Women's Suffrage Resources

The Portrait Monument, a 1920 marble sculpture carved by Adelaide Johnson, is installed in the U.S. Capitol's rotunda. The artwork, a gift from the women of the United States by the National Woman's Party, features busts of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott.

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Women’s Suffrage Movement Resources

Florida

• https://www.womensvote100.org/florida
• https://www.nps.gov/articles/florida-and-the-19th-amendment.htm
• http://fcsw.net/2020-centennial/
• https://www.floridamemory.com/blog/tag/suffrage/
• Florida Studio Theater Suffragist Project
• AAUW Women’s Vote Centennial | Florida
• Florida — Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission
• Florida and the 19th Amendment (U.S. National Park Service)
• Florida Commission on Status of Women
• Florida Commission on the Status of Women | 2020 Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemoration Plans Underway
• Florida Women's Suffrage Centennial - Home

LWV Resources

• https://www.lwv.org/league-management/guides/100th-anniversary-activities-leagues
• https://www.lwv.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/lwv-anniversary-toolkit-final_0.pdf
• Dropbox - LWV Centennial Logo – Includes editable local logos
• Dropbox - Print - Simplify your life – LWV Centennial Logos
• Progress is a part of our DNA. | League of Women Voters – She is Me Campaign
• LWVMA-Toolkit-for-100th-Materials.pdf
• League of Women Voters’s albums | Flickr

African American Suffrage Movement

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-daughters-and-granddaughters-former-slaves-secured-voting-rights-all-180971660/
• Wikipedia African American Women’s Suffrage Movement
• NYTimes article – How the Women’s Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women
• Black Women and the Fight for Voting Rights - National Park Service
• African American Leaders in the Suffrage Movement
• National Endowment for the Humanities – How African American Women fought for the Right to Vote
• Wesleyan College – Black Women & the Suffrage Movement
• Washington Post Article – It’s time to return Black Women to the center of the history of Women’s Suffrage
• How Racism almost killed Women’s Right to Vote

History of the Suffrage Movement

• Library of Congress Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911
• USA Today Interactive Suffrage Timeline (includes labeled documents, pictures, etc.)
• Interviews of Women who remember the suffrage movement
• Women’s Vote Centennial
• Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative Toolkit
• Suffragists Memorial
• National Association of Commission for Women Toolkit
• Library of Congress "Shall Not Be Denied" Exhibition
• 100 Years of Women's Voting Rights: A Library Resource Round-Up | Programming Librarian
• 19th Amendment - Women's History (U.S. National Park Service)
• 19th Amendment Centennial – American Bar Association
• By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
• Cokie Roberts ’64 Reflects on Women’s Suffrage on the 100th Anniversary of the Senate Passing the 19th Amendment | Daily Shot |
• Commemorative Calendar for the 19th Amendment | National Archives
• Detailed calendar WomensParty.pdf – Detailed Chronology – National Woman’s Party; Women of Protest images
• Exhibits — National Woman’s Party
• History of Suffragette White - How Suffragette White Came to Be
• Women's Rights & Suffrage Movements - LibGuides at COM Library
• Women's Suffrage - Research Guides at Harvard Library
• Women's Suffrage Movement - LibGuides at Montana State University-Billings
• Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission
• National Women's History Museum
• New primary sources — WVCI – 2020Centennial.og
• Nine Women’s History Exhibits to See This Year | Travel | Smithsonian
• Parading for Progress | National Women's History Museum
• Rightfully Hers
• Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote | National Archives Museum
• Schlesinger Library | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University
• Flickr images: women's suffrage
• Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress – Includes link to exhibit on the legacy of the movement
• Suffrage Buttons | Woman Suffrage Memorabilia
• Suffrage vote usa - Google Image Search
• Suffragettes2020.com
• Suffragists - Women's Suffrage - Research Guides at Harvard Library
• Tea Towels - Radical Tea Towel US
• The 19th Amendment: women's suffrage (article) | Khan Academy
• The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement - The New York Times
• The International History of the US Suffrage Movement (U.S. National Park Service)
• The Suffrage Centennial Display Panel Project - Women's Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts
• The Woman Suffrage Movement | National Women's History Museum
• Universal suffrage - Wikipedia – Traces the history of Universal Suffrage around the world
• Utilizing Historic Sites for National History Day Research | National Women's History Museum
• Votes for Women - Guides, Reference Aids, and Finding Aids (Prints andPhotographs ReadingRoom, Library of Congress)
• Votes for Women | Smithsonian Institution
• Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence | Smithsonian American Art Museum & National Portrait Gallery Gift Shop
• Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/AWHI Votes for Women Edit-a-thon with Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery -a source of high resolution images of little-known suffragists–To see the images, scroll down to the list and table
• Nine Women’s Exhibits
• AAUW Women’s Vote Centennial
• How Tea Helped Women Get the Vote
• The 19^th Amendment Women’s Suffrage Parade
• DAR Online Suffrage Parade Exhibit
• The Complex History of Women’s Suffrage - NYTimes
• https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/online-exhibits
• https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/parading-progress
• https://www.womenshistory.org/resources/general/woman-suffrage-movement
• https://www.womensvote100.org/learn
• https://www.si.edu/spotlight/votes-for-women
• https://libguides.msubillings.edu/suffrage
• https://libguides.com.edu/SocialWomensRights
• https://guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger/suffrage
• https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/schlesinger-library
• http://programminglibrarian.org/articles/100-years-womens-voting-rights-library-resource-round
• https://lwvma.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LL-Toolkit-for-100th-Materials.pdf
• https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/suffragists.html http://suffrage100ma.org/suffrage-centennial-display-panel-project/
• https://www.nationalwomansparty.org/exhibits

Tales of Sacrifice, Prison, Torture

• Night of Terror - Washington Post article
• History Channel - Night of Terror
• Silent Sentinels - Wikipedia
• Just a few of the horrible things women endured...
• The Long Battle for Women's Suffrage - Smithsonian
• Mary Nolan
• Women of Protest
• Inez Milholland - Video trailer

The Suffrage Movement in Popular Culture

• Suffrage Posters from Schlesinger Library
• Pinterest – Slogans, Posters, Political Cartoons
• Music of the Woman's Suffrage Movement
• Music of the Suffragists

Quotes from Suffragists

• TOP 25 QUOTES BY SUSAN B. ANTHONY (of 154) | A-Z Quotes
• 10 Of The Most Inspiring Quotes From Suffragettes

Effects of the Suffrage Movement

• Enduring Significance of the American Woman Suffrage Movement
• Study: Women's Suffrage Improved Education - The Atlantic
• Why did women in Congress wear white for Trump's State of the Union speech? - The Washington Post
• Women's Contributions Manual.pdf – School Board of Broward County publication
• How Women’s Suffrage Improved Education
• Outwalker Program - Pasadena Celebrates 2020
• Pasadena Now » The Centennial of Women’s Right to Vote Takes Off with a Celebration Float in the 2020 Rose Parade | Pasadena Ca
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School Resources

• 2020 Suffragettes – Contests for HS - Students share their family stories and reflect on the Movement's deeper connections to their lives.
• Images and strategies used in the Women’s Suffrage campaign – Utah student project