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
Secondary Source
Lady Gaga Parody: Caught in a Bad Romance ‘Til We Have Suffrage
We Are Caught in a Bad Romance Until We Have Suffrage. Director: Tim Alden Grant. Performers: Meredith Garrison, Dan Williams, Tripp Hamilton, Sarah Barnhardt, Talmadge Ragan, Mae Spencer. Soomo Publishing, 2012.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Music, Radio/Audio, Video, Web-based
Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” is an infectious hit that easily gets stuck in your head. So it’s no wonder that Soomo Learning, an education company, decided to create a parody […] Read More
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Letter to the Editor from Melinda Hall Gardner: The Suffrage Pickets
Matilda Hall Gardner. "The Suffrage Pickets." New York Evening Post, June 4, 1917.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Newspapers
Matilda Hall Gardner was a suffragist who was a member of the national executive committee of the militant National Women’s Party, the pro-suffrage group founded by Alice Paul and Lucy […] Read More
Secondary Source
Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema, a Documentary Film
Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema. Director: Kay Sloan. Women Make Movies, 2003.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film, Video
This 35-minute documentary takes the viewer back to a time and place when film was silent—and when movie makers used silent film to support and oppose the women’s suffrage movement. […] Read More