History Blog

Following Ohio Women Vote: Stopping at the Stark County Law Library

As part of our commemoration of this Suffrage Centennial, the Ohio History Connection has created an exhibit that will travel the state in 2020 to...

Three Modern Ohio Women You Should Know

These three women told their stories over the summer of 2019. Now the three will be coming to the Ohio History Connection, in a panel discussion of women's activism.

Following Ohio Women Vote: Stopping at Ohio University

As part of our commemoration of the Suffrage Centennial, the Ohio History Connection has created an exhibit to tell the story of Ohio women's activism.

Kylie Dreamz Big: The Story of One of Ohio’s Youngest Entrepreneurs

This month's post in our suffrage anniversary blog series comes from Kylie Scroggins, an Ohio small business owner & entrepreneur who just happens to still be in elementary school!

Spelling Reform, Phonetic Type, and Woman Suffrage

This month's post in our suffrage anniversary blog series comes from Katherine Durack, PhD, a former college professor and current suffrage researcher.

Ohio Women Vote: 100 Years of Change – How It Evolved

As part of our commemoration of the Suffrage Centennial, the Ohio History Connection has created an exhibit that will travel the state to tell the story of Ohio women's activism.

African American Women in Politics

Valiant Visionaries of the Vote

This month's post in our suffrage anniversary blog series comes from Brianna Treleven.

African American Men in Politics

Collection of Political Buttons from President Barack Obama’s 2008 Campaign