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California Women Suffrage Centennial

On October 10, 1911, California became the sixth state where women could vote equally with men, nine years before the 19th Amendment enfranchised women ...

Women and the vote - UK Parliament

Before 1918 no women were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections.

Votes for Women: A Visual History

Votes for Women: A Visual History includes drawings, illustrations, and posters from museums, historical societies, and private collections that ...

Votes for Women: 100 Years of Women's Suffrage

Oklahoma did not grant full suffrage until 1942, when women were finally allowed to run for all state executive offices.

History of U.S. Woman's Suffrage

Between this first convention advocating the rights of women and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteeing women's right to vote in 1920 lay a ...

Key facts about women's suffrage around the world

New Zealand enfranchised its female citizens in 1893, making it the first nation or territory to formally allow women to vote in national elections.

An Economic Perspective on Women's Enfranchisement

The ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 officially granted voting rights to women across the United States. However, many states extended full or ...

Women's Suffrage | Presidential Elections and Voting in U.S. History

In this section, explore the different strategies that women used to win a constitutional right to vote.

State-by-State Race to Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Texas was also the first southern state to vote in favor of the national suffrage amendment, a significant victory since resistance to woman suffrage had been ...

Votes for Women Collection Women's Suffrage - Newport Style

The Votes for Women Collection features reproductions from Alva Vanderbilt's tea service created for her fundraising rallies at Marble House in Newport, RI.

VOTES FOR WOMEN — Google Arts & Culture

This exhibition seeks to tell a more complete story of the movement through portraits of women who represent different races, ages, and fields of endeavor.

Women of Color and the Fight for Women's Suffrage | CCSWG

They faced racial and ethnic discrimination and were often discouraged from voting via violence. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage this ...

Women get the vote - UK Parliament

In 1918 the Representation of the People Act was passed which allowed women over the age of 30 who met a property qualification to vote. Although 8.5 million ...

Votes for Women | Princeton University Press

Votes for Women is the first richly illustrated book to reveal the history and complexity of the national suffrage movement.

Women's History Votes for Women and reproductions - Newport Style

This historical collection of gifts commemorates one hundred years since the 1918 Representation of the People Act extended voting rights to women.

“Votes for Women! The Woman's Reason" by the National American ...

The poster was created in 1912, and even made reference to a line made famous by Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address by stating, "Because women are ...

Opposition to Suffrage — History of U.S. Woman's Suffrage

Opposing votes for women may seem surprising today, but anti-suffrage views dominated among men and women through the early twentieth century.

Votes for Women - Second Printing by Fort Circle - Kickstarter

Fort Circle is raising funds for Votes for Women - Second Printing on Kickstarter! The second printing of the award-winning board game on ...

History explainer: the 'votes for women' campaign

The 'votes for women' campaign was one of the most important in the long fight for equal rights between men and women – a fight that is still going on today.

Votes for Women 500 Piece Round Puzzle - eeBoo

eeBoo's Votes for Women 500 Piece Puzzle celebrates great people who contributed to the Suffrage Movement. These brave individuals fought to give women and ...