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Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site Eleanor Roosevelt voting in 1936, less than twenty years after the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote. FDR Library Photo Looking back on her political development, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote that she had her "first contact with the suffrage movement rather late." In fact, she did not consider herself a suffragists until 1911, when her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt, then a state assemblyman in New York, came out for women's right to vote. “I realized that if my husband were a suffragist I probably must be, too." It was only in the 1920s that Eleanor Roosevelt became fully involved in the women’s rights movement.
Read moreAs we celebrate Women's History Month, we reflect on the journey of empowerment and progress that has been illuminated by the courageous and pioneering spirits of women throughout history.
Read moreIn 1987, Congress officially declared the month of March as Women's History Month. Since then, Women's History Month has become an important step in honoring women’s contributions to history that have often been overlooked in general education for years.
Read moreBill T. Horn passed away Monday, March 4th, 2024 at Heritage Village Nursing Center in Holdenville, Oklahoma at the age of 89.
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