Archival Collection
Suffrage Teaching Resources From the National Archives
Suffrage teaching activities and documents via DocsTeach, from the National Archives.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Essay, Leaflets, Postcards, Web-based
DocsTeach, a National Archives-sponsored website of resources for teaching history, is designed to provide information and lesson plans for teachers. It may also be useful for students and others looking […] Read More
Secondary Source
Documentary: California Women Win the Vote!
California Women Win the Vote! Directors: Martha Wheelock, Marita Simpson. Performers: Melanie Jones, Maggie McCollester, Anne Perrah, et al. Ishtar Films, 2011.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film
This short documentary, narrated by Bonnie Franklin, tells the history of the suffragist political campaign that resulted in California becoming the first US state to grant women the right to […] Read More
Primary Source
Anti-Suffrage Book: Socialism, Feminism, and Suffragism; The Terrible Triplets, Connected by the Same Umbilical Cord, and Fed From the Same Nursing Bottle
B.V. Hubbard. Socialism, Feminism, and Suffragism: The Terrible Triplets, Connected by the Same Umbilical Cord, and Fed From the Same Nursing Bottle. Chicago: American Publishing Company, 1915.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Non-Fiction, Commentary, Essay, Posters
Part of the NAWSA Collection of the Library of Congress, this ponderously titled book comprises about 300 pages of anti-suffrage invective. As the Library of Congress’ description puts it, “[t]his […] Read More
Primary Source
How it Feels to be the Husband of a Suffragette
Him; Illustrations by May Wilson Preston. How it Feels to be the Husband of a Suffragette. New York: George H. Doran Company [c1915].
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Non-Fiction
This ironic, self-deprecating parody of a how-to guide is written from the perspective of an anonymous male suffragist—referred to only as “Him”—who is married to a woman suffragist. Humorously long-suffering […] Read More
Archival Collection
Library of Congress National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection
Library of Congress: National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Letters, Newspapers, Pamphlets, Posters
This extensive digitized collection from the Library of Congress contains hundreds of suffrage-era resources related to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, a prominent American suffrage organization whose founders included Susan […] Read More
Primary Source
Film: Votes for Women (1912)
Votes for Women. Director: Hal Reid. Performers: Edgena De Lespine, Gertrude Robinson, Sue Balfour, et. al. Reliance Film Company, 1912.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Film
This seminal short drama—which silent-film historian Kevin Brownlow has called “the first important suffrage film”—was written and produced in cooperation with prominent suffragists, several of whom also appeared in cameo […] Read More