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Deaf women fought for the right to vote

  • Written by Joan Naturale, Reference Librarian, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology Libraries, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageWomen protested outside the White House in 1917, seeking the right to vote.Harris & Ewing via Library of Congress

If Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister, everyone would know that deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote, right alongside Anthony herself. Everyone would know deaf suffragists contributed to...

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