@itsjillianrowe: Two things can be true at the same time. And the history of women’s suffrage is a spectacular example. 🫠 Frederick Douglass was an outspoken supporter of women’s voting rights. Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were prominent advocates for equality. But when the 15th Amendment proposed protecting Black men’s voting rights without extending those protections to women, their alliance started falling apart. And some of the arguments that followed were spectacularly racist. Because apparently fighting for equality didn’t always mean believing EVERYBODY deserved it. Today on Fuck Ass History: Abolitionists vs. Suffragists. We’re talking about Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the political alliances that fractured their movement, and the Black women who were getting left out of the conversation entirely. Because we can recognize someone’s extraordinary accomplishments AND acknowledge the deeply fucked-up things they did along the way. History doesn’t require flawless heroes. It requires facts. #FuckAssHistory #WomensSuffrage #FrederickDouglass #BlackHistory #HistoryTok

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Wednesday 04 November 2026 21:26:15 GMT