Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership, Suffrage History
Biographies, timeline and short outline of woman’s suffrage history.
National Archives Woman’s Suffrage Page
Many links, including some primary documents.
American Memory, Library of Congress
“Votes for Women” Selections from the Woman’s Suffrage Association Collection, 1948-1921
Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920.
National Women’s Party, Photographs from the Records of the National Women’s Party
The Library of Congress has an extensive collection of original texts which should help with the history of the suffrage movement. Use the Search key to target documents. The pictures collection can be used to visualize the people at the time.
ProQuest - for news articles
Choose Historical Newspapers for articles during the time period back to the 1850s! To get started, use the dropdown arrow for More search options and select Article or Editorial Article, put in some search terms and go! If you get too many hits, try using just Document Title in dropdown next to search terms.
JSTOR - Scholarly articles
Covers many political issues including Suffrage.
Books & Encyclopedias
Woman suffrage and the new democracy
Graham, Sara Hunter.
Information Desk1 JK1896 .G693 1996
Stepping stones to women's liberty : feminist ideas in the women's suffrage movement, 1900-1918
Garner, Les.
Information Desk1 JN979.G37 1984
The first liberty; a history of the right to vote in America, 1619-1850
Chute, Marchette Gaylord
Information Desk1 JK1846.C54
American Decades, 1920-1929
Good overviews for the period, may help put events into perspective.
Reference E169.12. A42
