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Women's Suffrage - Winning the Vote

Women's suffrage: women's struggle for the right to vote. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the long struggle to win women's suffrage. Suffragettes and suffragists who worked for women's suffrage, including Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Pankhursts, Mathilda Jocelyn Gage, and more.
  1. Suffragists (164)
  2. Suffrage Overview (10)
  3. Suffrage pre 1848 (5)
  4. Suffrage - 1848-1864 (16)
  5. Suffrage - 1865-1899 (44)
  6. Suffrage - 1900-1920 (57)
  7. Suffrage - British (14)
  8. Anti Suffrage (6)
  9. Women's Suffrage in Pictures

Women's Suffrage - What You Need to Know About Women's Suffrage

Women's suffrage - articles, biographies, timelines, original documents, pictures, and more information on the long struggle to win the vote for women.

The Long Road to Suffrage

A reminder of the length of the battle for woman suffrage in the US, measured in the lives of the women who led the struggle

Pictures of Women's Suffrage Movement

Find photos and other images of the woman suffrage movement. Many of the photos are newly added as of this week, and include not only key suffrage marches and events in the early 20th century, but images of key suffrage leaders.

Suffragette Definition

Definition of suffragette, plus a bit of the term's history.

Women's Suffrage Events - Time Line

A time line of events in the history of women's suffrage in America.

Woman Suffrage Timeline International

Dates that various countries gave the vote to women.

Woman Suffrage Timeline - United States

A year-by-year history of women's voting rights around the world, from your About Guide to Women's History.

First Woman to Vote - Claimants

A list of claimants for the title of the first female voter in the United States.

First Woman to Vote Under the 19th Amendment

First Woman to vote under the 19th Amendment and woman suffrage in the United States. Entry in the Encyclopedia of Women's History at About

Women's Suffrage Quiz

Test your knowledge of the American woman suffrage movement with this 21-question quiz.

Why Women Should Vote

Why Women Should Vote -- an editorial from the Hearst Newspapers, written by Arthur Brisbane. Not dated, but probably about 1917.

American Woman Suffrage Association

History of the American Woman Suffrage Association, a women's suffrage organization important to the story of winning the vote for women.

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