rights movementThu, 11 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/concept-peaceful-disobedience-established-america-traveled-world-taking-hold-180988847/A Woman’s Right to Vote Was Secured After Work That Was Inspired by Mothers and Driven by Maternal Instinctshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/womans-right-vote-secured-work-inspired-mothers-driven-maternal-instincts-180988828/In a poignant pattern, many of the most important contributions to suffrage were enacted—or inspired—by mothersFri, 05 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/womans-right-vote-secured-work-inspired-mothers-driven-maternal-instincts-180988828/Born in 1810, Margaret Fuller Was Labeled a Child Prodigy. She Later Used Her Intellect to Ask Important Questions About Women's Role in Americahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/born-1810-margaret-fuller-labeled-child-prodigy-later-used-intellect-ask-important-questions-about-women-america-180988800/Her writing posed the novel premise: What does it mean to be a woman? Her early death meant she never saw the movement she inspiredThu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/born-1810-margaret-fuller-labeled-child-prodigy-later-used-intellect-ask-important-questions-about-women-america-180988800/