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Suffragists
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Anne Clay Crenshaw and the Women's Suffrage Movement in Virginia 
 This illustrated essay explores "the important role that Anne Clay Crenshaw played in Virginia's women's history by hosting the meetings that laid the groundwork for the organization that would become the Equal Suffrage League [of Virgina] and later the [Virginia] League of Women Voters." From the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University. http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/exhibit/crenshaw.html Topics: History, Notable People, Politics, U.S. History By Place, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2005 By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
These thirty-eight pictures include individual portraits, photographs of suffrage parades, picketing suffragists, an anti-suffrage display, and cartoons. The images, which complement a collection of text documents, are both searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/ Topics: Activism, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Politics, Women Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home
This site features a biography, related links, and an article on the FBI files kept on the "key coordinator of the woman suffrage movement" and founder of the League of Women Voters. Also includes photos and information on the activist's childhood home, located in Charles City, Iowa. Created by archivist David F. McCartney at The University of Iowa at Iowa City. http://www.catt.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Home & Housing, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Photograph Collections, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Feb 20, 2005 Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks, 1897-1911
Digital collection of the scrapbooks of Elizabeth Smith Miller and her daughter Anne Fitzhugh Miller, which are filled "with ephemera and memorabilia related to their work with women's suffrage." Includes an overview, Smith/Miller family tree, and the essay "Catch the Suffragists' Spirit!" The scrapbooks are part of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) collection. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/millerscrapbooks/ Topics: Notable People, Politics, Women Last updated Nov 29, 2007 Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
This companion site to a PBS program explores the work of these suffragists. Find information for use in the classroom, articles and essays, historic documents including the "Declaration of Sentiments" from the Seneca Falls Convention, and biographical information. Also find recommended books, related links, and discussion forums. http://www.pbs.org/stantonanthony/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Feb 28, 2005 Sojourner Truth: Online Resources
Annotated links to resources on former slave, abolitionist, and suffragist Sojourner Truth, including historical collections, exhibitions, lesson plans and classroom activities, photos, and related materials. Also includes a brief bibliography with biographies and titles for younger readers. Compiled by Angela McMillian, Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress (LOC). http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/truth/ Topics: Black Resources, Notable People, Notable People: Women Last updated May 5, 2009 Stanton and Anthony Papers Project
"The mission of this project is to find and copy all of the [Elizabeth Cady] Stanton and [Susan B.] Anthony papers that still survive — as manuscripts and printed texts — and make those primary sources available and useful for research." The site features the full text of materials by the two women's rights advocates, a timeline, bibliographies for adults and children, statistics on women's voting records from 1868 to 1873, and related resources. From Rutgers University. http://ecssba.rutgers.edu/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, Women Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Suffrage History
This history of the women's suffrage movement includes profiles of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other influential suffragists; timelines; a bibliography; and links to related resources. From the Anthony Center for Women's Leadership at the University of Rochester, New York. http://www.rochester.edu/SBA/suffragehistory.html Topics: History, Notable People, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Mar 9, 2006 This Shall Be the Land for Women: The Struggle For Western Women's Suffrage, 1860-1920
This exhibit from the Women of the West Museum offers a chronology and introduction to the principal women involved in the women's suffrage movement in 10 Western states. Browse the exhibit through an interactive map or the list of biographies of the women. A bibliography, timeline, and activities supplement the exhibit information. http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, History, Notable People, Notable People: Women, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Apr 27, 2005 Woman Suffrage
This site explores the "issues and arguments" concerning the debate over woman's suffrage during the 1912 presidential elections. Includes information on the arguments against and in favor of woman suffrage, the position of political parties of the time (Republican, Progressive, Democratic, Socialist), organizations formed around the issue, and the use of parades as political vehicles. From the Ohio State University Department of History. http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/1912/womens_suffrage/default.cfm Topics: History, Notable People, Politics, The United States Presidency, United States History, Women Last updated Mar 3, 2007 Women of Protest: Photographs From the Records of the National Woman's Party
"This online presentation is a selection of 448 photographs from the approximately 2,650 photographs in the Records of the National Woman's Party collection, housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress." The photographs, which represent "the militant wing of the suffrage movement," are from 1875 to 1938 (mostly from 1913-1922). Includes essays and a timeline (1912-1997). From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/suffrage/nwp/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Notable People, Photograph Collections, Politics, United States History, Women Last updated Aug 23, 2005 |
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