Time

‘Persevere Through the Highs and Lows.’ What We Can Still Learn From the Suffragists Who Fought for the Right to Vote During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

At an annual women’s rights convention in Illinois, several new rules were laid down for members. Attendance was limited to 100 people, the general public were barred from participating and chairs at ...
Yahoo

The Republican History of Women’s Suffrage

A century ago next year, after several decades of resilient activism, women finally earned the right to vote. And in New York State, the final push for suffrage was launched in 1910 by one-woman ...
Time

Colorized Photos From Early Suffrage Marches Bring Women’s History to Life

Though the dedication of March to the topic of women’s history is now observed in the U.S., it grew out of a week that grew out a day: International Women’s Day, which is observed on March 8. On or ...
abcnews4

100 Years of Women's Suffrage: A look back at the movement

CHARLESTON, S.C. (The College Today) — One hundred years ago today, women’s voices were finally heard, their opinions finally given equal weight, their priorities finally afforded a chance to be ...
Teen Vogue

Nurses Have a History of Activism in the U.S., Championing Suffrage and Health Care Access

The people who provide the lion’s share of medical care in America have little say in how our health system works. This has been undeniable during the coronavirus pandemic, with nurses protesting at ...
Smithsonian Magazine

How Tennessee Became the Final Battleground in the Fight for Suffrage

When news of Tennessee’s ratification reached Alice Paul on August 18, she sewed the thirty-sixth star onto her ratification banner and unfurled it from the balcony of Woman’s Party headquarters in ...
Smith College

100 Years of Suffrage

Women argued, protested and took to the streets as they fought for the right to vote. They were arrested and jailed. Some were beaten. Others risked their marriages and their standing in the community ...
PBS

Gloria Steinem on the role of women of color in the suffrage movement

On the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, feminist writer, author and activist Gloria Steinem said that Black, indigenous and other American women of color were essential to ...
USA Today

Famous women's suffrage speeches come to life in augmented reality

The women's suffrage movement was launched at a women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848. The campaign to win women the right to vote would drag on for more than 70 years until, in ...
The Washington Post

Women’s suffrage was a giant leap for democracy. We haven’t stuck the landing yet.

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The House delayed the vote as long as it could. The year was 1921, and ...
The Atlantic

Turn-of-the-Century Thinkers Weren’t Sure If Women Could Vote and Be Mothers at the Same Time

A postcard from the turn of the 20th century that reads: "My wife's joined the Suffrage Movement, (I've suffered ever since!)" (Rykoff Collection / CORBIS / Getty) Editor's Note: Read more stories in ...