1913: Women in Illinois were successful in gaining partial suffrage. They became the first women east of the Mississippi ...

As their right to vote was debated in the States, a remarkable group of 74 physicians and support staff sailed to war-torn ...

An all-female team of engineering students say they are proud to have designed a plinth to honour Ada Nield Chew.

After generations of struggle for suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1919 and ratified in August 1920. To mark the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage in 2020, ...

During a time when Black women’s votes are more pivotal than ever, our leaderships and contributions to the Suffrage Movement must be honored.

A large amount of suffrage resources were devoted to Delaware, and the governor, John Townsend, was supportive of women’s suffrage, as were other politicians in the state. Yet despite decades of ...

Mary Poppins came out in 1964, long after women got the right to vote both in the U.K. and the U.S., but Mrs. Banks embodies many of the Victorian arguments against women’s suffrage (and ...

The GOP-controlled Congress has reintroduced the Save Act, a bill that Republicans claim is to prevent undocumented immigrants from voting, but that is really aimed at taking away millions of ...

For much of our country’s history, women were expected to be seen and not heard, especially in the voting booth. Women were ...

The Michigan State Suffrage Association in Battle Creek was founded in 1870, holding rallies and lobbying for women’s suffrage. It hosted a convention in 1871 during a legislative session ...

Nichols's suffrage bill, along with over 70 others, failed to pass the Mississippi Legislature due to political infighting. Around 68,000 Mississippians, mostly Black, are disenfranchised due to ...