Suffrage Movement

Suffrage Movement Links

• Suffrage and Self-Determination An introductory essay and primary texts document women's involvement in the debate about imperialism (1898-1920s) during a time when they were also struggling for their own political rights.
  
• Suffrage Movement Leaders This is a one-page listing of suffrage leaders and supporters who added value to the nationwide women's movement.
  
• National American Woman Suffrage Assoc. Collection The NAWSA Collection consists of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign.
  
• Victoria Claflin Woodhull: lost suffragette She was as famous in her day as Susan B. Anthony, but Woodhull's wild politics and eccentric lifestyle landed her in court, and into obscurity.
  
• Over one hundred and fifty years ago.. "Over one hundred and fifty years ago the people attending the first Women's Rights Convention adopted this radical proposition. " by Constance Rynder
  
• The Seneca Falls Convention A short history from the Smithsonian Institute of events surrounding the Seneca Falls Convention. This convention marks a major step toward women's equality.
  
• Timeline of Women's Suffrage A timeline overview of the women's suffrage movement. American Women's 72-year fight to win the vote.
  
• Remembering Our Roots History of woman suffrage in Washington State.
  
• The Susan B. Anthony House The home of the legendary American civil rights leader during the most politically active period of her life, and the site of her famous arrest for voting in 1872. Today, it is a museum which celebrates her life and work.
  
• Biography of Suffragists Brief profiles. Includes Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Stone Blackwell, Harriet Stanton Blatch, Amelia Bloomer, Carrie Chapman Catt, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Julia Ward Howe, Lucretia Mott, Anna Howard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and Sojourner Truth.
  
• Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Learn how women got the right to vote--and how two 19th century women made it happen--in this interactive look at the struggle for suffrage. Delve into historical documents and discuss the state of the women's movement today.
  
• Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment Digital Classroom project of the National Archives and Records Administration presents documents, teaching suggestions and related links.
  
• History of Women's Suffrage Chronologies and essays on topics including the relationship of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
  
• Votes for Women: 1850-1920 Votes for Women Suffrage Pictures, 1850 - 1920, collection contains pictorial portraits and scenes document the fight to gain women the vote.
  
• The Nineteenth Amendment and the War of the Roses Dramatic story of the decisive Tennessee legislature vote for ratification of the 19th Amendment in Nashville, August 18, 1920.