They rescue historical leaders from the movement of the sufraguistas from oblivion.

Veterana activista portorriqueña, Ada Villafañe. Foto: Lynda Gonzalez

Veteran Puerto Rican activist, Ada Villafañe. Photo: Lynda Gonzalez

This month, 100 years have passed since the Congress of the United States approved the right to vote for women. The most recognized leader of that historic movement was Susan B. Anthony, a social reformer from Massachusetts, but behind it there was an army of “sufraguistas” – as they were known – who fought for decades to make the female vote a reality. A Texas historian investigated the stories of two of these forgotten heroines. Joy Diaz prepared this report from Austin, Texas.

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