Secondary Source

Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era

Rebecca Edwards. "Angels in the Machinery: Gender in American Party Politics from the Civil War to the Progressive Era." New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Academic, Book-Non-Fiction

Angels in the Machinery discusses the historical intersection between gender and politics using primary sources, such as media products and campaign materials, including those from the suffrage era. About the book: […] Read More

Primary Source

Tennessee Governor’s Proclamation on Suffrage

A.H. Roberts. Suffrage proclamation. August 24, 1920.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Government Document

On August 24, 1920, Tennessee Governor Albert H. Roberts signed this statement affirming that Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, which granted women the right to vote. […] Read More

Secondary Source

Press Portrayals of Women Politicians: From ‘Lunatic’ Woodhull to ‘Polarizing’ Palin.

Teri Finneman. Press Portrayals of Women Politicians: From 'Lunatic' Woodhull to 'Polarizing' Palin. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2015.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Academic, Book-Non-Fiction

In Press Portrayals, Finneman explores how female politicians have been framed by the news media throughout history, including Victoria Woodhull, one of the leaders of the suffrage movement, who ran […] Read More

Secondary Source

Activism Then and Now: the 1913 Suffrage Parade and the 2017 Women’s March

Mary Bowerman. "This isn’t the first time thousands of women have taken to the streets in D.C." USA Today, January 21, 2017.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Newspapers, Pageants and Parades, Web-based

In this article for USA Today, journalist Mary Bowerman uses the Women’s March—the feminist protest held in Washington, DC and other cities the day after Donald Trump’s January 20, 2017 […] Read More

Secondary Source

Analyzing the Effectiveness of The Remonstrance, an Anti-Suffrage Publication

Elizabeth V. Burt. "The Ideology, Rhetoric, and Organizational Structure of a Countermovement Publication: The Remonstrance, 1890–1920." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 75, Issue 1, March 1998. (pp.69-83).

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Academic Paper, Newspapers

Elizabeth Burt examines the publication The Remonstrance, a journal published by the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women, a women’s group strongly opposed to the suffrage movement. This […] Read More

Primary Source

National Women’s History Project: Suffrage Centennial Gazette

"1920-2020 Celebrating the Centennial of Women's Suffrage;" "How Women Won the Vote." National Women's History Project, August 2017, June 2018.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Newspapers

The National Women’s History Project produced two volumes of a gazette to promote activities across the country in the run-up to the 2020 national Women’s Suffrage Centennial celebration. The first volume […] Read More