The movement for women's suffrage in the U.S. was closely linked with the movement to abolish liquor

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Ottley Coulter's archival materials documented late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century professional strongwomen, including performers named Sandwina, Volcana, and Minerva

Only two United States Cabinet secretaries have been impeached in United States history: President Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of War in 1876 and President Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary

In 1972, the United States Congress passed Title IX, prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs receiving federal financial assistance

Neither of the two United States Cabinet secretaries previously impeached by the House of Representatives was convicted by the Senate

In nineteenth-century America, medical beliefs categorized affluent white women as physically fragile while presuming Black women were naturally suited for hard physical labor

Historical medical warnings claimed that heavy lifting would cause uterine prolapse in women

Historical medical warnings claimed that the physical strain of bicycle riding would permanently disfigure women's faces

In the 1890s, medical theories asserted that the human body possessed a fixed supply of energy, leading doctors to discourage women from strenuous exercise

Nineteenth-century medical assertions claimed that intellectual study or political activity would deplete the bodily energy required for women's reproductive functions

In 2007, the Venezuelan government under Hugo Chavez expropriated property owned by United States oil corporations

Jan Todd coined the term 'majestic womanhood' to describe historic strongwomen who celebrated physical strength and vitality

In 1973, tennis player Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in the televised 'Battle of the Sexes' match

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was assassinated in Mississippi by a member of the Ku Klux Klan in 1963

The last Black United States Senator elected from Mississippi prior to Scott Davis Colomb was elected during Reconstruction in 1875 and left office in 1881

In the 2006 midterm elections, the Democratic Party picked up six United States Senate seats and 31 United States House of Representatives seats

The political term gerrymander originated from Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry and a district map resembling a salamander

The president of Mississippi's 1890 constitutional convention declared that delegates had gathered to exclude Black people from voting

Blanche Kelso Bruce, who was born into slavery, served a full term as an elected United States Senator representing Mississippi during Reconstruction

Former United States Senators John C. Calhoun and Strom Thurmond both represented South Carolina in Congress

Between the 1880s and the 1930s, approximately 5,000 lynchings occurred in the United States