Womens Suffrage

How Women’s Suffrage Changed America Far Beyond the Ballot BoxA Century of Change For American Women

by Ellen Carol DuBois

Looking back at this history, it’s clear that the 19th Amendment wasn’t the end of a movement but an extraordinary milestone in the ongoing fight to extend and protect American democracy. 

How the Spanish Flu Almost Upended Women's Suffrage

Canceled rallies. A looming election. A stretched health care system with a predominantly female face. Women’s frustrations then resonate loud and clear today.

Utah Women’s Suffrage Became ‘Hotly Debated Issue’ in Bid for Statehood

It was "really a fight" for women in Utah to regain their voting rights in 1895, says history professor Kathryn MacKay.

On the Trail of America’s First Women to Vote

From 1776 to 1807, women in New Jersey had equal voting rights. Newly surfaced documents illuminate how that happened — and the origins of the messy, imperfect democracy we have today.

Utah women had the right to vote long before others — and then had it taken away

by Katherine Kitterman

As we remember the 19th Amendment, we shouldn’t forget what came before it.

Happy 200th Birthday to Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906)

by Sandra Weber

In commemorating Anthony’s birthday, women have examined the past, celebrated their progress, and looked to the future.

When lesbians led the women’s suffrage movement

None of these women publicly claimed a lesbian identity. Nonetheless, like other leaders in women’s rights, higher education and social reform, all three women had significant same-sex relationships.

The 19th amendment was a crucial achievement. But it wasn’t enough to liberate women.

by Holly Jackson

It’s time to fight for the original and unfulfilled goals of the women’s movement.

Historians Explain Why Vote on Central Park’s Contested Suffragist Monument Is Postponed

Jacob Morris, the Director of The Harlem Historical Society, demands the addition of a plaque to the sculpture that would give a historical context. 

The Life of Black Suffragist Adella Hunt Logan

by Adele Logan Alexander

The brief life of a rebellious black suffragist: 1863-1915.

Controversial Monument to Women’s Suffrage Redesigned to Include Sojourner Truth

The abolitionist and women’s rights activist will join Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the proposed Central Park sculpture that had previously been accused of racism and whitewashing history.

Three Washington exhibitions explore the complex history of the women's suffrage movement

As the 19th Amendment turns 100, three exhibitions in Washington explore the contentious — and unfinished — struggle for voting rights.

Nevada Sen. Cortez Masto introduces bill to honor women’s suffrage with series of new quarters

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Deb Fischer of Nebraska have introduced legislation that would create a series of 25-cent pieces honoring women’s history and suffrage.

The constitutional revolution a century ago that is shaping the 2020 election

by Bruce J. Schulman

And why we need another one

10 Things To Check Out At the Library of Congress’s New Exhibit on Women’s Suffrage

by Andrew Fletcher

Highlights from the exhibit on women's suffrage at the Library of Congress. 

Voter Restrictions Have Deep History in Texas

by Laurie B. Green

Texas’ speedy ratification of the 19th Amendment represents a beacon for women’s political power in the U.S., but a critical assessment of the process it took to win it tells us far more about today’s political atmosphere and cautions us to compare the marketing of voting rights laws with their actual implications.

How racism almost killed women’s right to vote

by Kimberly A. Hamlin

Women’s suffrage required two constitutional amendments, not one.

Monumental women: Breaking the bronze ceiling

Pam Elam and Coline Jenkins run the Monumental Women campaign. Their goal: to erect a monument in Central Park honoring women's suffrage pioneers Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 

A Whitewashed Monument to Women’s Suffrage

by Brent Staples

A sculpture that’s expected to be unveiled in Central Park next year ignores the important contributions of black women.

What this graph shows about women's suffrage

And why it's so shocking.