Primary Source
Pictures of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade
"The 1913 Women's Suffrage Parade." Alan Taylor. The Atlantic, March 1, 2013.
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Magazines, Pageants and Parades, Pamphlets, Web-based
To mark the centennial anniversary of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade in Washington, DC, Atlantic magazine Senior Editor Alan Taylor collected 24 photographs to feature in a slideshow. Taylor explains why the […] Read More
Primary Source
Fannie Hurst: What of It? Have We Women Freed Ourselves from Men Or Do They Own Us More Than Ever Before?”
Redbook, Vol. 49, August 1927, pp. 60-62, 106, 108.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Magazines
By 1927, the writer Fannie Hurst had earned a reputation as the nation’s highest paid short story writer and one of its most popular women of letters. She was often […] Read More
Secondary Source
Southern Myths and the Nineteenth Amendment: The Participation of Nashville Newspaper Publishers in the Final State’s Ratification
Jane Marcellus, Journalism and Mass Comm Quarterly, Summer 2010
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Newspapers
In 1920, Tennessee became the final state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which eliminated sex restriction on voting rights. This article uses the concept of myth […] Read More
Secondary Source
A Documentary: Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema
Suffragettes in the Silent Cinema. Director: Kay Sloan. Kay Sloan, 2003.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film
Early filmmakers—both those in favor of women’s suffrage and those who opposed it—used the new medium to create commentaries on the issue, and to create widely seen portrayals of the women […] Read More
Primary Source
Henry B. Blackwell Essay: Objections to Woman Suffrage Answered
Henry B. Blackwell, "Objections to Woman Suffrage Answered," Woman's Suffrage Leaflet, Vol. 5, No. 2, March 1896
Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Essay, Leaflets, Pamphlets
Relatively early demonstrations of prominent male support for suffrage was critically important to the movement. Henry B. Blackwell (1825-1909) was among the founders of the Republican Party and of the […] Read More
Archival Collection
Woman Suffrage Memorabilia: A Site Devoted to Such Artifacts as Buttons, Post Cards, Ribbons, Sheet Music, and Ceramics
Kenneth Florey. Womansuffragememorabilia.com.
Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Leaflets, Pamphlets, Postcards, Posters, Web-based
This delightful website, curated by Kenneth Florey, includes a plethora of rich visual materials from the suffrage era. From the site: The primary purpose of this site is to provide a […] Read More