VALDOSTA STATE MAGAZINE 21 Oglesby said that “Equal Rights,” like many other women’s history publications, has not been widely consulted or critiqued. How it is relevant to modern day global issues of equality is something scholars will have an opportunity to explore through VSU’s collection now and for years to come. “To the extent we value the ideals we claim — liberty and justice for all — we cannot live without our history,” she shared. “The reason we do not have genuine liberty and justice for all now, why it’s still for sale to the highest bidders at the top, why most of us know it only as a platitude is because those closer to the bottom have not learned, or been taught, their history. “We could talk all day about the reasons people don’t know their history, are not taught their history, don’t care about history, but the availability of and the interest in history — both human and natural — may be the only hope we have of achieving justice for all and having a livable planet to sustain us as we figure out how to coexist in harmony with each other and our natural environment. “What we know better today than we have in the past, perhaps — and it applies directly to the question about a publication dedicated to gender equality that ran for more than 30 years — is that the more inclusive the history, the more widespread justice extends.” VSU’s “Equal Rights” collection is located in Archives and Special Collections on the fourth floor of Odum Library. The Sewall-Belmont House, museum and headquarters of the National Woman’s Party in Washington, D.C. since 1929, donated it to the university. Elizabeth Kay Cavender