AJ 2019 Suffrage Issue

NEW RESEARCH, INTRODUCTION, VIDEO, PODCAST INTERVIEWS: WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND THE MEDIA

American Journalism: A Journal of Media History, Spring 2019 Special Suffrage Centennial Issue

Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Academic Journal, Radio/Audio, Scholarly Resarch, Video, Web-based

The following is excerpted from the Introduction to American Journalism‘s special issue  WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE AND THE MEDIA (Spring 2019): Links to the articles in the issue are found here. Taylor […] Read More

Archival Collection

VIDEO DOCUMENTARY: The Black Sorority Project : The Exodus (2006)

A 2006 film by Derek Fordjour and Jamar White about the Delta Theta Sigma Sorority of Howard University and 1913 Washington DC Suffrage March

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Documentary Film, Web-based

From the YouTube post: “This is a full-length, 45 minute feature chronicling the lives of 22 Howard University women, members of the Delta Theta Sigma sorority, who marched in the […] Read More

Archival Collection

Exhibition: Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence

National Portrait Gallery: March 29-January 5, 2020

Era: Suffrage Era | Media: Curated Photos/Ephemera, Exhibition

Here you can read about the National Portrait Gallery’s suffrage centennial exhibition, “Votes for Women: A Portrait in Persistence.” From the website: “Through portraiture, biography, and material culture, the exhibition […] Read More

Secondary Source

When Political Women Wear White – Time, Washington Post, New York Times, CNN

What the act is meant to symbolize

Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Magazines, Newspapers, Television, Web-based

The decision of Democratic US congresswomen to don white for the State of the Union address February 5, 2019 occasioned stories about the color’s symbolism, notably in the Washington Post, […] Read More

Primary Source

CNN: “Red, White or Pink? Women’s Rights Don’t Come Color-Coded” and MOOCS with Alice Kessler-Harris

Louise Bernikow, March 10, 2017

Era: Post-Suffrage Era, Suffrage Era | Media: Commentary, Television, Web-based

March 10, 2017 For a CNN opinion column, author Louise Bernikow looks at the colors ascribed to the fight for women’s rights and argues that although she understands the importance […] Read More

Resource Center

Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative Tool Kit – 2020 Women’s Centennial Initiative

Take a look at this celebration tool kit of ideas for marking the 100th anniversary of the Nineteen Amendment to the US Constitution. Download the PDF here.  Prepared by the […] Read More