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
Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture and Votes for Women
Margaret Finnegan. "Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture and Votes for Women." New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Academic, Book-Non-Fiction
Selling Suffrage: Consumer Culture and Votes for Women looks at the intersection of consumer culture and suffrage tactics. About the book: Margaret Finnegan’s pathbreaking study of woman suffrage from the […] 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
Women’s Magazines in the 19th Century
Lee Jolliffe. "Women's magazines in the 19th century." Journal of Popular Culture 27, (4), 125-140, 1994.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Academic Paper
Article abstract: As women became key consumers of household goods in the 19th century and gradually expanded their roles into spheres outside the family, popular culture publications directed at this […] Read More
Secondary Source
Interview: Brooke Kroeger on “The Suffragents”
"How Women Used Men to Get the Vote" Excelsior Editions, SUNY Press, September 2017
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Author Interview, Book-Non-Fiction
In September 2017, Excelsior Editions published the latest book of Brooke Kroeger, an author and professor at the New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. The Suffragents: How Women Used […] 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