Primary Source
Film: “Generations: American Women Win the Vote”
Paula Casey. "Generations: American Women Win the Vote." 2003.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Non-Fiction, Film, Video
Generations: American Women Win the Vote (produced by Paula Casey) is the companion DVD to Carol Lynn Yellin and Janann Sherman’s book The Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage. The film covers 72 years […] Read More
Secondary Source
Video-Slideshow: Film’s Role in the British Suffrage Movement
Bryony Dixon. "Suffragettes: Make More Noise." British Film Institute, October 5, 2015.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Documentary Film, Film, Video, Web-based
British Film Institute Silent Film Curator Bryony Dixon created this slideshow, which combines text, still images, and video clips from the British suffrage movement, to celebrate the release of the 2015 […] Read More
Secondary Source
Examining Depictions of the Suffragette Through the Lens of Mary Poppins
Laura E. Nym Mayhall. "Domesticating Emmeline: Representing the Suffragette, 1930-1993." NWSA Journal, Vol. 11 Issue 2. (pp. 1-24).
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Academic Paper, Film
In this article, historian Laura E. Nym Mayhall examines how suffragettes were represented in post-suffrage social and political orders of the 20th century. Analyzing a statue of the suffrage luminary Emmeline Pankhurst […] Read More
Teaching Suffrage Source
Women’s Suffrage Teaching Resources from the Library of Congress
Women's Suffrage Teaching Guides. Library of Congress.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Broadside, Cartoons, Curated Photos/Ephemera, Film, Illustration
The Library of Congress contains a trove of online materials for students and teachers of all grade levels and subjects. The 100-plus teaching-suffrage resources listed on the site—many of which feature […] Read More
Secondary Source
Vanity Fair Short Film: The 1910s—Women’s Suffrage and Equal Rights
Director: Gilly Barnes. "1910s-Women's Suffrage and Equal Rights." Vanity Fair, 2013.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Documentary Film, Newspapers, Video, Web-based
This Vanity Fair video by director Gilly Barnes is short—at just under four minutes, it’s closer in length to a film trailer than a typical documentary—but packs in a lot of information. […] Read More
Primary Source
Film: “A Lively Affair,” (1912)
A Lively Affair. Director: Unknown. Warner Bros or Selig Co (?), 1912.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Film, Video
A Lively Affair (2012) is an early silent comedy film poking fun at suffragettes (the production company and the director of the film are not identified, though experts suggest it […] Read More