Women’s Suffrage: The Untold Story of Black Women in Its History: Right to Vote

Held at Ekstrom Library: JK1911.T2 W45 2018

The story of the movement for voting rights in all its diversity and intersectionality, told through the voices of the women and men who lived it: the most recognizable figures in the campaign for women's suffrage, but also the black, Chinese, and American Indian women and men who were not only essential to the movement but expanded its directions and aims, and the anti-suffragists who worried about where the country would head if suffrage were universal.

This book examines the history of the women's suffrage movement and its impact on American life and society. Features include narrative overview, biographical profiles, primary source documents, detailed chronology, and annotated sources for further study.

This volume contains primary source materials juxtaposed with contemporary reports and biographical essays.

An autobiography by one of the leaders in the fight for woman suffrage.

A companion book to the PBS documentary by the same name, this anthology is a comprehensive collection of writings - contemporary and historical - on the woman suffrage movement in America.

A firsthand account of the National Woman's Party, which organized and fought a fierce battle for passage of the 19th Amendment. First written in 1920 by Doris Stevens, this version was edited by Carol O'Hare.

A publication of the League of Women Voters.

A richly illustrated history of women's suffrage in the U.S. that highlights underrecognized activists.

An intimate look at the hopes, thoughts, and day-to-day life of a young woman who would later become a celebrated civil rights activist and antilynching crusader.

A comprehensive look at the African American women who sought the right to vote. This volume discovers numerous Black suffragists previously unknown and analyzes the women's own stories.

This autobiography of a pioneer for racial and sexual equality discusses her years as a slave in upstate New York and describes the spiritual revelations that turned her into an abolitionist.

This volume addresses issues of race, ethnicity, religion, and sexuality, and provides a more accurate and inclusive history of US women.

Fifteen original essays by some of the most influential scholars in the field of women's history, covering a broad sweep of history from colonial to contemporary times and ranging over the fields of legal, social, political, and cultural history.