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Voting Rights: A Retrospective
Voting Rights: A Retrospective
Voting Rights: A Retrospective
This exhibit chronicles the ebb and flow of voting rights in America, from the Founding Era to the current day.
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Voting Rights: A Retrospective
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage @100
We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.
by
Linda Gordon
The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.
by
Casey N. Cep
Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote
A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.
via
Massachusetts Historical Society
Why Women Should Not Vote (1917)
A humorous 1917 blank notebook invites consideration of the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA.
by
Melissa McCarthy
She Asked President Woodrow Wilson For 22 Suffrage "Favors." She Got 21.
Wilson became a great supporter of the 19th Amendment, but only because he worked alongside a woman who spoke his language.
by
Kimberly A. Hamlin
What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women
It wasn’t a culminating moment, but the start of a new fight to secure voting rights for all Americans.
by
Martha S. Jones
The ‘Undesirable Militants’ Behind the Nineteenth Amendment
A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.
by
Adrienne LaFrance
The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage
The “Anthony Amendment” was introduced with no luck for 41 years. And even then, it wasn’t for everyone.
by
Eleri Harris
,
Ellen T. Crenshaw
How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote
Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.
by
Johanna Neuman
,
Helaine Olen
This Cartoonist Wants to Tell the Complicated History of Women’s Voting Rights
A new graphic book unpacks the role that some White women played in suppressing voting rights for all — and the lessons today in the fight for universal ballot access.
by
Barbara Rodriguez
The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.
by
Melissa Gira Grant
Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment
The amendment didn't “give” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.
by
Margaret Talbot
The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington
On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.
by
Michelle Mehrtens
Suffrage in Spanish
Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.
by
Cathleen D. Cahill
The Thorny Road to the 19th Amendment
A new book chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women.
by
Ellen Carol DuBois
,
Lila Thulin
partner
The 19th Amendment Was a Crucial Achievement. But it Wasn’t Enough to Liberate Women.
It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.
by
Holly Jackson
New York’s First-Time Women Voters
A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.
by
Jessica Kirzane
,
Miriam Karpilove
How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
A look at the question of race versus gender in the quest for universal suffrage.
by
Martha S. Jones
The 16-Year-Old Chinese Immigrant Who Helped Lead a 1912 US Suffrage March
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee fought for the rights of women on two sides of the world.
by
Michael Lee
What Right to Vote? There’s a Lie at the Heart of American Democracy
The centennial of women’s suffrage which guaranteed all women the right to vote — has a lie at its very core.
by
Lisa Tetrault
Reconstruction
View Connections
20
Voting Rights: A Retrospective
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage @100
We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.
by
Linda Gordon
The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.
by
Casey N. Cep
Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote
A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.
via
Massachusetts Historical Society
Why Women Should Not Vote (1917)
A humorous 1917 blank notebook invites consideration of the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA.
by
Melissa McCarthy
She Asked President Woodrow Wilson For 22 Suffrage "Favors." She Got 21.
Wilson became a great supporter of the 19th Amendment, but only because he worked alongside a woman who spoke his language.
by
Kimberly A. Hamlin
What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women
It wasn’t a culminating moment, but the start of a new fight to secure voting rights for all Americans.
by
Martha S. Jones
The ‘Undesirable Militants’ Behind the Nineteenth Amendment
A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.
by
Adrienne LaFrance
The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage
The “Anthony Amendment” was introduced with no luck for 41 years. And even then, it wasn’t for everyone.
by
Eleri Harris
,
Ellen T. Crenshaw
How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote
Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.
by
Johanna Neuman
,
Helaine Olen
This Cartoonist Wants to Tell the Complicated History of Women’s Voting Rights
A new graphic book unpacks the role that some White women played in suppressing voting rights for all — and the lessons today in the fight for universal ballot access.
by
Barbara Rodriguez
The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.
by
Melissa Gira Grant
Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment
The amendment didn't “give” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.
by
Margaret Talbot
The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington
On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.
by
Michelle Mehrtens
Suffrage in Spanish
Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.
by
Cathleen D. Cahill
The Thorny Road to the 19th Amendment
A new book chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women.
by
Ellen Carol DuBois
,
Lila Thulin
partner
The 19th Amendment Was a Crucial Achievement. But it Wasn’t Enough to Liberate Women.
