Nineteenth Amendment

More than a century later, they’re still paying the price.

The activist did not learn about her right to vote until she was 44, but once she did, she vigorously fought for black voting rights

Winning the vote for women was a mighty struggle. Securing full liberation for women of color was no less daunting

How the politics of American imperialism often intersected with calls for women's suffrage.

In 1911, lesbians led the nation’s largest feminist organization. They promoted a diverse and inclusive women’s rights movement.

The most famous suffragists largely weren't anti-abortion and wanted women to have more control over their bodies.

Officials altered a photo of the 2017 Women’s March to avoid “political controversy.”

A 1918 dispatch from a Yiddish newspaper documents the experiences of women legally voting for the first time.

An immersive story about the bold women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery.

A look at the question of race versus gender in the quest for universal suffrage.

Placing Colorado’s early adoption of Prohibition in social and political context.

The Constitution of 2018 is not the Constitution written by the Framers in 1787, and no one should wish otherwise.

Women fighting for the ballot saw German men as backward, ignorant, and less worthy of citizenship than themselves.

The swimsuit that's controversial now for its sexist overtones was once controversial for its suggestions of women’s liberation.

The history of suffragist dining spaces in the U.S.

If women were going to be judged by their appearance, then the suffragists wanted to shape their own image.

Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle did "more to emancipate women than anything else in the world."

The little-known story of one of the best known sing-along songs, and its connection to women's suffrage.