Archival Collection

UK National Archives Footage of British Suffrage Movement

The National Archives of the United Kingdom: Focus on Film; Film Archives, 1900-45; Women's Suffrage.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film, Film, Graphic Novel, Pageants and Parades, Video

NOTE TO READERS: Some videos in this archive contain potentially disturbing scenes of violence This UK National Archives film collection contains only four brief, silent film clips. It nonetheless offers […] Read More

Archival Collection

Selected Suffrage Images from the Library of Congress

Votes for Women: The Struggle for Women's Suffrage. Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera

This archive from the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division features a selection of frequently requested images related to the suffrage movement. It includes portraits of notable suffragists like […] Read More

Primary Source

The Difference Suffrage Has Made

Millicent Garrett Fawcett. "The Difference Suffrage Has Made." The Englishwoman, No. 133, January, 1920.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Newspapers, Web-based

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was an eminent English suffragist and president of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, or NUWSS, from 1897 until 1919. In her article “The Difference Suffrage Has […] Read More

Archival Collection

A Gallery of Suffrage, for Your Voting Pleasure: Political Cartoons From Before Women Could Vote

A Gallery of Suffrage, For Your Voting Pleasure. The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and The Archive.

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Cartoons, Commentary, Illustration, Web-based

This small digital gallery from The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum and The Archive (published online on The Nib) showcases full-color political cartoons from the suffrage […] Read More

Primary Source

Elisabeth Freeman and Media Stunts for Suffrage (1911-1916)

Elisabeth Freeman Collection courtesy of Peg Johnston

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Curated Photos/Ephemera, Leaflets, Newspapers, Web-based

Elisabeth Freeman was an English suffragette born in 1876. She told the story of her dedication to suffrage being piqued by this incident: “I saw a big burly policeman beating up […] Read More

Secondary Source

BBC News: The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage

"The Struggle for Women's Suffrage." BBC News, June 7, 2016.

Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Television, Video, Web-based

This short BBC News video from 2016 introduces a sculpture, housed in the British Parliament, that celebrates women’s suffrage in the United Kingdom. The work, titled “New Dawn,” is made of […] Read More