Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Beyond belief: Religion as a motivating force for 5 women suffragists
By Yonat Shimron — August 18, 2020
(RNS) — Some of the suffragists were freethinkers who did not attend church and saw Christianity as hostile to women’s rights. But as the group grew and coalesced, it also included women of many faiths.
The complex role of faith in the women’s suffrage movement
By Elizabeth E. Evans — June 4, 2019
(RNS) — Faith played a complicated role in the fight for women's suffrage. Some activists said their faith inspired them to fight for the vote. Opponents said suffrage was against God's will.
N.Y. Freethought Trail traces nonbelievers who chartered a historic course
By Kimberly Winston — August 26, 2013
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (RNS) Settlers transformed West-Central New York into a hotbed of radical social and religious ideas, including Mormonism and Spiritualism. A new Freethought Trail highlights the prominent atheists and agnostics who also called the region home.
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