THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
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THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT
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THE SPEEDY SUCCESS OF OUR CAUSE DEPENDS UPON THE ZEALOUS AND
UNTIRING EFFORTS OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, FOR THE OVERTHROW OF THE MONOPOLY OF THE PULPIT, AND FOR THE SECURING TO WOMAN AN EQUAL
PARTICIPATION WITH MEN IN THE VARIOUS TRADES, PROFESSIONS AND
COMMERCE.The Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, Seneca Falls, 1848
The Seneca Falls Convention planted the first seeds for women’s suffrage
A VINTAGE POSTCARD FEATURING A MAN AND WOMAN EXCHANGING QUIPS ABOUT WOMEN’S
RIGHTS, CIRCA 1910
Source: Getty Images
MEN LOOKING AT MATERIAL
POSTED IN THE WINDOW OF THE NATIONAL ANTI-
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
HEADQUARTERS, CIRCA 1911
Source: Library of Congress
REPRESENTATIVES EDWIN WEBB AND STANLEY BOWDLE, CONGRESSMEN WHO STRUCK DOWN THE WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
AMENDMENT IN 1915
Source: Library of Congress
MANY WESTERN STATES WERE THE FIRST TO GIVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE
CROWD OF WOMEN REGISTERING FOR JURY DUTY AFTER GAINING THE RIGHT TO VOTE,
PORTLAND OREGON, 1912
Source: Wikimedia Commons
A SUFFRAGE PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1912
Source: Library of Congress
NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION PARADE, CIRCA 1912-1918
Source: New York Public Library
A SUFFRAGIST, “MRS. SUFFERN,”
HOLDS A SIGN FOR HER CAUSE,
1914
Source: Library of Congress
PENNANT USED BY SUFFRAGISTS
“YOU ASK US TO WALK WITH
YOU, DANCE WITH YOU,
MARRY YOU. WHY DON’T
YOU ASK US TO VOTE WITH
YOU?”
NOV. 2 1915Source: New York Public Library
MRS. W.L. PRENDERGAST, MRS. W.L. COLT,
DORIS STEVENS, AND
ALICE PAUL CIRCA 1910-
1915
Source: Library of Congress
SUFFRAGIST HARRIOT STANTON BLATCH
SPEAKING TO A LARGE CROWD OF
MEN ON WALL
STREET IN NEW YORK CITY, CIRCA 1915-1920
Source: Library of Congress
NATIONAL WOMAN'S PARTY SUFFRAGIST PUBLISHING OFFICE 1916
Source: Harris & Ewing, Wikimedia Commons
WOMAN SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS IN CLEVELAND, OHIO
Source: Library of Congress
SUFFRAGISTS MARCH IN OCTOBER 1917, DISPLAYING PLACARDS CONTAINING THE SIGNATURESOF OVER ONE MILLION NEW YORK WOMEN DEMANDING TO VOTE. Source: Wikimedia
Commons
THREE SUFFRAGISTS CASTING VOTES IN
NEW YORK CITY, CIRCA
1917
Source: Library of Congress
New York was the first Eastern state to
give women suffrage, on Nov. 6th
1917
NATIONAL WOMEN’S PARTY
PROTEST BANNER, 1917
Source: Courtesy The Sewall-Belmont House & Museum
WOMEN PARTICIPATING IN A PICKET LINE AT THE WHITE HOUSE, NOV. 10 1917
Source: Library of Congress
WOMEN PICKETING IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Source: Library of Congress
Source: Library of Congress
Picketers left to right: • Mrs. Catherine
Martinette, Eagle Grove, Iowa.
• Mrs. William Kent, Kentfield, California.
• Miss Mary Bartlett Dixon, Easton, Md.
• Mrs. C.T. Robertson, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Miss Cora Week, New York City.
• Miss Amy Juengling, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Miss Hattie Kruger, Buffalo, N.Y.
• Miss Belle Sheinberg, N.Y.C.
• Miss Julia Emory, Baltimore, Md.
LEFT: OLDEST
PICKETER, MARY NOLAN
AND YOUNGEST PICKETER,
MATILDA YOUNG (INSET)
RIGHT: LUCY BURNS IN THE OCCOQUAN WORK HOUSE
Source: Library of Congress
Source: Jailed for Freedom, Doris Stevens
WOMEN LEAVING THE OCCOQUAN WORKHOUSE AFTER BEING JAILED FOR
PROTESTING AND SUBJECTED TO HORRIBLE
CONDITIONS
TOP: ELIZABETH KALB ON A STRETCHER
CENTER: KATE
HEFFELFINGER BROUGHT TO HEADQUARTERS BY
JAIL ATTENDANT
BOTTOM: DORA LEWIS BEING ASSISTED FROM
AMBULANCE
Source: Jailed for Freedom, Doris Stevens
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
BY STATE AT THE TIME
OF THE 19TH AMENDMEN
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Source: Library of Virginia
RATIFICATION OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT AUGUST 26, 1920
Source: Library of Congress
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