Jill Hasday

Susanna Madora Salter

On this day in 1860, Susanna Madora Salter was born. In 1887, she became the first female mayor in the US, when she was elected to lead Argonia, Kansas, soon after Kansas women won the right to vote in municipal elections. Men may have placed her name on the ballot as a joke; it backfired. #WeTheMen

Nancy Woodhull

On this day in 1945, Nancy Woodhull was born. She became the first managing news editor at USA Today and championed women in journalism.

Her motto was: “Do something to help another woman every day.”

Happy Women’s History Month! #WeTheMen

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

On this day in 1909, NYC women marched in what was reportedly the first Women’s Day celebration in the US. Charlotte Perkins Gilman said: “a woman’s duty is centered in her home & motherhood…[but] home should mean the whole country & not be confined to 3 or 4 rooms or a city or a state.” #WeTheMen

On this day in 1945, Missouri finally permitted women to serve on state juries. Even then, Missouri law considered female jurors inessential and made jury service optional for women until the United States Supreme Court struck down that sex-based exemption in 1979. #WeTheMen

On this day in 1922, the Supreme Court in Leser v. Garnett upheld the constitutionality of the Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibits sex-based disenfranchisement. The Court rejected arguments that the amendment unconstitutionally infringed upon states’ rights. #WeTheMen

Wilma Scott Heide

On this day in 1921, Wilma Scott Heide was born. Under her leadership, the Nat’l Org for Women led a successful campaign against AT&T, whose policies effectively excluded women from management & paid women less. After suits/protests/negotiations, AT&T agreed to revise its policies in 1973. #WeTheMen

The Committee voted in favor of the Minnesota ERA!

Millicent Fenwick

Lacey Davenport

On this day in 1910, Millicent Fenwick was born. As a congresswoman representing New Jersey from 1975 to 1983, she championed women’s rights, racial equality, campaign finance reform, and consumer protection. She also reportedly inspired Doonesbury’s Lacey Davenport character. #WeTheMen

State May Limit Woman's Work

On this day in 1908, the SupCt in Muller v. Oregon unanimously upheld laws restricting women’s working hours, even though the Ct struck down such restrictions on men. The Ct’s theory was that all women are mothers/future mothers & women’s familial responsibilities outweigh everything else. #WeTheMen

MN ERA Hearing Senate Judiciary & Public Safety Committee Monday Feb. 23rd, 2026 12:30 PM in Capitol G-15

On this day in 2026, a Minnesota Senate committee will hold a hearing on a proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution. I will be there to testify in favor. We all are entitled to “equal rights under the laws of this state.” #MinnesotaERA

The United States women’s national soccer team celebrates their 2019 World Cup victory with a parade in New York City.

On this day in 2022, US Soccer & the US Women’s National Team settled the women’s equal pay lawsuit. US Soccer agreed to pay $22 million in back pay & provide an equal rate of pay between the men’s & women’s national senior teams in all future tournaments, including the World Cup. #WeTheMen

On this day in 1952, Virginia ratified the 19th Amendment, which prohibits sex-based disenfranchisement. The 19th Amendment became part of the U.S. Constitution in 1920, but it took 32 more years for Virginia to come around. #WeTheMen #BetterLateThanNever

Gold banner. maroon block M, Faculty in the News; WCCO Radio logo; Prof. Jill Hasday

Professor @jillhasday.bsky.social was interviewed on the @wccoradio.bsky.social Adam and Jordana Show. She discussed today’s U.S. Supreme Court Decision striking down Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
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Want to know more about today’s Supreme Court decision on tariffs? I spoke with Adam Carter and Jordana Green on WCCO Radio. @wcconews.bsky.social

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Angelina Grimké Weld

On this day in 1805, Angelina Grimké Weld was born. She grew up on a plantation where her father enslaved people, but became one of the first US women to speak in public against slavery. Along with her sister, Sarah Grimké, Angelina devoted her life to promoting racial and gender equality. #WeTheMen

We are in for a very, very long haul . . . I am asking for EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO GIVE We will never give up . . . You will lose your YOUTH, your SLEEP, your PATIENCE, your Sense of HUMOR and occasionally . . . the understanding and support of people that you LOVE very much. IN RETURN, I have nothing to offer you but . . . your PRIDE in being a woman, and all your DREAMS you’ve ever had for your daughters, and nieces, and granddaughters . . . your FUTURE and the certain KNOWLEDGE that at the end of your days you will be able to look back and say that ONCE in your life you gave EVERYTHING you had FOR JUSTICE.

