Remembering Three Remarkable Women Who Changed Course Of American History

By Mohammed Nurhussein Photos: Library Of Congress\Facebook The patriarchal puritanical society of the United States as in much of the Western world in the 20th Century often relegated women to inferior status subservient to the will of their male counterparts. Their achievements have gone for the most part unrecognized, their roles in many of the pivotal events downplayed or not sufficiently acknowledged. It took for instance decades of mass protests for the right to vote, a struggle that culminated in Congress finally passing the 19th amendment that was ratified on August 18/2020. We know the leading role played by Susan B Anthony (above right) and Elizabeth Stanton (above left) in the suffrage movement but how many of us know about the Black and Native American suffragists who were doubly oppressed and had to wage a civil rights campaign as people of color and as women. The indomitable Ida B. Wells was not only a prominent campaigner against lynching but also a major suffragist. Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman also played major role in the suffrage movement. Among Native Americans one may include Mary Louise Bottineau Baldwin and Suzette La Fleche Tibbles (Bright Eyes) who were campaigners for Native American rights...