Secondary Source
Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign
Katherine H. Adams and Michael L. Keene. Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2008.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Academic, Book-Non-Fiction, Cartoons, Pageants and Parades
Katherine H. Adams and Michael L. Keene’s book Alice Paul and the American Suffrage Campaign tells the story of the rhetorical and activist strategies Alice Paul pioneered during the fight for suffrage. […] Read More
Secondary Source
The Woman Citizen: A Study of How News Narratives Adapt to a Changing Social Environment
Sheila M. Webb. "The Woman Citizen: A Study of How News Narratives Adapt to a Changing Social Environment." American Journalism, Vol. 29, Issue 2, Spring 2012. (pp. 9-36).
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Academic Paper, Newspapers
In this article for the journal American Journalism, scholar Sheila M. Webb provides an in-depth look at The Woman Citizen, a suffragist periodical originally founded by Carrie Chapman Catt, then the president […] Read More
Primary Source
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
Archival Collection
Online Exhibit: “Rights for Women: The Suffrage Movement and its Leaders”
"Rights for Women: The Suffrage Movement and its Leaders." National Women's History Museum, 2007.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Web-based
This online exhibit, “Rights for Women: The Suffrage Movement and its Leaders,” provides a detailed history of the the American women’s suffrage movement from the 1830s to the 1920s, curated […] Read More
Archival Collection
National Portrait Gallery: Women’s Suffrage
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera
The Women’s Suffrage National Portrait Gallery showcases 13 portraits —including drawings, paintings, and photographs— of important leaders of the suffrage movement. These include well-known figures, such as Carrie Chapman Catt, president of […] 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