Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp sought equal rights for women. In their travels, these 19th-century figures lectured about abolition, temperance and women’s suffrage to a variety of ...

They were just some of the first generation of suffragists: Elizabeth C. Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stone, Sojourner Truth, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sarah Remond, Susan B. Anthony.

The 19th is accepting applications for the Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship, named in honor of the “Mother of African American journalism.” Five fellows will be selected for the yearlong ...