Both the feminist movement and the new study of social history contributed to the development of, and generally expounds a certain political viewpoint, women's history. Lucy's radical activism challenged the racist and sexist sentiment in a time when even radical Americans believed that a woman's place was in the home. Their work in Missouri typified the effort elsewhere. Even today, there is an on-going search to find out if Thomas Jefferson was the father of her children. Featured the stories of New York women who had made an impact on the North Country and were pioneers in their fields, which included education, medicine, art, politics and music.
Main list includes the state, political party affiliation and dates served.
Also photographs, yearbook, songbook and links. As early as the 1830's, women were committed to the effort to abolish slavery. Many women tended to the sick and wounded during the Civil War. And some, donned men's clothing to fight on the battlefield. In 1859, Dr. Marie Zakrzewska moved to Boston to teach at the New England Female Medical College, which was essentially a school of midwifery.