Category Archives: Activism

Before They Had Bootstraps: A Case Study of Intergenerational Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1880 – 1944

Examines the everyday activism and achievements of four generations of Black Arkansas women to cultivate and embrace homemade citizenship in their words and deeds while facing white aggression within the historical context of slavery, reconstruction, Black Codes, and Jim Crow. Continue reading

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16 Days of Activism in Ogun State, Nigeria

Menstruation is a natural and biological process. It’s time we stop shaming women for it. Continue reading

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RWSA, Africa Chapter, Marks International Day of the Girl Child

RWSA’s Africa Chapter sponsored lectures, interactive sessions, and counseling and distributed sanitary towels to empower adolescent girls. Continue reading

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RWSA Endorses Agricultural History Society’s statement on COVID-19 and Police Violence

RWSA endorses @AgHistorySoc statement on COVID-19 and Police Violence #COVID-19 #ruralwomen Continue reading

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Women Leading Landscape Change

Land is power. Continue reading

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North Dakota Suffragists: Marie Bottineau Baldwin

Marie Bottineau Baldwin was both a suffragist and Native American rights activist. She sought to educate people about women’s traditional political rights in Native society. Continue reading

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From Garlic to Grocery: turning empty trucks into bigger business for rural Minnesota

How can we connect rural grocers and farmers to overcome food deserts? Continue reading

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Rural Players on the National Stage: Alma Nash, the Missouri Ladies Military Band, and the National Woman Suffrage Procession

In Missouri, rural women themselves played an important role in the suffrage movement. Continue reading

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Annie Zachary Pike: Arkansas Homemaker, Farmer and Politician

Pike exemplifies the underexplored activism of Black rural Arkansas women. Continue reading

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How Civic Responsibility, Nativism, and World War I Gave Women in the Midwest the Right to Vote

Civic responsibility combined with wartime nativist hysteria to give midwestern women the right to vote. Continue reading

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