19th Amendment

Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote (Virtual Event, 10/26)

Speaker Ellen DuBois will be joined by panelists Kimberly A. Hamlin and Marcia Chatelain to discuss the history of Woman Suffrage for the Washington History Seminar, hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center and the National History Center. 

Trump's Pardon May Be Undermining Anthony's Wishes, Historians Say

Susan B. Anthony was found guilty for voting in 1872. According to historians Deborah Hughes and Ann Gordon, Anthony "absolutely" did not want to be pardonned.

Suffragists' Work Didn't End in 1920

by Mary Henold

Women of color and their allies truly won the right to vote for all American women not in 1920, but in 1965, with the passage of the Voting Rights Act. 

Women, Voting, and the Nineteenth Amendment: A JAH Suffrage Reader

To mark the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, and to encourage critical assessment of the broader histories of suffrage and suffrage restriction in the United States, the Journal of American History has assembled “Women, Voting, and the Nineteenth Amendment: A JAH Suffrage Reader.”

In Women’s Suffrage, a Spotlight for Unsung Pioneers

The New York Times will run a special section highlighting the contributions of lesser-known champions of suffrage and the political rights of women. 

The Forgotten History Of Women’s Suffrage In The United States

by Bridget Quinn

The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington showed the strength of the movement for suffrage but also the deep racial divisions that would continue to affect women's political activity. 

When Politics Hits Home: Pandemic Moms are Descendants of Soccer and Votes-for-Women Moms

by Laura Kumin

Over 100 years ago, legions of women found ways to convey to non-activist women that the vote was crucial to them and the well-being of their families.

Protest Delivered the Nineteenth Amendment

The amendment, ratified a century ago, is often described as having “given” 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.

Celebrating the 19th Amendment and the First Safe Haven Hostel for Women

Hotel Figueroa in Los Angeles has served as a backdrop for some of the most challenging and memorable moments in American history, a representative of both the endurance of women and the City of Angels’ entrepreneurial, creative, and resilient spirit.

19 Facts About the 19th Amendment on its 100th Anniversary

The suffrage movement that led to the 19th Amendment was intertwined with many other social reform movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but the broad demands of egalitarian reforms activists wanted remain unfulfilled. 

'NYT' Launches 'Unfinished Work' Virtual Series, Focuses On Women's Rights

The event series commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment will feature historians Martha S. Jones, Kate Clarke Lemay, and Susan Ware.

How the Spanish Flu Almost Upended Women's Suffrage

Canceled rallies. A looming election. A stretched health care system with a predominantly female face. Women’s frustrations then resonate loud and clear today.

The problem with a year of celebrating the 19th Amendment

by Andrew Joseph Pegoda

Our entire understanding of the history of feminism is skewed.

The 19th amendment was a crucial achievement. But it wasn’t enough to liberate women.

by Holly Jackson

It’s time to fight for the original and unfulfilled goals of the women’s movement.

Historians Raise Concerns Over Central Park’s Suffragist Monument

“If Sojourner Truth is added,” the letter reads, “it could obscure the substantial differences between white and black suffrage activists, and would be misleading.”

Three Washington exhibitions explore the complex history of the women's suffrage movement

As the 19th Amendment turns 100, three exhibitions in Washington explore the contentious — and unfinished — struggle for voting rights.

The constitutional revolution a century ago that is shaping the 2020 election

by Bruce J. Schulman

And why we need another one

19th Amendment guaranteeing women the right to vote was passed 100 years ago today

Since the 19th Amendment's passage, women have helped inaugurate a new era of American politics.

Women of color were cut out of the suffragist story. Historians say it’s time for a reckoning.

The story we remember this week — celebrating the 100th anniversary of Congress passing the suffrage amendment — ignores women of color and their contribution to the movement’s success.

When the Suffrage Movement Sold Out to White Supremacy

by Brent Staples

Historians like Glenda Gilmore, Martha Jones, Nell Irvin Painter and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn have recently revised the whitewashed depiction of the women’s rights campaign by rescuing black suffragists from anonymity.