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‘Advertising the Work’: Women’s Suffrage Campaigns Leading the Way in Modern Media Publicity

Ellen Warne. "‘Advertising the Work’: Women’s Suffrage Campaigns Leading the Way in Modern Media Publicity." University of Melbourne, 2012.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Academic Paper, Book Chapter

This article by Ellen Warne, originally published as part of the book Seizing the initiative: Australian Women Leaders in Politics, Workplaces and Communities, examines the role of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in winning women’s […] Read More

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Santa Fe New Mexican Front Page Announcing 19th Amendment’s Ratification

Santa Fe New Mexican, August 18, 1920 (Image courtesy of NewseumEd.org)

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Newspapers

On August 18, 1920, the front page of the Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper proclaimed the ratification of the 19th Amendment, including a historical contextualization of its passage. Included in the reporting is […] Read More

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Seeing Suffrage: The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape

James Glen Stovall. Seeing Suffrage: The 1913 Washington Suffrage Parade, Its Pictures, and Its Effects on the American Political Landscape. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2013.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Academic, Book-Non-Fiction, Curated Photos/Ephemera, Pageants and Parades

Seeing Suffrage chronicles the 1913 Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, focusing on photographs from the parade. On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration, leaders of the American suffrage […] Read More

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19th Century Suffrage Periodicals: Conceptions of Womanhood and the Press

Linda Steiner. 19th Century Suffrage Periodicals: Conceptions of Womanhood and the Press (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press), 1993. (pp. 66-97).

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Book Chapter, Book-Academic, Book-Non-Fiction, Magazines, Newspapers

In the fourth chapter of the book Ruthless Criticism: New Perspectives in U.S. Communication History, journalism scholar Linda Steiner delves into the history of 19th century women-run suffrage periodicals and how they […] Read More