It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.
by
Holly Jackson
New York’s First-Time Women Voters
A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.
by
Jessica Kirzane
,
Miriam Karpilove
How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
A look at the question of race versus gender in the quest for universal suffrage.
by
Martha S. Jones
The 16-Year-Old Chinese Immigrant Who Helped Lead a 1912 US Suffrage March
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee fought for the rights of women on two sides of the world.
by
Michael Lee
What Right to Vote? There’s a Lie at the Heart of American Democracy
The centennial of women’s suffrage which guaranteed all women the right to vote — has a lie at its very core.
by
Lisa Tetrault
Women's Suffrage
View Connections
20
Voting Rights: A Retrospective
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage @100
We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.
by
Linda Gordon
The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.
by
Casey N. Cep
Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote
A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.
via
Massachusetts Historical Society
Why Women Should Not Vote (1917)
A humorous 1917 blank notebook invites consideration of the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA.
by
Melissa McCarthy
She Asked President Woodrow Wilson For 22 Suffrage "Favors." She Got 21.
Wilson became a great supporter of the 19th Amendment, but only because he worked alongside a woman who spoke his language.
by
Kimberly A. Hamlin
What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women
It wasn’t a culminating moment, but the start of a new fight to secure voting rights for all Americans.
by
Martha S. Jones
The ‘Undesirable Militants’ Behind the Nineteenth Amendment
A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.
by
Adrienne LaFrance
The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage
The “Anthony Amendment” was introduced with no luck for 41 years. And even then, it wasn’t for everyone.
by
Eleri Harris
,
Ellen T. Crenshaw
How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote
Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.
by
Johanna Neuman
,
Helaine Olen
This Cartoonist Wants to Tell the Complicated History of Women’s Voting Rights
A new graphic book unpacks the role that some White women played in suppressing voting rights for all — and the lessons today in the fight for universal ballot access.
by
Barbara Rodriguez
The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.
by
Melissa Gira Grant
Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment
The amendment didn't “give” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.
by
Margaret Talbot
The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington
On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.
by
Michelle Mehrtens
Suffrage in Spanish
Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.
by
Cathleen D. Cahill
The Thorny Road to the 19th Amendment
A new book chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women.
by
Ellen Carol DuBois
,
Lila Thulin
partner
The 19th Amendment Was a Crucial Achievement. But it Wasn’t Enough to Liberate Women.
It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.
by
Holly Jackson
New York’s First-Time Women Voters
A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.
by
Jessica Kirzane
,
Miriam Karpilove
How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
A look at the question of race versus gender in the quest for universal suffrage.
by
Martha S. Jones
The 16-Year-Old Chinese Immigrant Who Helped Lead a 1912 US Suffrage March
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee fought for the rights of women on two sides of the world.
by
Michael Lee
What Right to Vote? There’s a Lie at the Heart of American Democracy
The centennial of women’s suffrage which guaranteed all women the right to vote — has a lie at its very core.
by
Lisa Tetrault
Civil Rights Movement
View Connections
20
Voting Rights: A Retrospective
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage @100
We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.
by
Linda Gordon
The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.
by
Casey N. Cep
Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote
A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.
via
Massachusetts Historical Society
Why Women Should Not Vote (1917)
A humorous 1917 blank notebook invites consideration of the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA.
by
Melissa McCarthy
She Asked President Woodrow Wilson For 22 Suffrage "Favors." She Got 21.
Wilson became a great supporter of the 19th Amendment, but only because he worked alongside a woman who spoke his language.
by
Kimberly A. Hamlin
What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women
It wasn’t a culminating moment, but the start of a new fight to secure voting rights for all Americans.
by
Martha S. Jones
The ‘Undesirable Militants’ Behind the Nineteenth Amendment
A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.
by
Adrienne LaFrance
The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage
The “Anthony Amendment” was introduced with no luck for 41 years. And even then, it wasn’t for everyone.
by
Eleri Harris
,
Ellen T. Crenshaw
How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote
Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.
by
Johanna Neuman
,
Helaine Olen
This Cartoonist Wants to Tell the Complicated History of Women’s Voting Rights
A new graphic book unpacks the role that some White women played in suppressing voting rights for all — and the lessons today in the fight for universal ballot access.
by
Barbara Rodriguez
The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.
by
Melissa Gira Grant
Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment
The amendment didn't “give” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.
by
Margaret Talbot
The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington
On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.
by
Michelle Mehrtens
Suffrage in Spanish
Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.
by
Cathleen D. Cahill
The Thorny Road to the 19th Amendment
A new book chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women.
by
Ellen Carol DuBois
,
Lila Thulin
partner
The 19th Amendment Was a Crucial Achievement. But it Wasn’t Enough to Liberate Women.
