For too long, women’s stories have been hidden in the shadows of history, viewed only through the lens of our husbands, brothers, fathers, or sons. Today, the landscape is changing. As more women stand up, speak out, sing out, others are beginning to listen.
My passion for feminist history isn’t a battle cry, but rather a celebration of courage, strength, and resilience. The more I learn about the women on whose shoulders we stand, the more relevant their lives and their examples become. The women’s movement hasn’t been shaped by a few, but by many, mostly ordinary women who, while tending children and farms, while struggling to gain an education or an income, have stepped up in creative ways to bring about extraordinary change for all.
The story of Mary Ware Dennett, artist, suffragist, sex-ed pioneer, is one such story.