Archival Collection
New York Times Letters: Should Women Have the Vote in New York State?
"Should Women Have the Vote in New York State?" New York Times. February 14, 1915. Pp. 83-88.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Newspapers
In 1915, the usually anti-suffrage New York Times produced a six-page supplement for its readers, bannered at the top of every page with the words: “Should Women Have the Vote in […] Read More
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Graphic Novel Trilogy: Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons
Tony Wolf and Joao Vieira. Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst's Amazons. Seattle: Jet City, 2015.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Book-Fiction, Cartoons, Graphic Novel, Illustration
Suffrajitsu: Mrs. Pankhurst’s Amazons comprises three suffrage-themed graphic novels, set in World War I-era Britain, that blend historical fiction with martial arts. Primarily distributed as e-books, the series was written by Tony […] Read More
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Every Woman’s Problem, a Silent Film Imagining the First Woman Governor
Mothers of Men/Every Woman's Problem. Director: Willis Robards. Performers: Dorothy Davenport, Willis Robards, Maclyn King. Plymouth Pictures, 1917.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Film, Video
Suffragists used every type of media to hammer home their message: magazine and newspaper articles, cartoons, posters, pamphlets, and more. But not all these polemics included words. Film—at that point […] Read More
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Iron Jawed Angels, a Film About Suffragist Alice Paul
Iron Jawed Angels. Director: Katja von Garnier, Performers: Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Anjelica Huston. HBO, 2004.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Film, Television, Video
Iron Jawed Angels is a made-for-TV historical drama that tells the story of how a key leader in the US suffrage movement, Alice Paul (played by Hilary Swank), took the […] Read More
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Pro-Suffrage Illustration: The Awakening, Puck 1915
Henry Mayer. "The Awakening." Puck, February 20, 1915.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Cartoons, Illustration
Henry “Hy” Mayer’s pro-suffrage illustration first appeared as a two-page spread in Puck magazine’s suffrage issue, published February 20, 1915. The German-born Mayer was Puck’s head cartoonist at the time. This description is an […] Read More
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Race, Gender, and the Fight for Votes for Women: W.E.B. Du Bois On Suffrage
The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1911-1920.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Essay, Magazines
W.E.B. Du Bois, one of the most important early 20th century US scholars and activists, is best known as a key figure in the the fight for African-Americans’ civil rights. […] Read More