Archive: March 2025 (2 Posts)

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Scan of the frontspiece with an engraving portrait image of Fanny Wright, and the title page of the book "History of Woman Suffrage."

Frances Wright, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Visions of American Equality

March 27, 2025

Newly acquired letters in the Manuscript Division shed light on social reformer Frances Wright and her relationship with the Marquis de Lafayette, while other Library resources provide researchers with more details into their life and times.

Posted in: Early America, Letters, Women's & Gender History

Two black and white images. On the left, an woman pours drinks at a bar for two customers. The image on the right shows a woman working at a bar with two customers.

Women at the Bar: “Bans on Barmaids” and Feminist Legal Strategy in the 1940s

March 20, 2025

Posted by: Josh Levy

National Woman's Party Research Fellow Magdalene Zier reflects on her research into Goesaert v. Cleary, the Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Michigan’s 1945 ban on women working as bartenders, which was decided during a pivotal period for the feminist, labor, and civil rights movements.

Posted in: Labor, Law, Letters, Women's & Gender History

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