Today, I’m commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification and certification of the 19th Amendment (and the work still to be done regarding women’s rights) by shedding some light onto the life and work of Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Chinese-American suffragette, feminist, writer, educator, and activist. Featured in the New York Tribune in 1912, she is probably best known for leading the May 4th, 1912 women’s suffrage demonstration in NYC on horseback as part of a women’s cavalry! I say ‘amazing’ a lot this episode because it’s hard to find the right words to convey how inspiring learning about Lee’s life was.

Learn more and bibliography can be found at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PVjMCmbPvjRZfxU90Hf9V7M9YoSuq22YvqF_B0XLbX0/edit?usp=sharing