Primary Source Spotlight: Woman Suffrage
PSN curated primary source collections
- Jane Addams
- Susan B. Anthony
- Carrie S. Burnham
- Lucretia Mott
- Emmeline Pankhurst
- Alice Paul
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Mary Church Terrell
- Sojourner Truth
- Ida B. Wells
- Congress Approves 19th Amendment
- Picketing for Suffrage
- Seneca Falls Convention
- Woman’s Rights Conventions
Library collections
- Carrie Chapman Catt Papers
- Anna E. Dickerson Papers
- By Popular Demand: “Votes for Women” Suffrage Pictures 1850-1920
- Miller NAWSA Suffrage Scrapbooks 1897-1911
- About the Collection: Catch the Suffragists’ Spirit event recording
- National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
- Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection 1848-1921
- Women of Protest: Photographs from the Records of the National Woman’s Party
- Women’s Suffrage in the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Collections
- Women’s Suffrage in Sheet Music
Suffrage images
- Select images: The Struggle for Women’s Suffrage
- Suffragettes
- Suffragists
- Woman suffrage
- Women’s suffrage
More primary source sets
- Women’s Suffrage select primary sources & teacher’s guide
- Woman Suffrage DocsTeach National Archives
- Votes for Women Smithsonian
Online exhibitions
- Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Right to Vote
- Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence Google Arts & Culture exhibition by the National Portrait Gallery
- Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote National Archives
- Exhibit tour video
- Google Arts & Culture online exhibits (6 stories)
- John Bull & Uncle Sam: From Abolition to Equal Rights
Films & event recordings
- Women suffragettes visit TR at Sagamore 1917
- TR speaking to a group of suffragettes from the porch at Sagamore Hill
- Black Women & the Suffrage Movement
- The Impact of the Women’s Suffrage Movement Today
- Smithsonian 19th Amendment Centennial Virtual Programs
Teaching resources
Timelines
- One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage
- Reformers and Crusaders (1850-1880)
- Women’s Suffrage in the Progressive Era
Library blog posts
- Behind the Scenes: Scrapbooks of the National Woman’s Party Unfolding History: Manuscripts at the Library of Congress
- Carrie Chapman Catt and the Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission Teaching with the Library of Congress
- Celebrate Women’s History Month with Mabel Ping-Hua Lee and Suffragist Cards Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
- Celebrating Women’s History: Women on the March Library of Congress Blog
- Centennial of the 1913 Suffrage March In Custodia Legis
- Counting Down with #19Suffrage Stories: 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment Library of Congress Blog
- Diversity in the Struggle: Exploring the Lives of Suffragists Teaching with the Library of Congress
- Ethel Smyth and “The March of the Women” In the Muse
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Feminist Rivals: The National Woman’s Party and the League of Women Voters in Post-Suffrage Politics Unfolding History
- Polarizing Political Issues: The Anti-Suffrage Rose In The Muse
- Shall Not Be Denied Exhibition: A Single Image Prompts Further Looking Teaching with the Library of Congress
- Sheet Music of the Week: Suffragette Edition In The Muse 1
- Suffrage Music on Parade In The Muse
- Suffrage Music on Parade: Part Two In The Muse
- Suffragists in Song Library of Congress Blog
- Mothers and Daughters in the Movement Minerva’s Kaleidoscope
More secondary resources
- Citizen: 100 Years of Women’s Voting Rights Twin Cities PBS documentary
- The International History of the US Suffrage Movement National Park Service
- Untold Stories of Black Women in the Suffrage Movement Seattle Channel video
- What You Need to Know About Women’s Suffrage NowThis News video