The long and difficult struggle for women’s suffrage formally began with the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848 and continued throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. After numerous court challenges and one very famous criminal trial, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was finally ratified in 1920, giving women the right to vote.
For an in-depth look at the subject, take a look at some of the online images and documents from the Library of Congress, or check out one of the following books from our collection:
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The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women’s Rights and the American Political Traditions by Sue Davis
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History of Woman Suffrage edited by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony et al
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How the Vote Was Won: Woman Suffrage in the Western United States, 1868-1914 by Rebecca J. Mead
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The Trial of Susan B. Anthony by Susan B. Anthony
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Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited edited by Jean H. Baker
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The Ideas of the Woman Suffrage Movement by Aileen S. Kraditor