On this day in 1937, Jill Ruckelshaus was born. She became an ERA supporter, abortion rights advocate & co-founder of the Nat’l Women’s Political Caucus. In 1977, she offered this clear-eyed assessment & rallying cry, which I have had hanging on my wall since before I went to law school. #WeTheMen

MN ERA Hearing Senate Judiciary & Public Safety Committee Monday Feb. 23rd, 2026 12:30 PM in Capitol G-15

Minnesotans have been working for years to add an Equal Rights Amendment to the state constitution. A Minnesota Senate committee just scheduled a hearing on the proposal. On Monday at 12:30, I will be there to testify in favor. #MinnesotaERA

Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress

On this day in 2026, Republicans in Congress are pushing for voter restrictions that would disenfranchise millions of U.S. citizens, including millions of American women who changed their name after marrying. #WeTheMen

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I wrote about this in my book, We the Men: How Forgetting Women’s Struggles for Equality Perpetuates Inequality.

Rise to the Challenge & We the Men — Big Hill Books Women. Politics. The law. We’ve got it all covered when Minnesota’s first female Lieutenant Governor Marlene Johnson and University of Minnesota Law Professor Jill Hasday discuss their books and share...

Ready for some feminist community in these anti-feminist times? Want to support an independent Minneapolis bookstore? On March 7 @bighillbooks, join me and Marlene Johnson, Minnesota’s first female Lt. Governor, in conversation about our new books. #WeTheMen

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On this day in 1890, the two major national woman suffrage organizations, which had wasted too much time sparring with each other, merged into one organization. The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) became the largest group to ever push for woman suffrage. #WeTheMen

May Craig

On this day in 1964, DC columnist May Craig fought for the “sex amendment” to the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits sex discrim in employment. As the Senate’s men decided whether to keep the amendment, Craig called it “a continuation of the long battle of women for 1st-class citizenship.” #WeTheMen

Belva Lockwood

On this day in 1879, Congress authorized women’s admission to practice law before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood successfully lobbied for this statute and was the first woman admitted under the new legislation. #WeTheMen

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott

On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen

Susan B. Anthony

On this day in 1820, Susan B. Anthony was born. She became a tireless organizer for woman's rights. Anthony recognized the symbolic importance of the US centennial and disrupted the official, male-only ceremony with a “Centennial Screech for freedom,” a “Woman’s Centennial growl.” #WeTheMen

This Valentine’s Day, take a moment to remember men with secret second families. Valentine’s Day is the biggest logistical challenge of the year for them. #IntimateLies

Intimate Lies and the Law

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Is your romantic motto trust but verify?
I have a book for you.

Happy Valentine’s Day!
#IntimateLies #ValentinesDay

On this day in 2020, the House voted to remove the 7-year ratification deadline Congress inserted into the 1972 joint resolution sending the Equal Rights Amend. to the states. The required 38 states have ratified the ERA, but the last 3 came after this deadline—whose legality is disputed. #WeTheMen

On this day in 1870, women in the Utah territory won legislation ending sex-based disenfranchisement. Utah women voted until 1887, when Congress chose the year of the Constitution’s centennial to reinstate male-only voting in the Utah territory. #WeTheMen

Myra Bradwell

On this day in 1831, Myra Bradwell was born. As publisher of the Chicago Legal News, she insisted “that woman has a right to think and act as an individual.” The men on the Supreme Ct disagreed & held in Bradwell v. Illinois (1873) that states could exclude women from the legal profession. #WeTheMen