women's suffrage

Arts & Culture

Effort Under Way to Preserve Akron Legacy of Abolitionist and Suffragist Sojourner Truth

Rachel Gross

Saturday marks 170 years since famous abolitionist and suffragist Sojourner Truth gave her 鈥淎in鈥檛 I A Woman鈥� speech at the 1851 Ohio Women鈥檚 Convention in Akron.A local group wants to preserve Truth鈥檚 legacy with a statue.
An Appreciation of the Hard-Fought Right to Vote

Courtney Brown

Reflections on being just one generation removed from the enactment of voting legislation that demands equal treatment for black people.
Arts & Culture

An Appreciation of the Hard-Fought Right to Vote

Courtney Brown

Reflections on being just one generation removed from the enactment of voting legislation that demands equal treatment for black people.
Government & Politics

Massillon Celebrates 100th Anniversary of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Abigail Bottar

Massillon will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment Wednesday night by illuminating downtown in purple lights. The鈥