It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.
by
Holly Jackson
New York’s First-Time Women Voters
A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.
by
Jessica Kirzane
,
Miriam Karpilove
How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
A look at the question of race versus gender in the quest for universal suffrage.
by
Martha S. Jones
The 16-Year-Old Chinese Immigrant Who Helped Lead a 1912 US Suffrage March
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee fought for the rights of women on two sides of the world.
by
Michael Lee
What Right to Vote? There’s a Lie at the Heart of American Democracy
The centennial of women’s suffrage which guaranteed all women the right to vote — has a lie at its very core.
by
Lisa Tetrault
Voting Rights Today
View Connections
20
Voting Rights: A Retrospective
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage
Women's Suffrage @100
We date the expansion of voting rights to women in 1920, but the real story is a lot more complex.
by
Linda Gordon
The Imperfect, Unfinished Work of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the 19th Amendment, it’s worth remembering why suffragists fought so hard, and who was fighting against them.
by
Casey N. Cep
Massachusetts Debates a Woman’s Right to Vote
A brief history of the Massachusetts suffrage movement, and it's opposition, told through images of the time.
via
Massachusetts Historical Society
Why Women Should Not Vote (1917)
A humorous 1917 blank notebook invites consideration of the fight for women’s suffrage in the USA.
by
Melissa McCarthy
She Asked President Woodrow Wilson For 22 Suffrage "Favors." She Got 21.
Wilson became a great supporter of the 19th Amendment, but only because he worked alongside a woman who spoke his language.
by
Kimberly A. Hamlin
What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women
It wasn’t a culminating moment, but the start of a new fight to secure voting rights for all Americans.
by
Martha S. Jones
The ‘Undesirable Militants’ Behind the Nineteenth Amendment
A century after women won the right to vote, The Atlantic reflects on the grueling fight for suffrage—and what came after.
by
Adrienne LaFrance
The Long Road to Women’s Suffrage
The “Anthony Amendment” was introduced with no luck for 41 years. And even then, it wasn’t for everyone.
by
Eleri Harris
,
Ellen T. Crenshaw
How the Kim Kardashians of Yesteryear Helped Women Get the Vote
Now all but forgotten, a group of New York socialites was instrumental to the success of the suffrage movement.
by
Johanna Neuman
,
Helaine Olen
This Cartoonist Wants to Tell the Complicated History of Women’s Voting Rights
A new graphic book unpacks the role that some White women played in suppressing voting rights for all — and the lessons today in the fight for universal ballot access.
by
Barbara Rodriguez
The Unfinished Business of Women’s Suffrage
A century after the passage of the 19th Amendment, women with felony convictions remain disenfranchised.
by
Melissa Gira Grant
Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment
The amendment didn't “give” women the right to vote. It wasn’t a gift; it was a hard-won victory achieved after more than seventy years of suffragist agitation.
by
Margaret Talbot
The Historic Women's Suffrage March on Washington
On March 3, 1913, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. for the Women's Suffrage Parade -- the first mass protest for a woman's right to vote.
by
Michelle Mehrtens
Suffrage in Spanish
Hispanic women and the fight for the 19th Amendment in New Mexico.
by
Cathleen D. Cahill
The Thorny Road to the 19th Amendment
A new book chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women.
by
Ellen Carol DuBois
,
Lila Thulin
partner
The 19th Amendment Was a Crucial Achievement. But it Wasn’t Enough to Liberate Women.
It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.
by
Holly Jackson
New York’s First-Time Women Voters
A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.
by
Jessica Kirzane
,
Miriam Karpilove
How the Daughters and Granddaughters of Former Slaves Secured Voting Rights for All
A look at the question of race versus gender in the quest for universal suffrage.
by
Martha S. Jones
The 16-Year-Old Chinese Immigrant Who Helped Lead a 1912 US Suffrage March
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee fought for the rights of women on two sides of the world.
by
Michael Lee
What Right to Vote? There’s a Lie at the Heart of American Democracy
The centennial of women’s suffrage which guaranteed all women the right to vote — has a lie at its very core.
by
Lisa Tetrault