Votes for Women - Overview Articles
Votes for women: overviews on women's the struggle for the vote for women. Find articles and biographies for more in-depth information on the long struggle to win the vote for women.
American Woman Suffrage Timeline
Dates that women in the U.S. got the vote - national, state, and local milestones.
Dates that women in the U.S. got the vote - national, state, and local milestones.
International Woman Suffrage Timeline
When did various nations give all women the right to vote? Find out here.
When did various nations give all women the right to vote? Find out here.
Women's Suffrage Events - Time Line
A time line of events in the history of women's suffrage in America.
A time line of events in the history of women's suffrage in America.
The Long Road to Suffrage
From your About Guide to Women's History: an overview of the important events in the long struggle from 1848 to win women's right to vote in the United States.
From your About Guide to Women's History: an overview of the important events in the long struggle from 1848 to win women's right to vote in the United States.
Not For Ourselves Alone
On the 1999 Ken Burns documentary on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
On the 1999 Ken Burns documentary on Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.
Woman or Women? A Clarification of Terms
How the terms Woman and Women were used somewhat differently in philosophical and political writings, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries.
How the terms Woman and Women were used somewhat differently in philosophical and political writings, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Women's Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment
Women's rights advocates greeted the Fourteenth Amendment with outrage because it was the first time the word "male" had been introduced into the US Constitution. What followed was a century of attempts to use the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to justify women's equal citizenship rights.
Women's rights advocates greeted the Fourteenth Amendment with outrage because it was the first time the word "male" had been introduced into the US Constitution. What followed was a century of attempts to use the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to justify women's equal citizenship rights.
Woman Suffrage - 1921 Perspective from Collier's Encyclopedia
A description of the history of woman suffrage, from the perspective of 1921, shortly after suffrage passed.
A description of the history of woman suffrage, from the perspective of 1921, shortly after suffrage passed.
Emergence of American Feminism, 1830-1870
A chapter of a book, outlining the changes in the 19th century that resulted in both the suffrage movement and the temperance movement.
A chapter of a book, outlining the changes in the 19th century that resulted in both the suffrage movement and the temperance movement.
From Suffrage to Women's Liberation
"Feminism in 20th Century America." Article written by feminist historian Jo Freeman, published in 1995. Freeman traces the 60s "second wave" to its roots in the early 20th century suffrage movement.
"Feminism in 20th Century America." Article written by feminist historian Jo Freeman, published in 1995. Freeman traces the 60s "second wave" to its roots in the early 20th century suffrage movement.